France alone of over 500 copies. Unfortunately for the proprietors, who were only partly insured, the establishment and material of Le Bas-Canada were destroyed in an extensive fire which occurred at Three Rivers in 1856, and the paper never appeared afterwards. Early in 1857, Mr. B. established the Gazette de Sorel. at the town of that name, which he still continues to ed. and publish. Mr. B. possesses considerable talent as a writer, and is strongly attached to nos institutions, notre langue et nos lois. He naturally takes the warmest interest in the welfare of his race, and has laboured streneously to the end that his countrymen may occupy their proper place on this continent as a great and enlightened people.

BARTHE, J. G. A French Can. journ. B. at sea, about 1818, on board a vessel commanded by his father. Ed. at Nicolet Coll., and afterwards studied medicine at Three Rivers, which profession, however, he soon abandoned in favor of law. During his Coll. days Mr. B. contracted a habit of writing poetic effusions, to the neglect of severer studies. In 1837, he contributed lengthy pieces in verse, on political subjects and events, to the newspaper press, in which he dealt rather freely with the public occurrences of the day, taking the side of the so called "patriots," and thereby excited the hostility of the Govt.; he was ar rested and confined in Montreal gaol, on a charge of writing an obnoxious ode in honor of Papineau and the Bermuda exiles. Being released, Mr. B. was afterwards called to the Bar, and proceeding to Montreal, ed. L'Aurore des Canadas, from 1839 to 1845. He sat for Yamaska in the Leg. Assem, from 1811 to 1815; and was afterwards appointed Clk. of the Court of Appeals, L. C., a position which he held for 4 years. While in that office he conceived an idea in favour of an emigration from France to Can., and in furtherance of that object went to France to urge the matter upon the consideration of the proper authorities. He resided at Paris for 3 years, and there contributed to the Gazette de France and wrote and published his work on Can. After his return in 1855, he assisted his brother

on Le Bas Canada. During the régime of Mr. S. Macdonald, he ed. Le Canadien. then the organ of the French section. of the cabinet. Mr. B. has contributed to L'Avenir, Le Moniteur, Le Populaire, and other French Can. newspapers.

I. Le Canada Reconquis par la France. Paris, 1855, pp. 483, 8vo.

"Un livre travesti et calomnié par un homme d'esprit, qui n'avait que de l'esprit, qu'il faudrait remettre à sa place dans notre littérature, c'est le Canada reconquis par la France de M. Barthe. Cette œuvre éloquente a coûté à son auteur une grande dépense de talent. Un goût sévère aurait dû sans doute restreindre, dans une certaine mesure, les prodigalités d'imagination, mais il fallait un talent abondant pour répandre ainsi tant de richesses sans les compter. Un écrivain économe de ses idées, bien rangé dans ses phrases aurait tiré plusieurs livres de ce seul ouvrage. Il y a dans le Canada reconquis de belles et amples idées, une verve, une imagination exubérante, des passages éloquents. les côtés excessifs ont effacé les bons côtés et mis l'ouvrage à la merci d'un railleur.". HECTOR FABRE: Trans. Lit. & His. Soc. Que., 1865-6.

BARTLETT, W. H.

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I. Canadian Scenery, illustrated from drawings, by W. H. Bartlett. The literary department by N. P. Willis. London, 1842, 2 vols, 4to. Translated into French. London and Paris, 1857, 2 vols, 4to.

BARTON, J. KING. A native of Can. Was for some years a Clk. to Leg. Assem.

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I. Io a tale of the Ancient Fane. New York, 1851, 12mo.

BASS, CHARLES. A well known Shakspearean actor on the Brit. and Am. boards. Was manager of the Caledonian Theatre, (Edin.,) about 1829; his rendering of the character of Falstaff was considered one of the finest performances of the present century. D. at Hamilton, U. C., where he had taken up his residence some years previously, 1863.

"Bass is a spirited manager.”—Noctes Ambrosiana, vol. IV.

I. Lectures on Canada, illustrating its present position, and shewing forth its onward progress, and predictive of its future destiny. Hamilton, 1863, pp. 45, 8vo.

"As essays upon an interesting subject, they emphatically possess the elements of

II. A statement of facts as they occurred at the late annual meeting of the Diocesan Church Society; with a reply to some mis-statements and expositions in the Rev. D. F. Coster's defence of the "Companion to the prayer book." Do. 1849, pp. 28, 8vo. BAYFIELD, Vice Admiral HENRY WOLSEY, R. N. A celebrated naval Topographer. B. in Eng. Entered the navy in 1806 as a supernumerary volunteer, and after seeing considerable active service was appointed to the command of a gunboat on the Can. Lakes, towards the close of the war, in 1814. In the following year he assisted in the survey of Lake Ontario, and in 1817 became an admiralty surveyor, and was appointed to the survey of Lakes Erie and Huron, in which work he continued until 1823, when he commenced the survey of Lake Superior. In 1825 he returned to Eng. and was employed by the Admiralty to complete the charts of the Lakes. In 1827 he was appointed to the Survey of the St. Lawrence, on which he is still engaged. This great work has been extended so as to include the whole of the river and gulf of St. Lawrence, from Montreal through the Straits of Belleisle to Cape St. Lewis on the Labrador coast, all tributary streams as far as they are navigable, the islands of Anticosti, Mingan, the Magdalens, P. E. I., Cape Breton, &c., the coast of N. S., westward to Halifax, including Sable Island. His charts of the St. Lawrence, &c., published by the Admiralty have been found singularly accurate in all

particulars. Admiral B. was a resident of Quebec from 1827 to 1841. He was one of the original members (and is now an honorary mem.) of Lit. and His. Soc. of that city, and took an active part in its transactions. He is also a mem. of the Astronomical Soc. of London and of the Soc. Géologique de France. Since 1841 he has resided at Charlottetown, P. E. I.

I. Sailing directions for the Gulf and River St. Lawrence. London, 2nd Ed., vol. I, 1843; vol. II, 1847, 8vo.

II. On the Geology of Lake Superior. Trans. Lit. and His. Soc. (Que.), 1829.

III. On coral animals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Do., 1831.

"Admiral Bayfield's excellent maps of the lakes, river, and gulf of St. Lawrence have always been of the utmost aid to the Survey in such explorations as came upon the great water-lines of the Province. Their value however is not confined to the indication of geographical features. There is registered upon his charts, a considerable amount of accurate geological information, in the form of notes, which he has in many places given of the character of the rocks forming the coast. These notes have on some occasions immediately directed attention to points of interest, and at other times have saved much labor in tracing out the distribution of formations. It is understood that Admiral Bayfield, in his surveys of the St. Lawrence made, with the aid of Dr. Kelly, a considerable collection of organic remains, which were presented to various Societies and Institutions of Natural History. It is much to be regretted that these had not been figured and described before they were thus distributed, as we should thus probably have long ago obtained a knowledge of many fossils, the descriptions of which have been only recently published from specimens in the collections of the Survey. Admiral Bayfield has communicated to the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, and to the Geological Society of London, various interesting papers on subjects connected with Canadian Geology, with the facts in which it will be found that we have on several occasions availed ourselves."-Sir W. E. LOGAN, Geo. of Can., 1863.

BAYLEY, Mrs. H. Resided at Isle aux Noix, L. C. Wrote for the Eng. and Am. literary press. Contributed many tales, sketches and poems to the Museum (Mont.) 1832-34, of which we may mention the following :— -The Young Soldier, a sketch from life; the

obtenu l'approbation unanime de NN. SS. les Evêques du Bas-Canada: rien ne pouvait mieux attester le mérite du livre, ni le recommander plus fortement à tous les fidèles."-Rev. A. NANTEL: Rev. Can.

III. Les Jeunes Converties, ou Mémoires des Trois Sœurs Debbie, Helen et Anna Barlow. Traduit de l'Anglais. Do. 1866, pp. xv-195, in-8.

“Ces pages forment un sujet de lecture très-pieux et très-attrayant, qui ne manquera pas d'avoir un intérêt tout particulier pour les jeunes personnes; car il leur rappellera le souvenir de jeunes compagnes qui, il est vrai, n'ont fait que passer au Couvent de la Congrégation."-Rev. Can. BEAUDRY, J. U. A Commissioner for Codifying the Laws of L. C. A contributor to the Revue de Législation et de Jurisprudence, 1845, and to L. C. Reports since 1851. BEAUFOY, Mr.

I. Mémoire au soutien de l'appel de de la fabrique de N. D. de Montréal. Montréal, 1867, pp. 29, 8vo.

I. Tour through parts of the United States and Canada. By a British Subject. London, 1828, pp. 141, 8vo.

Printed for private circulation. BEAVEN, Rev. JAMES, D. D. Prof. of Metaphysics and Ethics in Univ. Coll. and Canon of St. James's Cathedral, (Tor.) Was formerly Prof. of Divinity in same Coll. Is a graduate of Oxford.

I. Account of the life and writings of St. Irenæus. London, 1841, 8vo.

II. Doctrine of Scripture on Religious Celibacy. Do. 1841.

III. Devotions for School boys. Toronto, 1845, pp. 32.

IV. Recreations of a long vacation; or, a visit to Indian Missions in Upper Canada. Toronto, 1846; London, 1847, 12mo.

V. Catechism of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. London, 1850; New York, 1853, 18mo.

VI. Elements of Natural Theology. London, 1850, 12mo.

VII. Questions on Scripture History. Do. 1850, 18mo. 4th Ed. Do. 1864.

VIII. Manual for visiting the sick. Do. 1852, 18mo.

IX. Help to Catechising. Do. 1859 18mo.; Am. Ed. New York.

BEAVEN, Mrs. Wife of the above. I. Devotions for school girls. Toronto, pp. 32.

BECKETT, S. B.

I. Guide-book of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence, and St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroads. Portland, 1853, 12mo.

BEDARD, ISIDORE. The author of the Can. national song, Sol Canadien terre chérie. Was b. at Quebec about 1806. D. at Paris. France, 14 April, 1833. He early contributed poetical effusions to the press principally to Le Canadien newspaper, of which his father, the late Hon. Pierre Bedard, was prop. In 1830, he was returned to the L. C. Assem., but only sat in that body during one brief session, at the end of which he left for a tour in Europe, whence he never returned, dying abroad as above stated. He is buried in the cemetery of Montmartre.

"A son départ du pays, il n'avait guère pu que faire concevoir les plus belles espérances. On allait se disant que les principales qualités du père allaient revivre dans le fils, et cela seul faisait le plus bel éloge qu'un jeune homme pût mériter. Cependant, la mémoire d'Isidore vivra aussi longtemps, dans la Nouvelle France, que celle de Rouget de l'Isle dans la vieille France. Le jeune Bedard a laissé quelques couplets qui ont eu le mérite de l'emporter, dans la faveur pu blique, sur tous nos autres chants patriotiques, très nombreux pourtant et l'œuvre des talents les plus distingués parmi notre jeunesse lettrée. Ce n'est pas que la partie littéraire de ces couplets ne prête un peu à la critique, et que sous ce rapport ils ne soient inférieurs à quelques-unes de nos chansons patriotiques; mais Bedard sut, mieux, qu'aucun de ses concurrents, malgré les négli gences du style, trouver le chemin des cours et faire vibrer la fibre nationale. C'est, il est vrai, ce qui fait le poète, le reste est du versificateur. Avec le temps, sans doute, notre jeune poète aurait apporté plus de soins et de goût à ses compositions." ETIENNE PARENT.

BEDARD, Hon. PIERRE. A French Can. politician and journ. B. at Charlesbourg, near Quebec, 14 Sept. 1763. D. 1827. He was one of the first of his race admitted to the Can. bar. In 1792, he was returned as a mem. to the first Parliament held in the Province. and long held a seat in that body. He eventually became the leader of the French opposition party, and both

as a private mem. and leader displayed great ability. In 1806, he with others of his party founded the newspaper called Le Canadien (Que.), of which he became the chief ed. Both in Parliament and through the columns of his paper he waged a bitter and uncompromising war against the Eng. and the govt. In 1810, Le Canadien was seized by the authorities, and Mr. B., as its ed., was imprisoned. He was refused a trial. Being released after a long confinement, he tarnished his patriotism by accepting a judgeship from the same govt. which he had before so loudly condemned.

BEDARD, P. H.

I. Lettre à M. Chaboillez, Curé de Longueuil, relativement à ses "Ques tions sur le Gouvernement Ecclésiastique du district de Montréal." Montréal, 1823, pp. 40.

BEERS, W. GEORGE. A Can. writer on Sports and Pastimes. Has contributed largely to the periodical and newspaper press. In 1862-3 wrote a series of articles (20 in number) on "Canadian Sports," for Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, (N. Y.), and for the Brit. Am. Mag. (For..) on "The Voyageurs of Canada," and Canada in Winter." In 1863-4, to Once a Week (Lon.); in 1865, to Harper's Mag. on "Pictures of Life and Character in Canada. In 1866, to the Saturday Reader (Mont.), and to various other periodicals. Mr. B. is also the author of an unpublished Comedy in 3 acts, called "Bob Treacle, or Love and War."

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I. The Game of Lacrosse ; containing the construction of the Crosse and the various methods of throwing and catching the ball, &c., reduced to rule. Montreal, 1860, pp. 40. (A new and enlarged ed. in preparation.)

The author had to reduce this wild and magnificent Indian field game to systematic rule, as it was void of laws; the different players had no particular names; and there was hardly any source from which to get practical information to assist in the writing.

A writer in Chambers' Journal, in 1862, under an article called "A Rival to Cricket,' makes free use of the book, often word for word, without any acknowledgement, and extols the Game, ranking it far above Cricket or Golf, and proposing its introduction into Eng. An Eng. sporting paper undertook voluntarily to introduce it into Eng. schools, with what success we cannot state.

BELANGER, L. Advocate, (Mont.)

I. Table Alphabétique et Analytique du Code Civil du Bas Canada. Montréal, 1867, pp. 88.

BELCHER, Vice-Admiral Sir EDWARD, K. C. B., F. R. S., F. G. S. A distinguished Brit. Admiral and Hydrographer. Is a grandson of the late Chief Justice Belcher of N. S. B. in N. S. 1799. Entered the navy in 1812 as a first class volunteer, and was soon afterwards appointed a midshipman. After having served in the defence of Gaeta and the battle of Algiers was, in 1819, appointed to the Myrmidon sloop, destined for the African station. In 1825, he became asst. surveyor to the Behring's Straits discovery expedition under Capt. Beechey in the Blossom. Promoted to the rank of commander in 1829, he served on the coast of Africa, and of Portugal, rendering on the latter service valuable assistance to the Brit. residents by protecting their property during the political troubles in Portugal. From Nov. 1836 to Aug. 1842, he was employed in the Sulphur, surveying vessel, of whose voyage round the world he has given an interesting account in his Narrative. In 1841, Com. B. rendered a series of important and brilliant services in China, having sounded and explored the va rious inlets of the Canton river, and made a reconnoissance which contributed in a great measure to the successes of Sir Hugh (now Lord) Gough and Sir H. F. Senhouse. On the same day, he caused the enemy to destroy 8 of his vessels. For these services he was appointed a Post Captain, and received the honour of knighthood. Afterwards he was engaged in the surveying service in the East Indies, and was severely wounded while assisting the Rajah of Sarawak, Sir James Brooke, in his efforts to subdue the pirates of Borneo. From 1852 to 1854, he commanded the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, and on his return to Eng. was tried before a Court Martial for voluntarily abandoning his ships. The case against him was not legally supported, and he was acquitted.

I. On Nautical Surveying, an outline of the Duties of a Naval Surveyor;