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neglected colony ; in fact, in the art of war and in cool 

 judgment, superior to Montcalm himself. 



The entertainment lasted from 11.30 a. m. to 2 p. m. 

 exquisitely prepared, abundantly provided with light 

 Trench and Rhenish wines, closing with the classic pttit 

 verre de Chartreuse — the pousse-caf d obligd — of French 

 cUjeunds a la fourchette. 



Before breaking up, mine host took me aside asking 

 me various questions, how I had found the interior of 

 Normandy, which I had just visited, in quest of Pistres, 

 near Rouen, from whence my French ancestors had 

 sailed two hundred and twenty years previous for 

 Canada. I replied, I was charmed with my trip, and 

 that I had a second pilgrimage on hand, to the banks 

 of the Tweed, from which my maternal Scotch ances- 

 tors sprang, in which I hoped to realize a dream of my 

 youth and view Abbotsford, Sir Walter Scott's pictu- 

 resque manor. Mr. Marmier then presented me with 

 two of his works, on " The Wizard of the North." 



Ever since, I have kept up a regular correspondence 

 with the illustrious Academician. On this day, alas ! 

 the cable flashes across the Atlantic tidings of his 

 demise. (1) 



(1) " Le Gaulois states that Hon. Mr. Fabre, High Com- 

 missioner for Canada, at Paris, placed a floral wreath on the 

 coffin of the late Mr. Xavier Marmier, on behalf of the Hon. 

 J. A. Chapleau. Marmier was a sincere friend of French 

 Canada. A deputation of the St. Jean Baptiste Society of 

 Paris attended his funeral. 



" Mr. Marmier was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society 

 of Canada, and bequeathed to it a set of his works." 



u He leaves many bequests to the poor. One of the most 

 curious clauses in his testament is the following : 



" In memory of the happy moments which I have passed 

 in the midst of the second-hand booksellers on the quays of 

 the Seine, moments which I reckon among the most agreeable 

 ot my existence, I bequeath to these honest people a sum of 

 one thousand francs. I desired that this money shall be. 

 spent by them in a jovial banquet during which they will be 



