Life in the Clearings versus the Bush

by Mrs. Moodie

Author of "Roughing it in the Bush," &c.

"I sketch from Nature, and the draught is true.

Whate'er the picture, whether grave or gay,

Painful experience in a distant land

Made it mine own."

TO
JOHN WEDDERBURN DUNBAR MOODIE, ESQ.
SHERRIFF OF THE COUNTY OF HASTINGS,
UPPER CANADA,
THIS WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED,
BY HIS ATTACHED FRIEND
AND WIFE,
SUSANNA MOODIE

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Belleville
  3. Local Improvements--Sketches of Society
  4. Free Schools--Thoughts on Education
  5. Amusements
  6. Trials of a Travelling Musician
  7. The Singing Master
  8. Camp Meetings
  9. Wearing Mourning for the Dead
  10. Odd Characters
  11. Grace Marks
  12. Michael Macbride
  13. Jeanie Burns
  14. Lost Children
  15. Toronto
  16. Lunatic Asylum
  17. Provincial Agricultural Show
  18. Niagara
  19. Goat Island
  20. Conclusion