NATURAL HISTORY, TORONTO REGION 



lington, and the new up-town York Club, on the cor- 

 ner of Bloor and St. George, are recognized as pre- 

 eminent. The Albany, the Reform and the National 

 have political leanings, although the last has lost 

 much of its original significance. The Canadian and 

 Empire are luncheon clubs, meeting weekly and lis- 

 tening to addresses from distinguished men, usually 

 strangers, on topics of the hour. They indicate the 

 growing intellectual interests of the community and 

 the rising tide of Canadian sentiment. The most 

 interesting historically of these luncheon clubs is the 

 U. E. L. Association, the descendants of the United 

 Empire Loyalists, who meet annually to celebrate the 

 coming of their ancestors to Canada. Scientific sub- 

 jects are dealt with by the Royal Astronomical So- 

 ciety, the Folklore Society, the Canadian Historical 

 Society, and the Canadian Institute. The Institute 

 has a home of its own on College Street, south of the 

 University Chemistry building, with a good scientific 

 reading-room and the best collection of Transactions 

 of learned societies in Canada. It was founded as 

 an engineering and scientific club in the year 1851, 

 and its own publications illustrate in a very interest- 

 ing manner the changes and developments in the 

 methods of research during the last two generations. 



But though often called the city of colleges, the 

 interests of Toronto are essentially commercial and 

 manufacturing. Even here, however, the printing 

 and publishing trade holds a record. Toronto is said 

 to be the fifth city on the continent in this line, being 

 surpassed only by New York, Boston, Chicago and 

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