SUSANNA MOODIE,
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF
"ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH," "FLORA LINDSAY," "MATRIMONIAL SPECULATIONS," &c.
What—dost thou think I'll bend to thee? The free in soul are ever free: Nor force, nor poverty can bind The subtle will—the thinking mind.
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.
Transcriber's Note: The Table of Contents is not contained in the book but has been created for the convenience of the reader of this etext.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
MY GRANDFATHER AND HIS SONS.
MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL.
MY AUNT REBECCA.
THE TUTOR.
A CHANGE IN MY PROSPECTS.
THE SORROWS OF DEPENDENCE.
GEORGE HARRISON.
UNGRATIFIED CURIOSITY.
A PORTRAIT.
DREAMS.
MY FIRST LOVE.
I FORFEIT MY INDEPENDENCE.
A VISIT FROM THE GREAT MAN OF THE FAMILY.
LOVE AND HATRED.
GEORGE HARRISON AND HIS HISTORY.
GEORGE HARRISON CONTINUES HIS HISTORY.
HARRISON FINDS A FRIEND IN NEED.
THE MEETING.