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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Pamphile Lemay (1837–1918)

Lemay, Léon Pamphile. A Canadian writer of prose and verse; born in Lotbinière, Quebec, Jan. 5, 1837; died in 1918. He published ‘Essais Poétiques’ (1865); ‘Contes Vrais’ (1899). ‘The Discovery of Canada’ won him the gold medal of Laval University. He translated Longfellow’s ‘Evangeline’ (1870). His best work is said to be found in ‘L’Affaire Sougraine’ (1884).