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schools, providing an object lesson far more suggestive and illustrative than any text-book can possibly be; they stimulate research into local history and an appreciation of the value of historical objects and places; finally (a consideration not to be despised) they are a great attraction to visitors from other parts of the country and from abroad. Most tourists are interested in the history of the places they visit, and will go, other things being equal, to those places in which the history is made accessible and attractive. The establishment of historical museums is not simply an accompaniment of advancing civilization; it is also, in a certain way, a measure of it.

Where is New Brunswick's historical museum?

The history of New Brunswick, though not important from a world stand-point, is extremely varied and attractive from a local point of view. Few of the newer countries can point to annals so replete with human interest. Of all the several periods of her history, many relics are still extant and obtainable, though they are gradually being lost through neglect. Particularly is this true, however, in the case of the most important event in New Brunswick history, the coming and settlement of the Loyalists. If the various Loyalist relics—books, documents, furniture, personal effects, etc.—now scattered through the provinces, could be brought together into one museum (as would be entirely possible, in time, if a properly-managed museum existed), they would form a collection of the greatest possible interest and value, both to the people of the province and also to the many visitors from abroad, for generations to come. It must astonish persons of culture who visit St. John to learn that there is no such museum in the province, that the often and vigorously-expressed pride of the citizen of St. John in his ancestry, and the touching references in the city's tourist literature to the rich historical associations of the place, are mere words not emphasized by deeds. One would