Pearls and PebblesDundurn, 15 nov 1999 - 211 pagina's How fitting to close out the 20th century with a brand new edition of Pearls & Pebbles by the noted chronicler of pioneer life, Catharine Parr Traill. Published in 1894, Pearls & Pebbles is an unusual book with a lasting charm, in which the author's broad focus ranges from the Canadian natural environment to early settlement of Upper Canada. Through Traill's eyes, we see the life of the pioneer woman, the disappearance of the forest, and the corresponding changes in the life of the Native Canadians who have inhabited that forest. Editor Elizabeth Thompson reminds us of the significance of the writings by Traill, the aged author/naturalist, who felt that the hours spent gathering the pebbles and pearls from her notebooks and journals written in the backwoods of Canada was not time wasted. |
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... Ontario M4A 2M8 Frontispiece : " Yours Very Sincerely , Catharine Parr Traill , ” from Pearls and Pebbles ( 1894 ) . Back cover photo : Catharine Parr Traill ( 1802–1899 ) with two of her granddaughters , Ston [ e ] y Lake , Ontario ...
... ONTARIO : A REMINISCENCE 9 MEMORIES OF A MAY MORNING 14 ANOTHER MAY MORNING 21 MORE ABOUT MY FEATHERED FRIENDS 32 THE ENGLISH SPARROW : A DEFENSE 45 NOTES FROM MY OLD DIARY 49 THE SPIDER 58 PROSPECTING , AND WHAT I FOUND IN MY DIGGING ...
... Ontario ) . Like many middle- class English emigrants , the Traills were unprepared , mentally or physi- cally , for backwoods life and encountered countless unforeseen difficul- ties . Although the anticipated prosperity never ...
... Ontario , " overtly autobiographical , is taken from Traill's diary of 1832 and describes the Traills ' arrival in Brockville , Upper Canada , and their progress through the Thousand Islands on their way to settlement in the backwoods ...
... Ontario , ” “ The First Death in the Clearing " and " Alone in the Forest . ” When the Traills emigrated in 1832 , much of Ontario was only sparse- ly settled . Backbreaking and often heartbreaking labour accompanied efforts to conquer ...
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MORE ABOUT MY FEATHERED FRIENDS | 32 |
A DEFENSE | 45 |
NOTES FROM MY OLD DIARY | 49 |
THOUGHTS ON VEGETABLE INSTINCT | 109 |
SOME CURIOUS PLANTS | 115 |
SOME VARIETIES OF POLLEN | 120 |
THE CRANBERRY MARSH | 123 |
OUR NATIVE GRASSES | 126 |
INDIAN GRASS | 132 |
MOSSES AND LICHENS | 136 |
THE INDIAN MOSS BAG | 141 |
THE SPIDER | 58 |
PROSPECTING AND WHAT I FOUND IN MY DIGGING | 62 |
THE ROBIN AND THE MIRROR | 65 |
IN THE CANADIAN WOODS | 67 |
THE FIRST DEATH IN THE CLEARING | 82 |
ALONE IN THE FOREST | 90 |
ON THE ISLAND OF MINNEWAWA | 99 |
THE CHILDREN OF THE FOREST | 103 |
SOMETHING GATHERS UP THE FRAGMENTS | 144 |
APPENDIX A | 151 |
APPENDIX B | 181 |
APPENDIX C | 183 |
ENDNOTES | 187 |
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS | 199 |
INDEX | 203 |