The journal is evidently intended to cover the operations in America, as the Chevalier begins with a brief introductory passage upon the causes of the war, in which he lays the blame upon the missionaries, whom he charges with using the dispute about boundaries to disturb the harmony which existed on this continrnt. These missionaries had, he says, much greater importance in time of war than in peace, due to the iufluence they exercised over the savages, and it was not in their interest to play the part of peacemakers.

The volumes which are to follow will be awaited with interest. The volumes are similar in form to the series of manuscripts published a few years ago by the same Government.

FOR GOD AND FATHERLAND.

The following spirited and patriotic lines were first published in the "Monthly Review," a magazine edited by John Waudby, Esq., late editor of the Upper Canada Herald, and "devoted to the Civil Government of Canada." They appeared in the first number of this publication which was issued in Toronto, and are anonymous. Perhaps some of our readers may recollect the author's name?

THE UNITED PROVINCES.
"Westward the tide of empire rolls its way."

Blue skies and glorious forests! Life and light-
The downward rushing of a thousand floods,
The far-heard thunder of the torrent's might;

[BERKELEY.]

The free winds wrestling with the giant woods:
The fresh wild splendour of the spring-tide morn,
Sunshine and youth their golden treasures flinging-
The careless gladness of a heart unworn,

And hope's clear voice to chainless freedom singing,-
"From thy short annals dash one stormy page;
Toward the veil'd future gaze,-there lies thy heritage !"

The West! the West!-high theme for minstrel's lyre,
Whose heart is fresh-whose glance is ONWARD cast,
Whom hope hath touch'd with her prophetic fire,
Who leaves to colder harps to sing the past.

The West! the West! where Empire's course is speeding
To found broad realms-to rear her mightiest throne,
Where worth and strength to earthly fame are leading,
Where victory shall sound her boldest tone,

Where unborn glories, with triumphant blaze,

Shall dim the past's proud deeds, shall pale its flaunting rays.

Roll soft, blue waters of the "Thousand Isles"!

Superior! calm thy ocean-giant's sweep!

Flash up, fair Erie, in the warm sun's smiles :
Gray Huron, wake thee from thy troubled sleep.
Hark! from the green old woods hoarse voices come,
The spirits of the solitudes are out:

Up waves and winds! blue rush and sparkling foam,
Ring thro' the startled West the mingled shout

Of strength and gladness, the wild jubilee,

In which ye speak your might, the anthem of the free!

Roll on, bright waves, along your swelling tide
No ruined fane, no dark dismantled towers

Gaze on your depths in melancholy pride,

To mar the freshness of your forest bowers.
Not yours the time-worn arch-the shattered dome,
The mournful loveliness of slow decay:

The splendour of the morning lights your home,
The fresh magnificence of opening day :-
Time o'er your land with baffled might has flown,
No works of man to fall-fair nature bow'd alone.

Hark! from yon giant mount a war drum beats,
A trumpet rings upon the morning air;

A glorious flag the quivering sunlight greets,

With blood-red cross and snow-white volumes fair:
'Tis thine, ST. GEORGE! that war-worn banner's fold,
The victor o'er those lordly waves streams forth;
Thine the bold notes-thine Island warriors hold
The grave of Wolfe-the fortress of the north!

And proud defiance from its crest is hurl'd,

Where Britain's genius sits,-throned o'er the western world.

On speed the martial sounds, o'er wood and lake,
From fortress rocks and garrison'd defiles;
St. Helen's bids her sleeping echoes wake,

Fort Henry wafts them through Ontario's isles;
And banners flash and English music springs
From camp and fort along that fatal wave,
Where dread Niag'ra's giant thunder sings
His everlasting requiem for the brave-
And on, o'er Erie's sands, o'er soft St. Clair,

The same free trumpet rings, the red cross flutters there!

Aye, 'tis a fair, a lordly heritage,

For British heirs, by British valour won.

A youth predestin'd for a glorious age,

A spot for freedom's ark to rest upon.

And there bright memories come floating down,

Borne from the past on fame's least earthly chords. Warming the children with the sire's renown,

Singing of crimson fields, of conquering swords, Trafalgar's wave-old Runnimede's fair sod,

How patriots bled for home-how martyrs died for God.

Where lurks the parricide, whose impious hand

Britania's standard from its height would tear,
And false to faith, truth, HEAVEN, AND FATHERLAND,
Bow to some specious rag usurping there?
Woe to the craven statesman's plotting brain;
Shame on the perjured soldier's dastard crest,
Who rends the "Ocean Empire's" proud domain,
Who drives the lion from the glorious west,
And leaves the children of the isles a prey

To dark and hopeless strife, or worse than Vandal sway.

Land of the West! Before the minstrel's glance

Bright visions float magnificent and free:

Fair glories light the future's broad expanse,

And hope, wild prophet, sings-they gleam for thee.

Rise, eagle-winged and lion-hearted, rise,

Youth, strength, and freedom, nerve your upward flight;

Fix on the morning sun your quenchless eyes:

Trust to your stainless name, your children's might: Thine be worth, genius, victory, splendour, praise,

Meet for a clime like thine, where flag, like England's sways.

Onward, fair clime! The holy arch of peace
Spans in its light thy green and smiling shore,
And golden plenty sheds her rich increase,

And hope and health their priceless treasures pour.
Rest, calm and true: should darker days be known,
Should foemen taint the freshness of thy sod,
Thine is the rampart of earth's mightiest throne,—
Thine the sure aid of freedom's watchful God.
Speed on! No mortal gives this high command,—
Stand by the patriot's creed,-"FOR GOD AND FATHERLAND!"
TORONTO, December, 1840.

Notes.

OTTAWA.

Being under the impression that I had met with the name "Ottawa" as belonging to a town in the United States, I made some enquiry about it, and to my astonishment I found no less than ten, located as under:

HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY OF MANITOBA. We acknowledge, with thanks, the following Transactions:-"Continuation of Henry's Journal covering adventures and experiences in the fur trade of the Red River, 1799-1801," by Chas. N. Bell, F.R.G.S.— "Lord Selkirk's Deed from the Hudson's Bay Company," by Jas. Taylor, Esq., Rec.-Secy.-" Land and Sea Birds nesting within the

Arctic circle in the Lower Mackenzie River District," by R. R. Macfarlane, Esq.-"Two Provisional Governments in Manitoba," by Rev. Professor Bryce, LL.D. The above comprise the papers read before the Society during the session of 1889, and are all full of interest. Henry's Journal is an exceptionally valuable manuscript in the Parliamentary Library, Ottawa, and probably forms the only known source of information for the history of the Red River country for the period from 1799 to 1809; and Mr. Bell deserves thanks from all students of Canadian History for its publication. Many interesting details are narrated especially in regard to the habits of the Indians of that district. Dr. Bryce's paper is an important addition to the literature of the Riel rebellion of 1869-70. We have also been favored with the Report of this Society for 1899, and must congratulate its members on the substantial progress therein shown. Manitoba can well be proud of her Historical Society-one of the three in Canada who have the enterprise to regularly publish their Transactions. Every branch of its work shows vigour. The erection of a monument on the battlefield of Seven Oaks-the preservation of the remains of the historic gateway of old Fort Garry-the maintenance of a Natural History museum and a reference library (to say nothing of the free public library managed by the Society-all indicate the steady growth and usefulness of the institution. The financial statement is an unusually cheering one, the Historical branch alone showing an income of $606 for 1889, and having $373 in hand with which to commence the session of 1890.

THE CANADIAN CLUB OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY. We are in receipt of a copy of the prospectus of this organization, and are glad to learn of the formation of a club with such an excellent object. Its existence should have the effect of ably maintaining the distinctive nationality of Canadian students at Harvard, and we hope that it will be successful in every way. But notwithstanding the many literary and academical attractions which Harvard offers, and which are so fully stated in the pamphlet, it is to be hoped that the substantial advances made by McGill within the past year or two will have the effect of drawing to it a great number of students from the Maritime Provinces which have in past years furnished so many undergraduates to Harvard and other American colleges.