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— of as many notable men and women as are mentioned in our annals. A large number of 

 the old families of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec, are known to possess 

 siich relics of their ancestors. Five or six of the religious houses of Quebec and Montreal 

 — male and female — are partictilarly rich in these pictures. An exhibition of this descrip- 

 tion, largely contributed to, and supplied with an ample ca/alogi/e raisonné would prove 

 quite a revelation in our history, and, perhaps a recommendation from the Eoyal Society 

 might encourage the Art Association of Montreal to go on with it. 



Finally, all our chief municipalities should be urged to set up monuments to their 

 founders or earliest settlers. Thus, Quebec might raise a colossal statue to Champlain, on 

 the site of the old Château St. Louis ; Montreal, to Maisonneuve, on the present Place 

 d'Armes, although that is not the locality, as is supposed, where the valiant Chomedey 

 had his hand-to-hand encounter with the Irocjuois Chief; Halifax, to Coruwallis ; Toronto, 

 to Simcoe ; and Ottawa, to By, on Major's Hill. 



IV. — There are two classes of special studies which require attention, because more 

 difficult and subject to more technical research. These are Episodes and Problems. 



A. — Among the former, that might be treated in separate books or pamphlets, as com- 

 plete works or essays, may be mentioned : — 



1. The Seignories from their establishment to the abolition of the tenure. 



2. The genealogical descent of Canadian families and their population at different 

 dates. A most interesting work, even to the general reader, could be written on this sub- 

 ject, drawn mainly from the precious G-enealogical Dictionary of our colleague. Abbé 

 Tanguay. 



3. The Civil Government of New France, as elaborated by Colbert and carried out by 

 Talon. Here Faillon and his biographer, M. Desmazures, will furnish useful material. 



4. The Origin and History of the Canadian Indian tribes. This field has been only 

 partially explored, and we are yet to have our Canadian Schoolcraft. 



B. — Among the Problems I may cite : — 



1. The whole Laval Ecclesiastical Controversy, the bearings of which may be gathered 

 from the fact that it has been brought down even to our day. 



2. The Discovery of the Mississippi. In spite of all the works on the subject, its 

 mystery has not yet been solved. 



3. The Battle of the Mouongahela. The great name of "Washington has hitherto stood 

 in the way of a clear understanding of the fate of Jiimonville. 



4. The Massacre of Fort George. 



5. The Destruction of Levis' flags at St. Helena. 



6. The inner history of the Quebec Act of 1*7*74. 

 v. The secret history of the Family Compact. 



For the elucidation of these episodes and problems, if suitable prizes were added, 

 a powerful impulse would be given to the philosophical study of Canadian History, and 

 the teaching could be popularised by distributing these books as prizes by the School 

 Boards of the several provinces. 



