Contents

Introduction
I Belleville
II Local Improvements--Sketches of Society
III Free Schools--Thoughts on Education
IV Amusements
V Trials of a Travelling Musician
VI The Singing Master
VII Camp Meetings
VIII Wearing Mourning for the Dead
IX Odd Characters
X Grace Marks
XI Michael Macbride
XII Jeanie Burns
XIII Lost Children
XIV Toronto
XV Lunatic Asylum
XVI Provincial Agricultural Show
XVII Niagara
XVIII Goat Island
XIX Conclusion



INTRODUCTION


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