Lambeth Palace,

London, S.E.

Dear Miss Hasell,

I happen to have read the proof sheets of the little book which is to record the story of your work and Miss Ticehurst's in the prairie tracts of Canada, and I should like to tell you how glad I am that the account of these eventful journeyings should be accessible to the public. People realise too little what are the opportunities and responsibilities of pioneer days in those incomparable regions. The perseverance, the indomitable energy, and the buoyant hope which your pages record and inspire will have a place in the annals of that vast seed plot and cradle of a great nation that is to be.

I am,

Yours very truly,

RANDALL CANTUAR.

October 5th, 1922.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[THE CALL OF THE PRAIRIE]1
II.[PREPARATIONS AND DEPARTURE]7
III.[RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA]10
IV.[LIFE IN A LITTLE PRAIRIE TOWN]17
V.[IN REGINA]22
VI.[THE MOTOR CARAVAN]28
VII.[THE PRAIRIE TRAILS]33
VIII.[FROM WINNIPEG TO REGINA]36
IX.[SANDSTORMS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS]42
X.[ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES]51
XI.[SOME ASPECTS OF PRAIRIE LIFE]55
XII.[MISSIONS AND MUD HOLES]62
XIII.[FURTHER PRAIRIE SKETCHES]71
XIV.[A CAMPING TRIP IN THE ROCKIES]78
XV.[ON THE RETURN JOURNEY]81
XVI.[AMONG THE PRAIRIE FARMS]86
XVII.[BACK TO REGINA]93
XVIII.[AN INDIAN RESERVE]98
XIX.[HEADED FOR HOME]100
XX.[SOME PRESENT-DAY NEEDS OF THE PRAIRIE]104
[APPENDIX]112