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of the conditions in Canada during the War of 1812. She was the 

 wife of a British officer who was called upon to share in the movements 

 of his regiment along the frontier during that troublous period. 

 The letters refer in a special way to the mixed public opinion concern- 

 ing Sir George Prevost's manner of campaigning to the disadvantage 

 of the country. 



At the annual meeting of the Society held in January last, the 

 Hon. Justice McCorkill was chosen President, with little or no other 

 change in the membership of the Council. During the winter the 

 Rev. Father O'Leary delivered two illustrated lectures on the topog- 

 raphy of Quebec, as embodied in his re-modelling of the plan of the 

 town as it was laid out in 1800 — the restored model being to be seen 

 in one of the rooms of the Archives Department at Ottawa. In 

 addition to these two highly interesting lectures with crowded 

 audiences to listen to them, Lieut-Colonel Harston gave another 

 illustrated lecture, on the Panama Canal and its environs. 



The monthly meetings of the Society, followed always by a meeting 

 of the Council, continue to be regularly attended, at which the routine 

 reports of the various sub-committees are read and discussed and the 

 donations of books for the library and historical documents and publi- 

 cations duly received and reported on. There have been the usual 

 large ingathering of exchanges from the most prominent Literary 

 Societies in the world; and under the supervision of Colonel William 

 Wood and Mr. E. T. D. Chambers, a Handlist of all the additions to 

 the library has been issued in neat form. 



The list of Societies with which the Quebec Society is affiliated 

 include The Royal United Service Institute, London; The Royal 

 Engineer's Institute, Chatham; The Smithsonian Institution, Wash- 

 ington; The Royal Irish Academy; The Royal Society of Canada; The 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh; The Royal Society of Dublin; The 

 Royal Society of New South Wales; The Royal Society of Queensland ; 

 The Royal Geographical Society of Australia; The Commission of 

 Conservation of Canada, and many others. 



Altogether the oldest Literary and Historical Society of Canada 

 continues to hold its own, the number of those taking advantage of 

 its large and growing library showing a commendable increase. And 

 in its prosperity it sends greeting to the prosperous Royal Society of 

 Canada. 



The following is a list of its Officers and Members of Council for 

 1914. 



