[27] On my retirement from the publication of the Colonist, the Attorney-General offered me a position under Government to which was attached a salary of $1,400 a year, which I declined as unsuited to my tastes and habits.
[28] Some members of the corporation were much annoyed at their exclusion, and inclined to resent it as a studied insult, but wiser counsels prevailed.
[29] "Whatever may be its fate, the friends of progress will remember that the Province is indebted for this bill (the Free Libraries Act) to the zeal and public spirit of an alderman of the City of Toronto, Mr. John Hallam. With a disinterested enthusiasm and an assurance that the inhabitants of the towns and villages of Ontario would derive substantial benefits from the introduction of free public libraries, Mr. Hallam has spared no pains to stimulate public opinion in their favour. He has freely distributed a pamphlet on the subject, which embodies the result of much enquiry and reflection, gathered from various sources, and he seems to be very sanguine of success."—See Dr. Alpheus Todd's paper "On the Establishment of Free Libraries in Canada," read before the Royal Society of Canada, 25th May, 1882.
[30] Mr. Boulton retired January 1st, 1884, and Alderman Bernard Saunders was appointed in his stead.
Transcriber's Notes:
hyphenation, spelling and grammar have been preserved as in the original
Page 13, and occassionally all night ==> and occasionally all night
Page 34, want of a bating." ==> want of a bating."'
Page 38, and of the world ==> and of the world.
Page 62, have cutdown trees enough ==> have cut down trees enough