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His talents for the task of administration, always troublesome and 

 trying, never for a moment dulled his interest in literature. He was 

 essentially a student, and in many directions. Theology, Geography, 

 History, Philosophy and Belles-lettres, each ^ had charms for him and 

 he was proficient in all. His publications are as follows : " Phil- 

 osophy of the Bible Vindicated," 1876; "Mater Admirabilis," 1882; 

 " After Weary Years, '■ a tale, 1887 ; " Saint Agnes, Virgin and 

 Martyr," 1887; " Aminta," a poetic drama, 1890; "Memoir of Bishop 

 Burke," 1894. His contributions to the Eoyal Society are: "The 

 Supernatural in Nature," 1894- ; "Presidential Address," 1897; 

 "Cabot's Landfall and Chart," 1899. 



A more unassuming man never filled so high a position; a more 

 modest man has seldom possessed so many talents and so much learn- 

 ing; and a man so welcome in every society had seldom lived a life 

 so retired. Yet such is the occasional reward of unobtrusiveness, that 

 the Archbishop was more popular than most public men, and better 

 known among men of letters than many w^hose lives are devoted to 

 publicity. His brethren of the Eoyal Society hasten, on the occasion 

 of its first meeting since his death, to record their sorrow for his 

 taking a.way, while at the same time they give expression to their 

 admiration for the man of letters with whom they were all proud to 

 be associated. 



The death of Dr. George Stewart, at a comparatively early age, 

 Avas deeply regretted, not only by the Society but by hundreds of 

 friends outside of it. Dr. Stewart was a born littérateur, and the 

 enthjusiasm that inspired his youthful pen lasted till he ceased to 

 write. One of his latest contributions to the periodical press was an 

 article on Popular Songs of Old Canada, in llie 2[onthly Revieiv, of 

 London, England. The earliest noteworthy writing with which his 

 name is associated, was a tribute to the memory of the Hon. Thomas 

 D'Arcy McGee in his o^vn magazine, " Stewart's Quarterly." During the 

 long interval between the publication of these two studies, Dr. StcAvart 

 was indefatigably at work, the products of his industry appearing in 

 Canadian, American and British periodicals. A work that made him 

 widely knowm, his history of the Great Fire of St. John, X.B. (1877), 

 was also the occasion of his moving from that city to Toronto, where 

 he became editor of Bedford's Magazine. While taking charge of the 

 Quebec Chronicle, of which for nearly twenty years he was editor-in- 

 chief, he wrote his contributions to the " Canadian Portrait Gallery," 

 to the " Encyclopsedia Britannica," to " Appleton's Cyclopaedia.," to 

 "Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of x\merica," and to other 

 well known works of reference. Before leaving Toronto he had written 



