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a ASHWORTH WOMEN'S INSTITUTE "FOREWORD" I am so glad to hear that the Women's Institutes of Ontario are going to compile village history books. Events move very fast nowadays; houses are pulled down, new roads are made, and the aspect of the country- side changes completely sometimes in a short time. It is a most useful and satisfying task for . Women's Institute members to see that nothing valuable "Ts is lost or forgotten, and women should he on the alert Tke' q always to guard the traditions of their homes, and to Ill, . see that the water colour sketches and prints, poems - Q ". and prose legends should find their way into these , a” books. The oldest people in the village will tell us fascinating stories of what they remember, which the 1t..L , younger members can write down, thus making a bridge t , between them and events which happened before they . ' were born. After all, it is the history of humanity 2 which is continually interesting to us, and your vil- lage histories will be the basis of accurate facts much valued by historians of the future. I am proud to think that you have called them"The Tweedsmuir 'ec Village Histories". Lady Tweedsmuir --Written by Lady Tweedsmuir. H (Needsmuir-John Buchan, first Baron, hiss Tii",'ilh- . iatiIl torian and Novelist. Governor General of Can- ( 5 -r_* ' ‘ ada, 1935-LO, born August 26, 1875 in Perth, '," - rd J . Scotland. Arrived in Montreal, February 11, 7 ;', 1940. Son of Rev. John Buchan and Helen _ ' Masterton. Educated at Glasgow University and rr E *5! RB Oxford. (E.A., 1889). Called to the Bar in f; ’ 1901. Secretary to Lord Milner, high Commis- L" . "h- sioner in South Africa, 1901-1903. For many \ tif years Buchan was partner and adviser to the _ ' publishing house of Thos. Nelson & Sons. During _ the lat World War he was London Times Corres- , Pe pendent, then a major in the Intelligence Corps, and later a director in the Department of Inform- C', ation. He was a member of the House of Commons . for the Scottish universities for 1927 until 1935. Lord Tweedsmuir He was appointed Governor General of Canada in February 1935 and assumed office in November. At this time he was created Baron TyNeads- muir of Elsfield. During his term of office occurred the death of' George Ir, the abdication of Edward VIII, the coronation of George VI, the Royal Tour of 1939 and finally the outbreak of the second World War. Lord Tweedsmuir was an indefagitable traveller who visited all parts of' . Canada, including the Far North. He took a keen interest in literary matters: The Governor Generalls Library Awards were instituted with his eo-operation. Despite his of'- ficial duties he was able to continue his distinguished career as his- torian and novelist. His voluminous writings include biographies and historical works such as A History of the Great War. (A vols., 1921-22); Lord Minto (1924); Montrose (1928); and Oliver Cromwell (193Ir). He wrote long series of adventure novels of the best known are The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) and Green Mantle (1916); and historihcal novels such as Midwinter (1923) and Witch Wood (1927). His last novel, Sick Heart River (1941), has a Canadian setting. His autobiography, Memory Holds the Door, appeared posthumously in 19lr0. His private library was presented to Queen's (lni- versity by Col. and Mrs. R.S.McLaughlin, 195k. Tweedsmuir was the first Governor General to die in office.