Casgrain Henri Raymond 1831-1904 After Studying Medicine Decided
to enter the church, and ordained a priest in 1856. In 1872, owing to an
affection of the eyes, compelled to abandon the ministry, and thereafter
devoted himself entirely to literature. His first work, Legendes
Canadiennes, appeared in 1861; and this was followed by many other
publications, in history, biography, and belles-lettres. One of the
principal contributors to the Soirees Canadiennes, the Foyer
Canadien, and other French-Canadian periodicals. A charter member of
the Royal Society of Canada; elected president of that body in 1889.