An era of intellectual as well as material activity commences in 1840,
after the concession of responsible government; political life
still claims best intellects; names of prominent politicians and
statesmen from 1840-1867; performance in literature and science;
gross partisanship of the press; poems of Crémazie, Howe,
Sangster and others; histories of Christie, Bibaud, Garneau and
Ferland.