Forest and Other Gleanings: The Fugitive Writings of Catharine Parr Traill (Canadian Short Story Library)

__Forest and other Gleanings__ reclaims for the contemporary reader a number of stories and sketches written by Catharine Parr Traill after her emigration to Canada in 1832. While most pieces collected here appeared in magazines in Britain, the United States, and Canada, a few have been drawn from archival holdings and make their first appearance here. This collection seeks, as it were, to complete her aspirations and to offer readers interested in Traill and 19th-century Upper Canada a "gleaning" of her better sketches and stories. Forest And Other Gleanings Reclaims For The Contemporary Reader A Number Of Stories And Sketches Written By Catharine Parr Traill After Her Emigration To Canada In 1832. While Most Of The Pieces Collected Here Appeared In Magazines In Britain, The United States, And Canada, A Few Have Been Drawn From Archival Holdings And Edited Here For Their First Appearance In Print. Taken Together, They Offer A Richer And Fuller Picture Of Traill's Interests And Preoccupations Than Has Heretofore Been Available To Canadianists And Literary Students. As Well, They Present Fresh Evidence Of Her Range And Virtuosity As A Writer. Traill Herself Envisioned And Executed Several Collections Of Sketches, Letters, And Stories That Had The Misfortune Of Not Making It Into Print. Her Sequel To The Backwoods Of Canada Apparently Died In Dismemberment, A Few Pieces From It Appearing Here And There, While Later Collections With Titles Like Forest Gleanings And Under The Pines Did Not Find Publication In Book Form.--book Jacket. The Autobiography Of An Unlucky Wit -- Cousin Kate: Or The Professor Outwitted -- A Slight Sketch Of The Early Life Of Mrs. Moodie -- The Mill Of The Rapids. A Canadian Sketch -- A Canadian Scene -- Female Trials In The Bush -- Generosity Of The Poor -- My Irish Maid Isabella -- A Night Of Peril -- The Mackenzie Rebellion -- The Interrupted Bridal. A True Story Of The First Rebellion In The Colony -- Canadian Lumberers -- A Visit To The Camp Of The Chippewa Indians -- Ramblings By The River -- Female Servants In The Bush -- Humours Of Holy Eve -- Bush Wedding And Wooing -- The Old Doctor. A Backwoods Sketch -- The Rice Lake Plains -- Rice Lake Plains -- The Wolf Tower -- A Walk To Railway Point -- Floral Sketches No. 1. The Violet -- The Forest Monarch And His Dependants. A Fable -- A Glance Within The Forest. Edited By Michael A. Peterman And Carl Ballstadt. Collection Of Short Writing Previously Published In Annuals, Newspapers And Magazines. Includes Bibliographical References.