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tion of Archives, under the control of Dr. Doughty. Dr. Morgan's 

 official career lasted until 1895, when after forty-two years of service, 

 he retired on a pension. 



Dr. Morgan was a barrister both of Quebec and Ontario. He 

 was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries and an 

 honorary Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. Among the 

 academic distinctions with which he was favoured were M.A. of 

 Amherst, Mass. (1881); LL.D., University of Ottawa (1903); D.C.L., 

 King's College, Windsor, N.S. (1905). Among Dr. Morgan's public 

 services volunteers will not forget that it was he who originated the 

 idea of the long service medal. His relation to the principles and 

 organization of the Canada First movement is mentioned with honour 

 ,by Dr. Goldwin Smith in his Introduction to "Canada First: A 

 Memorial of the late William A. Foster, Q.C." And in the Prefatory 

 Note his name is linked with the names of Dr. Smith and Mr. Mercer 

 Adam as those of persons to whom the writer (M. B. F.) is specially 

 indebted. In the same volume is reproduced from the Ottawa Citizen 

 Dr. Morgan's review of Mr. Foster's career. 



Dr. Morgan married in 1873 Miss Emily Richards, second daugh- 

 ter of the late Hon. A. N. Richards, Q.C. Mrs. Morgan died in 1901. 



Dr. Morgan's contribution to letters took mainly the form of 

 biography and it is all valuable. To his wise thoughtfulness we owe 

 that record of "The Tour of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in Canada 

 and the United States," without the aid of which no complete life of 

 King Edward the Seventh can be compiled. In 1862 he published 

 "Sketches of Celebrated Canadians and Persons connected with 

 Canada from the Earliest Period in the History of the Province down 

 to the Present Time" — a book that grows more precious every year. 

 In 1898 appeared a work which has made Dr. Morgan's name known 

 in every quarter of the globe — "Canadian Men and Women of the 

 Time" — and in 1912 he brought out a second and greatly enlarged 

 edition. This work is a monument to Dr. Morgan's conscientious 

 and painstaking industry. He had, indeed, a genius for contem- 

 porary biography, and he cultivated it in the most happy and fruitful 

 way. "Hardly a day passes," wrote a grateful journalist, "in which 

 we do not refer to some of Dr. Morgan's various stores of information 

 and rarely do we refer to them in vain." Another work of research, 

 equally deep and wide, and of more delicate note is the "Types of 

 Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected 

 with Canada." The theme is fascinating but we must resist the 

 siren spell. The "Bibliotheca Canadensis "appeared opportunely 

 in 1867 and was dedicated to Sir John Macdonald. It is a "Manual 

 of Canadian Literature" that is invaluable to the student as a book 



