Excerpt from Alphabet of First Things in Canada: A Ready Reference Book of Canadian Events An effort has been made to collect succinct accounts of the numerous organizations of various kinds which have been founded in Canada for the pro motion of social, literary and Other aims. Illustrating, as these organizations do, the activity of a people, I regret that the effort has been only partially successful. In the course of time, doubtless a more satisfactory result will be obtained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.