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

A Novel.

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.

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.