Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
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About This Book
In the sequel to Roughing It in the Bush , Susanna Moodie portrays the relatively sophisticated society springing up in the clearings along Lake Ontario. During a trip from Belleville to Niagara Falls, Moodie acts as a meticulous observer of the social customs and practices of the times.Invaluable as social history and as a candid self-portrait, Life in the Clearings versus the Bush chronicles, with wit and wisdom, Canadian society in the mid-19th century.The NCL edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text.
Chapters (47)(click to expand)
- Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
- Author of "Roughing it in the Bush," &c.
- INTRODUCTION
- Indian Summer.
- LIFE IN THE CLEARINGS VERSUS THE BUSH
- CHAPTER I Belleville
- The Mother's Lament.
- The Early Lost.
- CHAPTER II Local Improvements--Sketches of Society
- To The Memory of Dr. Huskins.
- The Drunkard's Return.
- CHAPTER III Free Schools--Thoughts on Education
- The Poet.
- CHAPTER IV Amusements
- A May-Day Carol.
- CHAPTER V Trials of a Travelling Musician
- To The Falls Of Niagara.
- The Mountain Air.
- CHAPTER VI The Singing Master
- The Singing-School.
- To Adelaide,[1] A Beautiful Young Canadian Lady.
- CHAPTER VII Camp Meetings
- Random Thoughts.
- CHAPTER VIII Wearing Mourning for the Dead
- The Song Of Faith.
- CHAPTER IX Odd Characters
- A Morning Song.
- CHAPTER X Grace Marks
- To The Wind.
- CHAPTER XI Michael Macbride
- Song.
- CHAPTER XII Jeanie Burns
- My Native Land.
- CHAPTER XIII Lost Children
- The Canadian Herd-Boy.
- CHAPTER XIV Toronto
- The Earthquake.
- CHAPTER XV Lunatic Asylum
- The Maniac.
- CHAPTER XVI Provincial Agricultural Show
- The Banner Of England.
- CHAPTER XVII Niagara
- A Freak Of Fancy.
- CHAPTER XVIII Goat Island
- The Land of Our Birth.
- CHAPTER XIX Conclusion
- For London. A National Song.
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