which N"ovels hold now." And. so when an essay In fiction 

 is tal)0(.)ed from our shelves it is simply because, in the 

 Judg-ment of Council, it falls within the class oi hojks 

 which Charles Lianih would desig-nate hih/in <i-l)il}l.,a. How- 

 ever, is is with l:)ooks which Bacon quaintly counsels us are 

 to he "chewed and dig-ested."- hooks which g-o to feed the 

 liunger of the true 'inner inan'^that we have oui- prime 

 concern ; and it is from this stand-point that we reg-ard t]i(> 

 circulation of our volumes as one of the most important 

 means of achieving the ends for which this organization 

 was constituted so many years ago. 



It is a source of much satisfaction that 'I am able to con- 

 clude my observations \vith the statement that at no period 

 in its history has the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society 

 g-iven greater evidence of activity along all its lines of use- 

 fulness tJian it does at the present day. 



CHARLES MORSE, 



President. 

 Ottawa 23rd October, 1902. 



