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HYMNS, ANCIENT AND MODERN. The Printers and Publishers of Hymns, Ancient and Modern, beg to draw the attention of the Clergy and Public to this Hymnal, which can be had of all Booksellers in the Dominion. In England it is used in over 5000 Parishes, and in many of the Cathedrals, including London and York. In the Colonies it is also very generally used. The cheapest edition is ONE PENNY. A Specimen Page Catalogue post free on application to the publishers. HYMNS, ANCIENT AND MODERN, BOUND WITH THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. All the Editions have the NEW LECTIONARY. The Cheapest Edition is SIXPENCE. *Lists and full particulars of Size and Binding will be forwarded Post Free on application. AGENTS FOR CANADA:-Toronto: Adam, Stevenson & Co., Campbell & Son, Copp, Clark & Co., and H. Rowsell; Montreal: Dawson Bros.; Quebec: R. Morgan; and of all Booksellers. WILLIAM CLOWES & SONS, LONDON. THE CANADIAN CENSUS OF 1871, by Arthur Harvey, Esq., F.S.S..... Canadian Garrison, by "York". MARGUERITE KNELLER, Artist and Woman, by Miss Murray, Wolfe Island, Author of "The Cited Curate," (Chapters IV., V., VI., VII.). PAGE. 97 105 T07 117 ON A HUMMING BIRD, a Poem, by G. Neot........ 126 ... MODERN DRESS, by Mrs. C. R. Corson ... THE BACHELOR'S WIFE, a Poem, by Mrs. M. E. Muchall, Peterborough.. A NORTH AMERICAN ZOLLVEREIN, by Charles Lindsey, Esq., Toronto ONE WOMAN'S VALENTINE, a Poem, by "L. M."... 127 131 132 137 A NIGHT OF TERROR IN THE BACKWOODS OF CANADA, a True Story, by Mrs. M. E. Muchall..... TO AN INDIAN'S SKULL, by Alexander McLachlan, Esq., Erin... 138 142 THE RECENT STRUGGLE IN THE PARLIAMENT OF ONTARIO, by a Bystander........ 143 ALEXIS, a Poem, by John Reade, Esq., of Montreal, Author of "The Prophecy of Merlin and other Poems". 150 TRANSLATIONS AND SELECTIONS —— Three Summer Stories-No. I., In the Sunshine, from the German of Theodor Storm 152 On Hibernicisms in Philosophy, by His Grace the Duke of Argyll. 158 164 Mr. Helps as an Essayist, by the Rev. Charles Kingsley, M.A., Canon of Chester 170 BOOK REVIEWS..... Intending Contributors are respectfully reminded that the space we can devote to original matter is by no means large. It will be necessary, therefore, to exercise a careful discretion in the selection of papers for publication. No article can be accepted unless it be of reasonable length, and possessed of some distinctive claim upon public attention. All communications in reference to the "CANADIAN MONTHLY" should be addressed to the publishers Messrs. ADAM, STEVENSON & Co., 10 King Street East, Toronto. THE CANADIAN MONTHLY AND NATIONAL REVIEW. VOL. I.] FEBRUARY, 1872. [No. 2. THE THE CANADIAN CENSUS OF 1871. BY ARTHUR HARVEY, F.S.S. Still, the system of enumeration adopted in 1871 is more likely to have brought about an under than an over statement of numbers, and critical examination should, in the first place, be pointed in this direction. 'HE census of 1861 gave to Upper and | The previous census, both of 1851 and 1861, Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and or either of them, may have been wrong, and Nova Scotia, about three million souls, and the difference thus be easily accounted for. if these Provinces had continued to increase | until 1871, as fast as they were said to have done for the ten preceding years, they would now have numbered four millions and a quarter, instead of under three millions and a half.* The difference between the anticipated figures and the actual statement is grave and the public are as steadily denying the accuracy of the recent census, as the officials are upholding it. It does not follow from the fact that the general expectation has been disappointed, that the officials are mistaken. The census of 1861 was taken in one day; and the de facto population, that is, the population actually there, was assigned to each house, village, county, city. The census of 1871 was intended to assign to each Province its de jure population, or the population that should of right have been there, Entered according to Act the of Parliament of Canada in the year 1872, by Adam, Stevenson & Co., in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. |