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
- Introduction
- Belleville
- Local Improvements--Sketches of Society
- Free Schools--Thoughts on Education
- Amusements
- Trials of a Travelling Musician
- The Singing Master
- Camp Meetings
- Wearing Mourning for the Dead
- Odd Characters
- Grace Marks
- Michael Macbride
- Jeanie Burns
- Lost Children
- Toronto
- Lunatic Asylum
- Provincial Agricultural Show
- Niagara
- Goat Island
- Conclusion