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The Toronto Art Students’ League, founded in 1886, was not only a school but a setting where members met to draw, discuss, comment on each other’s work, and create projects together. The annual calendars they produced are milestones in the history of Canadian graphic arts. This issue includes art by A. C. Good, A. A. Martin, C. W. Jefferys, F.H. Brigden, R. Holmes, D. F. Thomson, Thos. G. Greene, C. M. Manly, and A. H. Howard. Charles William Jefferys (1869 1951) worked for the Toronto Globe as an illustrator and artist. Having an interest in history, Jefferys produced accurate and meticulous portrayals of early Canadian life. The best known collection of his historical sketches is the three volume Picture Gallery of Canadian History (c. 19421960).In 1898, Frederick Henry (Fred) Brigden RCA (1871 1956) became the art director of the Toronto Engraving Company which in 1910 changed its name to Brigdens Limited. He was also a landscape painter in oils