Rose du Canada: Mère Marie-Rose, fondatrice de la Congrégation des Soeurs des Saints Noms de Jésus et de Marie by R. P. Duchaussois, and: Une disciple de la croix: La vénérable Marguerite d’Youville by les Soeurs de la Charité de Québec (review)

330 THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW economicor political problems,as thesemight be viewed by a student of the empire as a whole. A. BRADY Rose du Canada: Mgre Marie-Rose, rondatrice de la Congregation des Soeurs des Saints Noms de J•sus et de Marie. Par R. P. DUCHAUSSOIS. Montreal: Granger Frbres Limitbe. 1932. Pp. 352. Une disciple de la croix: La v•n•rable Marguerite d' Youville. Par les Soeursde la Charit6 de Quebec. Quebec:Ernest Tremblay. 1932. Pp. xxiii, 169. To onewho is at all familiar with Father Duchaussois's delightful books on pioneeringin the Arctic and in the tropics, his latest volume Rosedu Canadais most welcome. It has not the stern, wild beauty--the silent grandeur of the great north,--that one finds in his Glaces polaires, Femmes h•roiquesor Ap6tres inconnus; nor does one encounter in it the exoticcharmofSouslesfeux deCeylan;but it doespossess that unique appeal with which those who know the story of French-Canadian culture are familiar. Father Duchaussoisis not a Canadian. However, his ability, as a missionary,to adapt himselfto conditionsin Canada, north and south, in India, in Africa--where he isat present--are evidenceof hisversatility in matters literary. Perhapsthe chief merit of this volume, apart from its accuracyin questionsof fact--and that in itself is vital in such a work--is the attractive manner in which these facts are presented. Father Duchaussois 'sability to sustain the reader's interest without departing from the simpletruth of what he relates, or describes,placeshim amongthe classof writers from whoseefforts both history and biography should benefit much. This seemsto be a fitting place to make brief mention of another recent book, also in the French language--Une disciple de la croix: La v•n•rableMarguerited' Youville. It is a sketchof the life and work of the foundtessof the Grey Nuns, whose work in the Arctic was so touchingly describedin one of Duchaussois'earlier books The Grey Nuns in thefar north (Toronto, 1919). This book, of someone hundred and fifty pages,with its background of life and conditions in Montreal during the dying years of the French r•gime, though it adds nothing new to what has already appeared in print about Madame d'Youville, neverthelesshelps one to forgetsomeof the sordidnessand selfishness of the age,by telling usthe story of what a noble lady did for the poor and lowly, and what her order has sincebeen able to accomplishfor the sameclassof people. Brother MEMORIAN L'Oeuvredescongregations religieuses decharit•dansla province deQuebec. ParARTHUR SAiNT-PIERRE. Montreal: l•ditions dela Bib!ioth&que Canadienne. 1032. Pp. 245. THis book of Mr. Saint-Pierre will constitute a welcome addition to the literature on Canadian social welfare. It covers the little-known field of the socialwork discharged by the religiouscommunitiesin the Province ...