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Pantelioni, Dr., 514, 515, 516, 517, 540.

Papineau, Hon. D. B., 337.

Papineau, Hon. L. J., 167, 168, 257, 267.

Parke, Thomas, 381.

Parsons, Rev. James, 159.

Patin, M., 358.

Patterson, Mr. James, 594.

Payer, M., 358.

Peck, Bishop Jesse T., 172.

Peel, Sir Robert, 121, 160, 291, 306, 307, 309, 311, 323, 324, 411, 551.

Perry, Peter, 156, 157, 189.

Philip, Dr., 163.

Phillips, Rev. Dr., 542.

Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, 218, 219, 220, 334.

Pius IX., Pope, 361, 362, 365, 366, 367.

Playter, Rev. George, 416.

Postels, M. de, 358.

Potter, Prof., 350.

Potts, Rev. Dr., 30, 288, 573, 594, 595, 596.

Powell, Ald. J., 177.

Powell, Mr., 314.

Power, Bishop, 428.

Prince, Colonel, 338.

Prindle, Rev. Andrew, 392.

Prinsen, Mr., 364.

Punshon, Rev. Dr. W. M., 539, 543, 544, 545, 556, 557, 558, 560, 562,
564, 571, 573, 576, 577, 579, 589, 590.

Radcliffe, Mr., 127, 128, 130, 141.

Receveur, Abbe, 358.

Reece, Rev. Richard, 92, 115, 159, 162.

Reese, Rev. Dr. D. M., 279.

Reynard, Rev. Prof., 594.

Reynolds, Bishop, 383.

Rice, Rev. Dr., 576.

Richards, Sir W. B., 194, 567.

Richardson, Bishop, 40, 48, 53, 75, 78, 90, 93, 99, 108, 118, 154,
183, 383.

Richey, Rev. Dr. M., 154, 209, 244, 270, 273, 387, 388, 403, 404,
556, 557.

Rigg, Rev. Dr., 556, 589.

Ripon, Earl of, 118, 224, 232, 235, 386, 459.

Roads, Rev. Mr. 384.

Roaf, Rev. John, 212.

Roberts, Bishop, 269.

Robinson, Hon. Peter, 170.

---- Chief Justice, 173, 177, 300, 310, 551, 568, 570.

Robinson, Hon. W. B., 567, 568.

Robinson, Mr., 162.

Roblin, John P., M.P.P., 304.

Roebuck, J. A., M.P., 167, 169, 171, 175, 228.

Rolfe, Sir R. M., 165.

Rolph, Dr. John, 127, 170, 189, 190, 288.

Rose, Rev. Dr. S., 61, 62, 594.

Routh, Sir Randolph, 340.

Rowsell, Henry, 296.

Russell, Lord John, 123, 216, 255, 260, 261, 263, 264, 267, 272, 285,
286, 378, 389, 391, 395, 435, 438, 441, 443, 451, 454, 467, 499, 516.

Rultan, Sheriff, 348.

Ryan, Rev. Henry, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 131, 195, 278, 385, 557.

Ryckman, Rev. E. B., 587.

Ryerse, Major, 538.

Ryerse, Samuel, 24.

Ryerson, Rev. George, 25, 36, 37, 42, 45, 52, 53, 55, 56, 64, 67, 68,
69, 70, 79, 83, 94, 107, 108, 109, 113, 412, 534.

---- Rev. John, 25, 52, 55, 67, 86, 87, 88, 89, 109, 111, 115, 127, 128,
136, 141, 142, 147, 150, 151, 152, 154, 156, 161, 166, 171, 172, 177,
181, 183, 184, 188, 196, 199, 200, 201, 228, 239, 240, 241, 269, 270,
271, 323, 325, 328, 345, 346, 347, 348, 386, 399, 401, 402, 403, 413,
503, 507, 511, 512, 534, 573, 574, 575, 580, 585, 587.

---- Rev. William, 25, 29, 40, 52, 58, 69, 75, 78, 83, 81, 88, 111, 118,
130, 141, 142, 147, 177, 179, 228, 263, 269, 271, 272, 276, 405, 450.

Ryerson, Rev. Edwy, 69, 83, 84, 130, 133, 228, 415.

Ryerson, Mrs., Sr., 23, 25, 27, 28, 37, 42, 43, 45, 54, 55, 56, 82, 84,
139, 140, 178, 268, 358, 412.

Ryerson, Samuel, 24.

---- Colonel, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 41, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 55,
56, 58, 60, 61, 84, 127, 134, 178, 310, 412.

Ryerson, Lucilla Hannah, 111.

Ryland, Rev. John, 162.

Salt, Rev. Allen, 78.

Sanderson, Rev. Dr. G. R., 211, 533.

Sandon, Lord, 168, 272.

Sandwich, Dr., 159.

Saunders, Hon. J. S., 453.

Saurin, Rev. J. S., 354, 357.

Savage, Rev. D., 579.

Sawyer, Chief Joseph, 72.

Scobie, Hugh, 337, 338, 339, 341.

Scott, Rev. Jonathan, 271, 287, 294, 295.

Scott, Rev. Wm., 201, 275.

Seaton, Lord (see Sir J. Colborne).

Shaftesbury, Rt. Hon. Lord, (see Lord Ashley), 163, 542.

Sherwood, Mr. Justice, 173, 264, 304.

Sherwood Sheriff, 111.

Shiel, Rt. Hon. Richard, 516, 517.

Shuttleworth, Sir J. P. Kay, 419, 600.

Simcoe, Governor, 219, 220.

Simpson, Bishop, 556, 577.

Skinner, Bishop, 213.

Slater, Rev. Wm., 86.

Slight, Rev. Benjamin, 275.

Small, James E., 304.

Smart, Rev. W., 221.

Smith, Elias, 50.

Smith, Rev. Bishop Philander, 383.

Smith, Rev. Dr. Gervase, 544, 545, 571, 576, 577.

Smith, William, 336.

Snake, Wm., 77.

Sornement, M., 358.

Soule, Bishop, 269.

Spark, Dr., 216.

Spencer, Rev. James, 498, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 508, 509, 510,
511, 512, 513, 533.

Squire, Rev. Wm., 148.

Stanley, Right Hon. Lord, 118, 119, 123, 135, 163, 307, 331, 332, 333,
340, 381, 388, 439, 469, 539.

Stanley, Very Rev. Dean, 579.

Stanton, Mr., 311, 314.

Stead, Rev. Mr., 272.

Steer, Rev. Wm., 275.

Steinheur, Rev. Henry, 78.

Stephen, Sir James, 158, 168, 189, 228, 272.

Stewart Rev. Mr., 102, 119.

Stewart, Rt. Rev. Dr., (Bishop of Quebec), 48, 76, 103, 206, 213, 217,
222, 291, 463.

Stickney, Miss, (Mrs. Ryerson, Sen.), 23.

Stinson, Rev. Dr. Joseph, 142, 154, 174, 183, 201, 204, 210, 227, 228,
237, 238, 244, 273, 337, 388, 396, 397, 401, 402.

Stoney, Rev. Edmund, 275.

Strachan, Bishop, 24, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 81, 83, 84, 91, 92, 95, 97,
98, 102, 103, 104, 105, 118, 125, 155, 182, 185, 195, 213, 215, 216,
217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 227, 229, 237, 239, 255, 256, 261, 262, 263,
292, 296, 299, 300, 320, 378, 379, 380, 385, 386, 389, 419, 433, 435,
436, 437, 438, 439, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450,
452, 453, 455, 457, 463, 464, 566, 602, 603.

Sturge, M. P., Joseph, 154, 162, 163.

Sunday, Rev. John, 61, 77, 78, 275.

Sunegoo, Wm., 68.

Sullivan, Hon. R. B., 170, 265, 266, 289, 307, 320, 332, 338, 341, 418.

Sweatman, Bishop. 595, 580, 581, 602.

Sydenham, Lord, (C. Poulett Thompson), 193, 197, 216, 257, 258, 260,
261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 268, 282, 283, 284, 286, 287, 290, 301, 302,
303, 304, 306, 312, 313, 320, 321, 325, 331, 342, 343, 345, 346, 378,
382, 387, 388, 389, 390, 394, 395, 396, 441, 443, 550, 561.

Taylor, Rev. Dr. Lachlan, 533, 559.

Taylor, Rev. Joseph, 384.

Telfer. Rev. Mr., 595.

Thompson, C. H., 91, 195.

Thompson, Chas. Poulett (see Lord Sydenham)

Thorburn, A. B., 328.

Thyner, Father, 367.

Touse, Rev. Mr., 360.

Townley, Rev. Dr., 198.

Trevelyan, Sir Charles, 340, 376.

Turner, Rev. R. L., 158.

Usedon, Count, 540.

Vaughan, Rev. C. J., 578.

Venueil, Mons., 357.

Viger, Hon. D. B., 318, 322, 333.

Waddy, Rev. Dr., 556.

Wallace, James, 562.

Wahwahsinno, Chief, 76.

Washburn, Daniel, 188.

Waudby, John, 265.

Watson, Rev. Richard, 106, 108, 110, 280, 384, 493, 494, 495.

Waugh, Bishop, 269.

Waugh, Dr., 115.

Waugh, Rev. Mr., 119.

Wayland, Rev. Dr., 26, 431.

Wellington, Duke of, 602.

Wells, Hon. Joseph, 178.

Wenham, Dr., 79.

West, Rev. Mr., 79.

Whitehead, Rev. Thomas, 274, 276, 407, 408.

Wilkinson, Rev. Henry, 130, 214, 228.

Wilson, Mr., 176.

Wilson, Thomas, & Co., 160.

Wilmot, Lient.-Gov., L. A., 572.

William IV., King, 118.

Williams, Rev. J. A., 587.

Willson, Hugh, 29.

Willson, Hon. John, M.P.P., 46, 195, 385, 386, 551.

Winchester, Bishop of, 116.

Wiseman, Cardinal, 420.

Wiseman, Rev. Mr., 576.

Withrow, Rev. Dr., 600.

Wolseley, Sir Garnet, 559.

Wood, Rev. Dr. Enoch, 470, 479, 480, 491, 497, 498, 503, 507, 511, 512,
533, 544, 559, 560, 589.

Wood, Rev. James, 116, 119.

Wood, Sir Charles, 515.

Wright, Rev. David, 130, 131, 228.

Yellowhead, Chief, 75, 76.

Yeomans, Rev. D., 75.

Young, Rev. E. R., 408, 409.

Young, Rev. R., 272.

INDEX TO SUBJECTS.

American General Conference of 1868, attendance at, 556.

Bagot, Government of Sir Charles, 306.

Bethune, Correspondence with Bishop, 564.

Bible, The, in Public Schools, 423, 564.

Bidwell, Defence of, 188 _et seq._ 306, 416, 567.

British Conference, Union with, 107 _et seq._ 114, 121, 141, 269.

---- Separation from, 269, 272, 277, 383.

Cartier, Sir George. Correspondence relating to, 559.

Chapel Property Cases, 172.

_Christian Guardian_, 93, 107, 109, 121, 131, 144, 172, 199, 201, 230,
239, _et seq._, 259, 269, 271.

_Christian Guardian_, Discussion with, 499.

Church of England, Dr. Ryerson's attitude towards, 291.

Church Property, Right of Conference to hold, 303.

Civil Rights Controversy, 81.

Class Meeting Question, 470, _et seq._, 491, _et seq._, 499.

Clergy Reserve Question, 47, 68, 81, 83, _et seq._, 91, 95,
_et seq._ 119, 155, 168, 170, 216, 218, 225, _et seq._, 236 _et seq._,
246, 250, _et seq._, 260 _et seq._, 278, 286, 300, 378, _et seq._,
387 _et seq._, 433 _et_ _seq., 454 et seq._

Confederation, Dr. Ryerson's Address on, 547.

Connecticut University, 106.

Controversy with W. L. Mackenzie, 124, 135, 145.

Controversy with Rev. W. M. Harvard, 202.

Controversies, Newspaper, 205, _et seq._

Council, Legislative, 168, 170.

Denominational Colleges Controversy, 518, _et seq._

Dominion, Dr. Ryerson's Address on the New, 547.

Durham, Government of Lord, 257, _et seq._, 312.

Early Life, Sketch of, 23.

Early Education, 24.

Education, Appointment as Chief Superintendent of, 342.

---- Retirement from Office of, 337.

Educational Administration, 352, 368, _et seq._

Educational Tours, 352, 365, 371, 419, 454, 514, 539, 577.

Education, Dr. Ryerson's status in the Conference while holding Office
of Chief Superintendent of, 415.

England, Visits to, 115, _et seq._, 121, 152, _et seq._, 158, 269, 272,
352, 371, 419, 454, 514, 539, 577.

Estimate of Dr. Ryerson's Character and Labours, by Rev. Dr.
Ormiston, 17.

Estimates of Dr. Ryerson's Character and Work, 595, 598, 600, _et seq._

Family Compact, 145.

Funeral Ceremonies, 593.

Grievance Report, 155.

Hume and Roebuck Letters, 167.

"Impressions" of England, 121, 137.

Indians, Labour among, 64, _et seq._

Infant Baptism, 470, _et seq._, 491, _et seq._

"Legion's" Letters, 341.

Loyalists, U. E., History of, 577, 585, 590.

Matrimony, Right of Methodist Ministers to Celebrate, 303.

Metcalfe, Defence of Sir Charles, 198, 312, _et seq._, 319, _et seq._,
328, _et seq._, 349.

Metcalfe, Administration of Sir Charles, 198, 312, _et seq._, 319,
_et seq._, 328, _et seq._, 337, _et seq._, 375.

Methodist Union, 571.

Metropolitan Church, 562.

Minister, Work as, 80, 86, 149, 282, 287.

Mission to River Credit Indians, page 58, _et seq._

Norfolk County, Visits to, 534.

Presidency of General Conference, 575.

Rebellion of 1837, 175, _et seq._, 182.

Rectories Question, 218, 225, _et seq._, 236, _et seq._, 245,
250, _et seq._

Red River Expedition, 559.

Religious Experiences, 25, 30, 32, 42, 51-57, 82, 85.

Religious Instruction in Schools, 423, 564.

Responsible Government, 257, _et seq._

Roebuck and Hume Letters, 167.

Ryanite Schism, 87.

School Act, 370.

Spencer, Controversy with Rev. Mr., 499.

Style, Controversial, 105.

Sydenham, Administration of Lord, 260, 284, 286, 290, 301.

Thompson, Mr. Charles Poulett, Government of, 260.

Union, Methodist, 571.

United Empire Loyalists, History of, 577, 585, 590.

University Controversy, 518, _et seq._

Upper Canada Academy, 113, 152, 161. _et seq._, 164, _et seq._, 179,
301, 305, 307.

Victoria College, 113, 152, 161, _et seq._, 164, _et seq._, 179,
301, 305, 307.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS,

OF

STATESMEN AND OTHERS,

ON

REV. DR. RYERSON'S "HISTORY OF THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, FROM 1620 TO 1816."

_From the Toronto_ Daily Mail, _July 7th, 1880._

In a lengthened review of more than two columns, the _Mail_ says:

"It is with great pleasure that we introduce and commend to our
readers these portly volumes, which together contain nearly a
thousand pages. Dr. Ryerson deserves well of his country on account
of his long and inestimable services to the cause of popular
education. He is the still surviving father of our public school
system, and for over thirty years directed its progress with
characteristic zeal and activity. But apart from the author's
public work, these volumes--the result of twenty-five years'
labour--are exceedingly valuable on their own account. * * * Dr.
Ryerson has performed his task with great thoroughness, inspired by
a deep interest in his subject. The style is easy and flowing; the
facts stated are almost superabundantly established by reference to
the authorities; and wherever it becomes necessary to demonstrate
the misrepresentations of American writers, the author's forcible
way of putting the subject-matter in dispute is at once clear and
cogent. In short, the narrative is interesting, whilst the
arguments that crop up now and again are pointed and convincing. We
had some doubts as to the venerable author's age; but he leaves no
doubt upon the point in a passage relating to the war of 1812 (Vol.
II., p. 353). At the outbreak of the war, amongst the Norfolk
volunteers who went with General Brock to the taking of Detroit
were the elder brother and brother-in-law of the writer of these
pages (he being then ten years of age). Dr. Ryerson must be
consequently seventy-eight, or thereabouts; still, as his father
lived to the ripe old age of ninety-four, the author may have a
long lease of life before him."

_From the Hamilton_ Evening Times, _June 13th, 1880._

"It has been well said, that Dr. Ryerson needs no monument to
perpetuate his industry, zeal, ability, and aptitude for literary
work, and successful management other than the system of public and
high schools of Ontario, which he may be said to have created
nearly forty years ago, and nourished until 1876, when he retired
from the position of Chief Superintendent of Education. But if he
do, that other monument will be found in his _History of the
Loyalists of America and their Times_. This contribution to native
literature is not the work of a day. It is the result of
twenty-five years of more or less arduous labour and diligent
inquiry. It is therefore all the more valuable and trustworthy.
When one carefully examines the tersely-written pages of the two
volumes comprising the History, one can, in a measure, conceive the
pains taken by the venerable author to do justice to his subject.
* * * The History is a mine of information. It stands alone as a
voluminous authority, and will probably do so for many years. It is
admirably written, thoroughly systematised, and clear and concise.
It is just such a work as should adorn the shelves of every
Canadian library."

_From the Hamilton_ Spectator, _June 19th, 1880_.

"No book issued in Canada in recent years is more worthy of cordial
reception than the one which forms the subject of this notice. With
the name of U. E. Loyalists most Canadians are familiar, but with
the experience, the noble deeds, the unswerving loyalty to king and
country, of those who took part in the events of the early history
of America, very many are lamentably ignorant; or such knowledge as
they have has been derived from unfriendly or unreliable sources.
* * * The work Dr. Ryerson undertook was no light one. The time was
long past when the events treated of took place, and when the
actors in them could be consulted. But though the actors in the
stirring scenes of our early history had passed away, there were
authentic documents and records of them left behind, and these the
author has searched out and consulted. The results of his
researches appear as a work which must be commended for the vast
amount of information it contains, its accuracy of detail, and the
supplying of a want long felt and often deplored. * * * Altogether,
the book is one which should be read throughout the length and
breadth of Canada; and even across the sea it should, and doubtless
will, find a place. The Rev. Dr. Ryerson's efforts in the cause of
education have borne good fruit; it is certain that his great
literary work will also accomplish high beneficial results.

"The mechanical part of the book is in every way creditable to the
publishers."

_From the_ Evangelical Churchman, _Toronto, June 24th, 1880_.

"This is, without exception, the most important and elaborate
historical work which has yet issued from the Canadian press. The
incidents of the memorable struggle, which resulted in the
separation of the colonies from the Empire, are given in nervous
and graphic language, and shed a flood of light on the contest
itself. The subsequent privations and sufferings of the "United
Empire Loyalists" are most vividly portrayed. Their settlement in
this and other Provinces are feelingly and touchingly described.
Reminiscences, recollections and experiences of expatriated
Loyalists are also given, and illustrations of the hardships
endured by them are related in the work by many of the living
descendants of these Loyalists. This portion of the history is
deeply interesting and instructive, but space forbids us to enter
into it. Our readers cannot do better than possess themselves of
these entertaining volumes, which we most cordially commend as a
most valuable addition to our colonial historical literature."

_From the Toronto_ Christian Guardian, _July 14th, 1880_.

"This new book by the venerable Dr. Ryerson is the most important
literary work of his life. It fitly crowns a career of unusual
intellectual activity with a standard history of the formative
period of Anglo-American civilization. The range and scope of the
work are much wider than most persons would suppose from the
announcement. Most people looked for a work that would be mainly
made up of biographical sketches of the U. E. Loyalist pioneer in
the settlement of Canada. But Dr. Ryerson goes back to the
beginning, and traces the whole origin and growth of the English in
America, the relation of the Colonists to the Home Government, the
character and doings of the Colonial Governments, and the political
causes which produced dissatisfaction, and ultimately led to
rebellion and independence.

"The first thing that strikes us in examining this work is the
evidence it presents of extensive research, in the examination of
original documents, and consequently the extent to which it must be
a valuable repertory of important historic facts for future
historians of American civilization.

"One thing that invests this work with special interest to all
Canadians and Britons is that nearly all the histories of the
United States, as well as the popular literature of that country,
glorify the deeds and character of all who took a part in the
Revolutionary war, on the Republican side; but the Loyalists who
could not feel justified in fighting against their Sovereign and
country, are uniformly painted in the blackest colours, as if they
were cowardly and base wretches who had no redeeming qualities. All
that is hateful and mean is suggested by the word 'Tory' or
'Royalist' in the annals of the United States. They have never had
fair play; because they were generally painted by those who
bitterly hated them. But while the author admits fully the folly
and unconstitutional despotism that goaded the colonists into
rebellion, and the patriotic feeling of many on the Republican
side, no one can read his work without feeling that great injustice
has been done to the Loyalists, whose wrong acts were generally
provoked by the relentless persecution of the other party. In the
light of the real facts, it does not appear criminal or
discreditable that they were unwilling to join in open war against
the land of their fathers and the Government to which they owed
allegiance. * * * The account of the war of 1812 will possess still
greater interest for Canadians. The part played by the people of
Canada at that time, in resolutely resisting an unjustifiable
invasion, made by a greatly superior power, at a time when England
was contending almost single-handed against the immense forces
Napoleon I. had combined against her; and the fact that eleven
different attacks were repelled without loss of territory, are
achievements of which Canadians have no need to be ashamed."

_From the Montreal_ Gazette, _June 26th, 1880_.

In the course of an elaborate review of three columns of this work,
the editor of the _Montreal Gazette_, June 26th, 1880, says:

"This most important work, whose approach to completion we had the
pleasure some months ago of announcing to our readers, is now an
accomplished fact, and the people of Canada will have an
opportunity of gratifying their desire for a full and fair history
of one of the most interesting and meritorious elements of our
population. For the laborious, and in some respects perilous task
of writing such a history, few, if any, of our prominent men of
learning could have been so well fitted as Dr. Ryerson. Himself the
son of a leading Loyalist, of a family which had given Canada many
men of earnest thought and strenuous act, familiar from his
childhood with the traditions of those heroic settlers who were
mainly the founders of his native Province, and having himself had
no small share in extending the progress and perpetuating the
prosperity of which, at the cost of their fortunes and the risk of
their lives, they laid the firm basis, he was indignantly conscious
of the many calumnies propagated by hostile pens, from which, for
nearly a century, they had suffered almost undefended. Not alone,
indeed. Happily there were others also who longed to see the story
of the Loyalists written by an impartial and skilful hand. And when
those who represent what was best in the public life, the
literature, the pulpit and the press of the two united Provinces a
quarter of a century ago, looked around on each other and beyond
their own circle for a person to whom they might entrust the
performance of so needed a duty, they unanimously fixed upon the
Superintendent of Education of Upper Canada as that person. Thus
selected, and not unmoved, besides, by potent inward urgings, Dr.
Ryerson accepted the honourable but difficult charge." [Then
follows an analysis of the principal facts and arguments of the
work.]

_From the_ Morning Chronicle, _Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 4th, 1880._

"This is undoubtedly one of the most notable of recent works from
the press of Canada. It is a work of such interest as to its
subject, and, we must add, of such merit as to its execution, that
no proper justice can be done to it in any such review as can be
afforded within the limited eligible space of a daily newspaper."

_From the_ Morning Herald, _Halifax, N. S., July 24th and August 4th, 1880._

The _Herald_ devotes two articles in review of this work, commencing with the following words:

"The author of this work is so well known to the people of this
country, that any publication in which his name appears is a
sufficient guarantee of its value, its accuracy, and the
interesting nature of its contents. No work ever published in
Canada is more worthy of a cordial reception from our people than
the 'Loyalists of America and their Times,' and none will be read
with more intense interest by the descendants of those noble men
and women, 'who, stripped of their rights and property during the
war, * * * were driven from the homes of their birth and of their
forefathers,' because of their loyalty to their king, to seek new
homes in the (then) wilderness of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick."

N.B.--Numerous other notices, of a similar character to the above, are said to have appeared in various provincial newspapers.

Letter from Sir Stafford Northcote.

"79 Portland Place, July 26th, 1880.

"My Dear Sir,

"I ought long ago to have thanked you for so kindly sending me your
work on the 'Loyalists,' but I have been so busy since it came that
I have had little time for reading. I have been much interested
with it, and am very much obliged for it.

"Believe me, yours very faithfully,

(Signed) "Stafford H. Northcote."

Letter from Lord Carnarvon.

"Highclere Castle, Newbury, Sept. 1st, 1880.

"My Dear Sir,

"I have received the 'History of the Loyalists of America' which
you have been good enough to send me. I have as yet only been able
to turn the pages, but before long I hope to find the leisure to
become acquainted with the contents of these two volumes, of which
I have seen enough in my rapid glance to be sure that they embrace
not only much that is most interesting, but in a historical point
of view very valuable matter.

"I remain, my dear Sir, yours faithfully,

(Signed) "Carnarvon."

Letter from Alpheus Todd, Esq., Librarian of the House of Commons.

"Ottawa, September 16th, 1880.

"My Dear Dr. Ryerson,

"I have just returned from a visit to England, much refreshed. I
found your two interesting volumes on my desk, and am very grateful
for your kind remembrance of me. I shall prize them highly.

"We have all reason for congratulation that you have completed this
great book, which is a noble retrospect of the loyalty of our
forefathers. I earnestly hope that it may be the means of
quickening and strengthening the present generation in this land in
the endeavour to render themselves worthy of the noble inheritance
that the zeal and devotion of our ancestors obtained for us, and
that it will deepen our attachment to the British Crown and
Imperial connection.

"Always with much respect and regard,

"Your sincere friend,

(Signed) "Alpheus Todd."

Letter from His Excellency the Marquis of Lorne.

"Citadel, Quebec, June 10th, 1880.

"My Dear Dr. Ryerson,

"I have to-day received your most welcome gift, and hasten to tell
you my gratitude for what was to me a very pleasant surprise--a
surprise, for I had not heard that you were engaged in the task you
have now completed, and had I heard it, I could not have expected
the kindness which has made me the recipient from the author of
such a full and extremely interesting history.

"It should become a household book in Canada; and I can well
imagine the delight it will give to those who are able through the
work, as you have been in its composition, to trace the actions and
live again in sympathy with the thoughts of heroic ancestors.

"Believe me, with very many thanks,

"Yours very truly,

(Signed) "Lorne."

Letter from Lord Dufferin.

"St. Petersburg, September 6th, 1880.

"My Dear Dr. Ryerson,

"I have just received your two beautiful volumes. I cannot tell you
how grateful I am to you for your kind thought of me. There is no
present I value more than that of a book from its author. Indeed, I
have now a very interesting library composed of volumes given to me
at different times by the various distinguished men of the present
generation whom I have had the happiness to know, and your work
will find an honoured place upon its shelves.

"You well know how fully I understand and appreciate all that you
have done for education in Canada, and that there are few people in
the Dominion for whom I have always entertained a greater regard or
respect.

"Believe me, my dear Dr. Ryerson,

"Yours most sincerely,

(Signed) "Dufferin."

Canadian Methodism:

ITS

EPOCHS AND CHARACTERISTICS,

WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE

LONDON, TORONTO, AND MONTREAL CONFERENCES.

BY THE

_REV. EGERTON RYERSON, D.D., LL.D._

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The Loyalists of America

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THEIR TIMES.

BY THE

REV. EGERTON RYERSON, D.D., LL.D.,

_Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada from 1844 to 1876._

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