GASPARIN, Valerie Bounder, ConcrEssz DE, French author: wife of A. E. de Gasparin (q.v.) b. Geneva, Switzerland, 13 Sept. 1813; d. near Geneva, 1894. Two of her works ob tained the Montyon prize at the Academie Fran caise: 'Marriage from the Christian Point of View,' and 'There are Poor in Paris and Else where) Among her other publications are 'Journey in the South by an Ignoramus' ; (Let's Go Make a Fortune in Paris' ; 'A Book for Wives); 'Read and Judge> (strictures on the Salvation Army), and 'The Near and the Heavenly Horizons) Several of her books were translated into English, the last named being read very widely in America in its Eng lish form.
GASP/t, gis'pa', Philip Aubert de, Cana dian author: b. Quebec, 30 Oct. 1786; d. there, 29 Jan. 1871. A lawyer, afterward sheriff, he became involved in debt for which he was imprisoned four years; and when released, secluded himself on his estate of Saint Jean Port-Joli. His 'Old-Time Canadians' (1863), and his 'Memoirs' (1866), treat of Canadian traditions and folklore, and were written in French. The former was perhaps the most
popular book ever published in the province of Quebec. English translations have been made by Mrs. Pennie and G. C. D. Roberts.
GASPg, Canada, a district in the province of Quebec, consisting of the counties of Gaspe and Bonaventure, and forming the northern part of the peninsula that lies between the Bay of Chaleur and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Area, 8,015 square miles. Pop. (1911) 63,111. The name is sometimes extended to the whole peninsula. Cape Gaspe is a bold headland of the Schikshock or Notre Dame Mountains, terminating the peninsula and forming the north shore of Gaspe Bay. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in important fisheries, which, with the export of lumber, form the staple in dustries. Gaspe, a village and port of entry in Gaspe Bay where Cartier landed in 1534, set up a cross and assumed formal possession in the name of the king of France, is the capital and commercial centre of the district. Pop. 606.