It is with the third mentioned of these composi tions that I have now to deal, and I will brie?y draw attention to the salient points of the essay in question. Mr. Stephens himself, in a few prefatory words, informs us that its motif, if it may be so called, has been to give all the facts concerning Jacques Cartier known up to the present time and he believes that his pages contain everything of value now known about Cartier. First, then, an account is given of the brave explorer's life, of which, as we are all aware, not much can now be ascertained, apart from what we learn from the Voyages. Next, Mr. Stephens has translated from the original French.