L’Oeuvre des congrégations religieuses de charité dans la province de Québec by Arthur Saint-Pierre (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 REVIEWS OF BOOKS 331 of Quebec. In a first part, the author comparesthe merits of the two systems, institutional care and placing-out of children, and seems to favour the former. He then proceedsto show how the religiouscommunities succeedin fulfilling their socialwork at a lower cost than civic institutions, thanks to the gratuitous servicesof their own membersand their self-sacrificingmode of life. As to their efficiency,it restson the permanenceof a trained personnel. But it is pointedout that physical education should receive a larger considerationthan is generally the case. The author claimsthat the Quebecsystemresultsin greatsaving to thetreasurybut that largergrantsshouldbeextended to thedeserving communities. The secondpart of the book is devoted to a review of the multifarious activities of the thirty-nine religiouscommunitiesengaged in the work of suchinstitutionsas day-nurseries,orphanages,asylums, hospitals, industrial schools, reformatories, deaf and dumb schools, institutions for the blind, etc.,in the Province of Quebec. GUSTAVE LINCTaT The Trail of the King's Men. By MABEL B. DUNHAM. Toronto: The Ryerson Press. 1031. Pp. 314. ($2.00) TI•E appearanceof Miss Mabel Dunham's latest novel, The trail of the king'smen,warrants a departurefrom the usualpolicyof the CANADXA• H•STORICA•. REVIEWin confiningitself to noticeof strictly historicaland scientificworksdealingwith Canada. Her storyisprincipallyconcerned with the varied history and fortunesof the famousJohnsonfamily of the Mohawk Valley and the migration to Canada at the time of the American Revolution. It is a stirring epic of Loyalist adventure, and as suchreally lies outsidethe more...