276 CANADIAN NOMS-DE-PLUME IDENTIFIED. 



Lister, the very unfair, and in fact ignorant criticiser of old 

 England and her ways, was an American clergyman. Hence the 

 motto from Burns on the title-page of the " Fame and Glory of 

 England : " 



" Some books are lies frae end to end, 

 And some great lies were never penn'd ; 

 E'en ministers, they lia'e been kenn'd, 



In boly rapture, 

 A roi;sing whid at times to vend, 

 And nail't wi' Scripture." 



Libertas is known to have been the late Peter Brown, Esq., the 

 founder of the Glohe journal in Toronto ; a Scottish gentleman, 

 freshly remembered in our community for his eminent talents as a 

 journalist, for his high literary attainments and skill, and for many 

 estimable traits of character, as a genial and benevolent member 

 of society. 



