Pearls and PebblesDundurn, 15 лист. 1999 р. - 211 стор. 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 ( 1884 ) is a favorite reference . And various friends voice their opinions as , for example , do Mr. Stewart in “ More About My Feathered Friends ” and Mr. E in " Prospecting . " Traill's knowledge seems extensive enough for ...
... the Canadian bush --which had almost disappeared in southern Ontario by 1894. Like " Notes from My Old Diary , " it adds an 1890s perspective to earlier journal entries and the sketch serves , in part , as Traill's xviii PEARLS AND PEBBLES.
... , Her wreaths the woodbine weaves . The cowslip bends her golden head , And daisies deck the lea ; But ah ! no more in grove or bower The Queen of May we'll see . " SUNSET AND SUNRISE ON LAKE ONTARIO : A REMINISCENCE * 8 PEARLS AND PEBBLES.
Catharine Parr Traill Elizabeth Helen Thompson. SUNSET AND SUNRISE ON LAKE ONTARIO : A REMINISCENCE * " To watch the dimmed day deepen into even , The flush of sunset melt in pallid gold ; While the pale planets ... ONTARIO: A REMINISCENCE.
... , dread of the future rose up to oppress me . Truly distance lent its enchant- ment to cheer and animate my spirits . * * Now a city of no mean importance in Ontario . DWARD The sun set that evening in a flood of 10 PEARLS AND PEBBLES.
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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 |