donalds, and H. Cameron, who were formerly wounded, are almost recovered. The London Chronicle for 1788. Aug. 16-19 It is a circumstance not generally known, but believed by the army which served under General Wolfe, that his death-wound was not received by the common chance of war, but given by a deserter from his own regiment: The circumstances are thus related :-The General perceived one of the sergeants of his regiment strike a man under arms (an act against which he had given particular orders), and, knowing the man to be a good soldier, reprehended the aggressor with much warmth, and threatened to reduce him to the ranks. This so far incensed the sergeant that he took the first opportunity of deserting to the enemy, where he meditated the means of destroying the General, which he effected by being placed in the enemy's left wing, which was directly opposite to the right of the British line, where Wolfe commanded in person, and where he was marked out by the miscreant, who was provided with a rifle-piece, and unfortunately for this country, effected his purpose. After the defeat of the French Army, the deserters were all removed to Crown Point; which being afterwards suddenly invested and taken by the British Army, the whole of the garrison fell into the hands of the Captors; when the sergeant of whom we have been speaking was hanged for desertion, but before the execution of his sentence confessed the facts above recited. Θ Bibliography of the Siege of Quebec, by A. Doughty and J. E. Middleton, with a list of Plans of Quebec Congress, Washington. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC MOST important event in the world of Letters during the past three decades has been the evolution of the Deductive or Documentary method of History study. In America, notable work in this department has been done by Prof. John Fisk, Bancroft Justin Winsor and Francis Parkman and it is to these famous men more than to any others that the Renaissance of Historical Study on this Continent is due. Coincident with this "revival of learning" the study of Bibliography has been popularized, and intelligent collectors of Americana are now more numerous than ever. Still it must be admitted that although Canadians have to a large extent been at one with the students in the United States in this Historico-Bibliographical regeneration, there has been a tendency to consider the History of this country as a mere offshoot of American History rather than a separate Entity. Hence, the Bibliography of Canadian History and Literature is meagre and aside from the utilitarian catalogues of the Library of Parliament and the Legislative Library of the Province of Quebec, we have only the excellent Essai de la Bibliographie of Mr. Philéas |