conclude that Wolfe's was exclusively a military genius. On the contrary, his mental ability coupled with his intensity of purpose, must have raised him to distinction in any other profession he might have adopted. Circumstances, and no doubt a boyish love of glory led him into the army, and that profession was as well suited for him as he was suited for it. But his mind soon began to penetrate through the surface of things; he saw that the army was not the mere stepping-stone to glory, and that glory was not the highest object of aspiration for an intellectual being. His experience taught him, long before the Government was aware of the fact, that education was as necessary for an officer as for a barrister or a physician, and in spite of every impediment, he educated himself. Nor did this self-instruction consist in booklearning alone. He acquired a knowledge of himself, and once conscious of his strong natural passions, he struggled with them long and, as much as in him lay, brought them under the mastery of his reason. Although the short duration of his life hinders Wolfe from being classed with the greatest Generals, the genius which he exhibited during his brief career as the commander of an army, proves that had his years been more he would not have fallen short of the most distinguished in ability. It is not because of his success, great though it was, that he deserves our applause; but because of the causes of that success. Passing over his instinctive perception of the course that ought to have been adopted at Rochefort, and his preconception of the vigorous means whereby Louisbourg was taken, if we review his dispositions before Quebec we cannot but con clude that no enterprise of equal difficulty was ever more judiciously accomplished. It is impossible to convey to those who have not seen Quebec any adequate idea of its warlike strength. Before the city—more strongly fortified by nature than by art-could be attacked, a vast theatre, exceeding thirty miles in extent, and embracing both sides of a prodigious river, had to be occupied by an army numbering not quite 7000 men. Within view of a much superior force, in a hostile country, and surrounded by prowling savages, it was necessary that distinct operations should be carried on by several detachments; but, distant though these detachments were, Wolfe, by his constant presence, as well as by his master-mind, so directed them that they acted with all the unity and precision of a single battalion. Between the invaders and the only weak side of the city lay a defensive army, surrounded by impregnable entrenchments, and commanded by a cautious and hitherto successful General. But Wolfe, by his unwearied vigilance and his untiring perseverance, at length beguiled his unwilling adversary to meet him in the open field. With truth says Burke:-"In this contest with so many difficulties, one may say, with nature itself, the genius of the Commander showed itself superior to everything. All the dispositions to that daring but judicious attempt near Sillery, which at last drew Montcalm from his entrenchments, were so many masterpieces in the art of If, however, from lack of opportunity, Wolfe as a General is not to be ranked with Marlborough and * Annual Register, 1759, p. 42. Wellington, in other respects his fame is more enviable. While we must admire the military genius of Marlborough, we cannot respect the man. While Wellington commands both admiration and respect, yet the "iron Duke" was not one to be generally loved. Wolfe alone" the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier"-wins at once our admiration, our respect, and our love. Although by nature passionate, he was void of uncalled-for offence. He was impulsive, but not rash; persistent, but not obstinate; self-confident, yet modest; aspiring, but not vainglorious; generous, hospitable, and charitable, but not extravagant; stern, yet gentle; ingenuous, but not egotistic; free-spoken, yet courteous. If ever high honour, strict integrity, and all the qualities which constitute a dutiful and affectionate son, a true and constant lover, a sincere friend, a loyal subject, and a pure patriot, were combined with fearless valour, untiring industry, and great mental capacity, they were combined in JAMES WOLFE. 619 INDEX. Abercrombie, General James, Com- Adeane, J. W. (General), 335, 347. George, 3rd Earl of, 314, Captain William, 449, 461. Aylmer, Hon. Mr., 346. Miss, 597. Lord, 601, 603. Barré, Colonel Isaac, 420; drawn from Barrington, Lord, 391, 392; his inter- view with Wolfe, 479; opposes Mrs. Bathiani, Marshal, 97, 104. Beckford, Alderman, 471, 472, 598. Bell, Captain Thomas, 447, 501, 574, Belleisle, Maréchal, 66, 112, 345. Blakeney, General, 75, 338, 346, 358. Boscawen, Admiral, 316, 320; commands Bourlemaque, M. de, 524, 546, 564. Braddock, General, 317, 324. Chas., R.N., 154, 164, 175; Wolfe's Miss, 186, 284, 414. Broderick, Rear-Admiral, 375, 385, Brudenell, Lord, 240. Burton, Colonel, 505, 550, 560, 568, Cadet, M., Commissary-General of Ca- Calcraft, John, Army Agent, 319, 372, 421. Caldwell, Captain, 474, 501, 607. 128. Carleton, Colonel Guy (Lord Dorches Captain Thomas, 286, 469. Carpets, floor, 326. Carteret, Lord, 40, 63. Cathcart, Charles, 8th Lord, 14, 15. Edward, Prince, lands, 68; en- Chesterfield, Earl of, 230; introduces New Style, 231; his tactics, 232; his 'Chrysal,' 488, 489, 490. Churchill, Lieut.-General, 217, 266, Clarke, Colonel, 373, 397, 401, 402. Conolly, Right Hon. William, 285, 286. Cook, Captain James, 549. nor of Nova Scotia, 121, 123, 124, Marquis, 342. Castle, 199. Cumberland, William, Duke of, 22, 38, Fort Augustus, 90; his reception in Dalling, Major, 445, 502, 568. Te Deum, 52, 53. Donnellan, Major, 109, 143, 153, 171, Dover Castle, 280, 281, 283, 289. Drucour, M.de, Governor of Louisbourg, Dundonald, Lord, 442. Dunkirk harbour, 287, 332. Durell, Rear-Admiral, 474, 493, 498, Duroure, Colonel Scipio, 38, 42, 51, 65. Earthquakes, in England, 145; Lisbon, |