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Abstract from Minutes of Lecture by F: B. Kenrick, M.A., Ph.D.., 
on “ The Art of Glass-blowing from the Earliest Times.” 
The Queen of Sheba had her glass beads buried with her. 
Little change in the art for 5000 years. Bottles belonging to the 
time before Christ, and window-panes of the early Christian era, 
found in Rome. ‘Two methods of blowing glass—from the furnace, 
and by the blow-pipe—were illustrated. Glass-blowing in early 
times an art, and glass-blowers ranked with the nobility, and given 
special exemptions and privileges in the Byzantian empire. Tiny 
pitchers, vases, etc., made in a special stereopticon machine, which 
threw every movement on the screen. Hearty vote of thanks 
tendered. 
Abstract from Minutes of Lecture Delivered by Professor 
Pelham Edgar on “ Nationalism in Poetry 
and Canadian Poets.” 
Do we possess a literature with a distinctive Canadian spirit ? 
Have we nationalism in the poetry of different countries? All 
countries have to some extent, and some more than others, ex- 
hibited national characteristics in their poetry, yet all that is best in 
the poetry of any country is cosmopolitan, rather than national. 
Canada has contributed such men as Carmen and Roberts to the 
U. S. and Parker to England. Canada is a new country, vast in 
extent and resources. Splendid also in history, but lacking in 
legend and myth, upon which so much of the Poetry, of older 
countries is based. 
Chas. D. Roberts has gained more than a national reputation 
by his narrative verse. His classical poems are artistic, but imita- 
tive. He treated in a superior way native themes, such as Indian 
legends. His descriptive lyrics are characterized by limpid purity. 
Two sonnets were read—‘“ Where the Cattle Come to Drink” and 
“Burnt Lands.” Simple lyrics, such as “ Bringing Home the 
Cows ;” passionate lyrics, such as ‘In the Solitude of the City ;” 
sea poems, such as “The Laughing Sally,” showed the versatility 
of his genius. 
Archibald Lampman was described as the greatest nature 
poet. Far removed from human interest, his poetry is stimulated 
