[Footnote 32: Page 18.--The first volume of François Xavier Garneau's
"Histoire du Canada depuis sa découverte jusqu'à nos jours" appeared
at Quebec in 1845; the second in 1846; and the third, bringing the
history down to the establishment of constitutional government in 1791,
was printed in 1848. A second edition completed the work to the union
of the Canadas in 1841, and was published in 1852 at Montreal by Mr.
Lovell, the well-known publisher. A third edition appeared at Quebec
in 1859, and a somewhat slovenly translation was made by Mr. Andrew
Bell and printed at Montreal in 1860. The fourth edition appeared in
four volumes after the historian's death. It is the third edition, as
originally written by Mr. Garneau. The fourth volume of this edition
contains an eulogistic review of the author's life by Mr. Chauveau,
a poem by Mr. Louis Fréchette on "Notre Histoire"--also printed in
'Trans. Roy. Soc. Can.,' vol. i., Sec. I.,--and an analytical table
by Mr. B. Sulte. A portrait of Mr. Garneau is the frontispiece to the
same volume. The 'Trans. Roy. Soc. Can.,' vol. i., Sec. I., has a paper
by Abbé Casgrain on Garneau and Ferland, "Notre Passé Littéraire, et
nos deux historiens." In the same volume appears a paper by Mr. J. M.
LeMoine on "Nos quatre historiens modernes, Bibaud, Garneau, Ferland,
Faillon," which, like the preceding essay, certainly does not fail in
the way of eulogy. French Canada assuredly is proud and not often too
critical of her eminent writers.]