CHAPTER XXIX

GENERAL CULTURE

I. THE LIBRARY MOVEMENT

FRENCH:--L’OEUVRE DES BONS LIVRES, 1844--THE CABINET DE LECTURE PAROISSIAL, 1857.

ENGLISH:--“MONTREAL LIBRARY” AND MONTREAL NEWS ROOM, 1821--MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 1844--THE FRASER INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED 1870--ITS EARLY LITIGATIONS--ITS PUBLIC OPENING IN 1885--OTHER LIBRARIES.

II. LITERARY AND LEARNED SOCIETIES

THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1827--THE MECHANICS INSTITUTE, 1828--LA SOCIETE HISTORIQUE, 1856--CONFERENCE DES INSTITUTEURS, 1857--THE “INSTITUT CANADIEN”--CERCLE LITTERAIRE DE VILLE MARIE, 1857--UNION CATHOLIQUE, 1858--(THE GUIBORD CASE)--THE ANTIQUARIAN AND NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION, 1862--THE “ECOLE LITTERAIRE” 1892--ST. JAMES LITERARY SOCIETY, 1898--THE “DICKENS’ FELLOWSHIP” 1909--OTHER LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS--THE “BURNS SOCIETY”--THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE--THE CANADIAN CLUB, 1905.

III. ARTISTIC ASSOCIATIONS

FOREWORD:--INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC EXCLUSIVENESS.

ART:--EARLY ART IN CANADA--THE MODERN MOVEMENT--THE MONTREAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS--THE ART ASSOCIATION OF MONTREAL--ITS HISTORY--ITS PAINTINGS--MONTREAL ART COLLECTIONS--THE ART SCHOOL--MONTREAL ARTISTS--THE WOMAN’S ART SOCIETY--THE CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY--THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS--THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA--OUTSTANDING ARTISTS.

THE DRAMA:--PLAYS IN 1804--THE FIRST THEATRE ROYAL BUILT IN 1825--THE SECOND OPENED IN 1850--OTHER THEATRES TO THE PRESENT--AMATEUR THEATRICAL ASSOCIATIONS--THE DRAMATIC LEAGUE.

MUSIC:--MODERN SOCIETIES--SOCIETE DE STE CECILE--SOCIETE DE MONTAGNARDS--AMATEUR MUSICAL LEAGUE--MENDELSSOHN CHOIR--MONTREAL PHILHARMONIC--INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

NEWSPAPERS:--MONTREAL HISTORIES 349