Abstract

Canada's Jubilee Meditations

This article focuses on the book "The New Era in Canada: Essays Dealing With the Upbuilding of the Canadian Commonwealth." Without exception, the essays in this book are able and well written, and the writers are representative of the various classes and interests in Canada. The list of contributors includes a Roman Catholic archbishop, the chairman of a Federal commission, the president of a great bank, the head of a leading boys' school, two women, three university professors and three journalists. Two essays are by economist Stephen Leacock. In the opening essay "Democracy and Social Progress," he leads his readers to the brink of a black abyss and lets them gaze into it. Plain dealing is the note of all the essays. There is no flattery of popular prejudices, or of a foolish national pride.