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by the bracing north air and broad expanse of varied scenery, 
making it abound with artistic power. His sonnets show more 
meditative depth and abound in the harmonies of versification. 
Bliss Carman, astoundingly original, is master of an aerial 
caressing music. His perceptions are exquisitely beautiful; his 
nature imagery is not forced: his rollicking sea pieces not lacking 
in fun; and his mystic poetry dealt with in an exceptionally clear 
and simple way. 
Reference was made to three poems which had appeared in 
the “Children’s Corner” of the A/az/ and Empire, written by a 
young girl named Margery Picthall, and which showed remarkable 
intellectual and dramatic power. Their titles—‘‘A Prayer,” 
“ Armorell” and ‘‘A Mother in Egypt.” Conclusion—we should 
not seek to cultivate a distinctively national poetry. The epoch of 
world poetry is with us. Its scope should be universal rather than 
local. We should get into the main current of the world’s ideas. 
Hearty vote of thanks tendered. Meeting adjourned. 
Abstract from Minutes of Lecture by W. A. Parks, B.A.,PhD., 
on ** Ontario's North Land.” 
Out of the 220,000 square miles in Ontario, about 140,000 is 
practically unknown. To study the geological: structure of this 
region we must go back to very ancient times, when there was a V- 
shaped axis of granite rocks surrounding Hudson Bay. This ridge 
of granite being exposed to disintegrating forces for countless ages, 
and also to the grinding forces of the immense ice fields of the 
glacial age, was gradually reduced to a watershed or divide of less 
than 2000 feet in height. The ascent of this divide is so very grad- 
ual that there is difficulty in ascertaining when the summit has been 
reached. It is frequently low and swampy, swamps being found on 
the ridge which give rise to rivers flowing in opposite directions. 
The whole country is a network of small lakes. Contrary to com- 
mon rumor, the lecturer stated that there was little pine north of the 
Height of Land, but, instead, spruce, poplar and birch, with every- 
where an impenetrable growth of underbrush, so dense that only 
with axe in hand can a path be made. The nature-of the water- 
