World. His valour and his military talents have honoured the French armies." This appeal was not fruitless. The four living children of Montcalm received a pension of 1,000 francs each. Madame de Damas received 4,000 francs. The Journal and letters of Montcalm to M. de Lévis, to Bourlamaque and to some others were published a few years ago by the Quebec government." In 1777 a volume of letters said to have been written by the dead general, was published in London. These letters were clearly fabricated. No trustworthy historian has ever admitted their authenticity.

Montcalm's memory has always been cherished in Canada. But for over half a century no monument was erected to record his glorious deeds. In 1827, under the auspices of Lord Dalhousie, a stone column was dedicated to the two illustrious leaders to whom a common death had given a common glory." A few years later, in 1831, Lord Aylmer directed a mural tablet in white marble to be erected in the Ursuline's chapel, with this inscription: Honneur à Montcalm, le destin en le privaut de la victoire l'a récompensé par une mort glorieuse.

Sixteen months after Montcalm's death, Bougainville had written to the Académie des Inscriptions et BellesLettres praying that renowned body to prepare an inscription recalling the life and achievements of the victor of Carillon. The inscription was to be engraved on a mar

(1) In the Levis collection given to the Province by M. de Nicolay, great grand son of the chevalier, afterwards the duke de Levis.

(1) We have given in the first volume of this work the celebrated lines inscribed on this monument.