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the city of St. Joihn. The sixth issue of Vol. III. was printed, but was 

 never bound or distributed, and is now, or was recently, still in the 

 hands of the binder awaiting its final disposition by the printer. 



The Eev. W. 0. Raymond,, LL.D., of St. John, was a warm friend 

 to the enterprise from its inception, and after its abandonment by 

 Mr. Reynolds, that gentleman made desperate efforts to keep it alive. 

 The third volume is, in itself, a monument to his industry and zeal, 

 nearly all the articles wbich it contains being from his pen, either 

 over his own name or the pseudonym oi '" Historicus.'" 



Dr. Rayjnond's articles on '" Portland Point," which continued 

 all through the three volumes of the magazine, are of great historical 

 value, and are without doubt the leading feature of the magazine. 



Probably second in importance and historical value and quite 

 unique in their character, was a series of compilations entitled 

 " Provincial Chronology," not signed, but which were the work of Mr. 

 Clarence Ward, who has been for the past nineteen years the Record- 

 ing Secretary of the New Brunswick Historical Society. 



These consisted of notes of events of an historical interest, a mar- 

 riage notice and death notice of some prominent provincialist, one for 

 each day in the month, arranged in chronological order. 



Other important contributors were Prof. W. F. Ganong, Ph.D., 

 of Smith College, Northampton, Mass., a provincialist by birth, who 

 wrote, " Relics of the Acadian Period." "Thomas Carleton, Governor," 

 " The Ashburton Treaty," " Where Stood Fort LaTour," etc., I. Allen 

 Jack, D.C.L., writer of '' Old Times in Victoria Ward " in three num- 

 bers, Jonas Howe, Placide P. Gaudet, Harry Piers, of Halifax, and 

 Hon. Pascal Poirier. 



The magazine was not a financial success, its number of paying 

 subscribers, or rather of those who promised to pay being limited to 

 about seven hundred. 



As a literary work it was probably the best that had been produced 

 in the Acadian Provinces up to that date, with the possible exception 

 of Steivart's Quarterly. 



The first volume contained 390 pps., the second 3-14 pps., and the 

 third 288 pps. The subscription price was $1.50 per annum. 



The editor, William Kilby Reynolds, was a writer of marked 

 ability, having a love for historical study. He was careful as to facts 

 and wielding a graceful pen. He died in 1902. 



We now note a new era in Acadian Magazine literature, one 

 where the illustrations from being an occasional embellishment, 

 became a feature of the magazine. In March, 1899, Vol. I, No. 1, of 

 The Prince Edward Island Magazine, edited and published l)y Mr. 

 Archibald Irwin, of Charlottetown, P.E.I., made its appearahce as a 



