IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1856.

london:
Printed by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street.


TO
JOHN LOVELL, ESQ.,
OF MONTREAL,
WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL
PIONEERS IN ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL LITERATURE IN THE
CANADIAN COLONIES,
THIS WORK,
WHICH OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO HIS GENEROUS CARE,
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY HIS GRATEFUL AND OBLIGED FRIEND,

SUSANNA MOODIE.

DECEMBER, 1855.


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