Chapter XXIX: General Culture

I. THE LIBRARY MOVEMENT

FRENCH:--L’OEUVRE DES BONS LIVRES, 1844--THE CABINET DE LECTURE
PAROISSIAL, 1857.

ENGLISH:--“MONTREAL LIBRARY” AND MONTREAL NEWS ROOM,
1821--MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 1844--THE FRASER
INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED 1870--ITS EARLY LITIGATIONS--ITS PUBLIC
OPENING IN 1885--OTHER LIBRARIES.

II. LITERARY AND LEARNED SOCIETIES

THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1827--THE MECHANICS INSTITUTE,
1828--LA SOCIETE HISTORIQUE, 1856--CONFERENCE DES INSTITUTEURS,
1857--THE “INSTITUT CANADIEN”--CERCLE LITTERAIRE DE VILLE
MARIE, 1857--UNION CATHOLIQUE, 1858--(THE GUIBORD CASE)--THE
ANTIQUARIAN AND NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION, 1862--THE “ECOLE
LITTERAIRE” 1892--ST. JAMES LITERARY SOCIETY, 1898--THE
“DICKENS’ FELLOWSHIP” 1909--OTHER LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS--THE
“BURNS SOCIETY”--THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE--THE CANADIAN CLUB,
1905.

III. ARTISTIC ASSOCIATIONS