TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES 105 McCarthy, a Canadian sculptor residing in Ottawa. Mr. McCarthy was not commissioned to do this work until June 1st, 1914, and the completed tablet was in position on August 10th following. We noted the wealth of historic detail in the design of the tablet. On each corner there is a crest of one of the uniting provinces: top right, Quebec ; lower right, New Brunswick; lower left, Nova Scotia ; top left, Ontario . At the top centre, resting on the folds of the Union Jack, is the Imperial Coat-of-Arms. In the centre of the tablet is the Prince Edward Island Coat-of-Arms, showing the Great Oak of Britain and the small tree, representing the Colony. The Latin inscription reads "Parve sub Ingentie" —"Small under Great." At the bottom centre is the Can¬ adian Coat-of-Arms; on the right appears the Herald an¬ nouncing the birth of the new Union. The inscription is the King's English at its best. The line reading "Provi¬ dence being their Guide," is from Milton's "Paradise Lost," and "They builded better than they knew" is from Emerson,—old and new world writers, centuries apart, but in combination the words describe accurately the result of the Conference. The names of the delegates attending the Conference appear on the ribbon in the margin. The five figures at the left represent Sir John A. Macdonald , from Ontario ; Sir George Cartier, from Quebec ; Sir Leonard Tilley , from New Brunswick ; Col. John Hamilton Gray, Chairman of the Conference, from Prince Edward Island , and Sir Charles Tupper from Nova Scotia . Sir Charles is holding a pick axe, and at his foot is a fish, representing the chief basic industries of Nova Scotia —mining and fisheries. He is pointing as if saying "Unity is Strength." Col. Gray, the Chairman, holds the Roman symbol of Unity,—four staves bound together, representing four Provinces united