[Footnote 63: Page 53.--Some interesting facts as to the evolution of
libraries in the Dominion can be gathered by reference to Bourinot's
"Intellectual Development in Canada" (Toronto, 1831); Canniff Haight's
"Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago"; Dr. Canniff's "History of
Ontario"; and Dr. Kingsford's "Early Bibliography of Ontario." The
principal results of the Ontario law providing for the establishment
of free libraries by votes of ratepayers in a community have been the
opening of two excellent libraries in Hamilton and Toronto--the latter
under the judicious superintendence of Mr. James Bain.]