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editor of this magazine, her loss is keenly felt ; her interest in the publi- 

 cation WBS &incere and sympathetic, and her assistance, so generously 

 given, was of great value." 



Other contributors of note were Jeremiah S. Clark, who is an 

 authority on Indian affairs as well as a good writer of verse, and enjoys 

 more than a local reputation, Hon. A. B. Warburton, D.C.L., who con- 

 tributed several valuable articles on educational matters; and May 

 Carrol, a writer of vers'e who contributed some good poetry, notably 

 " A Life," " A Boating Song," " An Easter Lily." 



In the later numbers of the magazine " Tommy Hawke " becomes 

 quite a feature contributing a cleverly written series of short articles 

 and paragraphs, dealing in a humorous vein with almost any subject, 

 from the state of the weather, to the Sunday School Picnic. 



About the same size as the magazine last mentioned, but typogra- 

 phically and in the quality of its illustrations very much inferior to it, 

 was The Cape Breton Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, of which bears date 

 September, 1901, containing fifty pages of printed matter. The price 

 was ten cents per copy, or $1.00 a year. Following the September issue 

 appeared a second issue of 50 pages described as the October and No- 

 vember issue. Nos. 2 and 3. After this, there appeared in December 

 of the same year, Vol. 1, No. 4, and in March, 1903, an issue styled 

 Vol. 1, Nos. 5, G and 7. In the last mentioned issue the announcement 

 was made that the magazine would appear in future as The Cape 

 Breton and Nova Scotia Magazine, but no future issues were forth- 

 coming. 



It is stated that the publisher lost heavily by the large fire at 

 Sydney, and a well known critic expresses the opinion that the publisher 

 lacked business ability, and that the later issues of the magazine afforded 

 a good illustration of how not to read proof. 



The editor of the magazine was Robert P. Bell, and it was published 

 by the Bell Printing and Publishing Co., P. 0. Box 592, Sydney, Cape 

 Breton. 



The articles of interest to students of local history contained in The 

 Cape Breton Magazine were "The Catastrophe at Swivel Point," by 

 J. Shetland : " An Idyll of Acadia," by Eev. C. W. Vernon. " First 

 Seventy Years of St. George's," an exceedingly valuable paper by the 

 Venerabre Archdeacon Smith, D.D. : and " The Old Cape Breton 

 Christmas," by John J. McCabe. 



It is seldom that the promoter of a magazine is able to summon to 

 his assistance such an array of talent of recognized ability, within the 

 sphere if his own immediate relationship, as was the case with Mr. 

 Theodore Roberts, when in November, of 1902, he commenced at 



