that I have copied from them freely. The biographical sketch, it is
hoped, will add interest to the book, especially as so many of her
diary notes have been interwoven. Some of her pieces are here printed
for the first time. The prize poem on "The Surrender of Quebec" is
given in full. In the Preface to her "Poems" she said: "I have been
cheered and encouraged by the thought that perhaps through my
instrumentality the heart of some humble believer might be comforted,
and some wretched wanderer, weary of the vanities of earth, be
directed to the only source of life and happiness. Should such be the
case, the brightest hopes of the authoress will be fulfilled, and she
herself be amply compensated for her care and labor." With a sincere
desire to aid in the direction thus indicated this little work is now
sent forth.

J.M.O.
Brookline, Mass., June 22, 1884.




CONTENTS.


LIFE-SKETCH:

Birth-place--The Forest (a poem)--Conviction of sin--Baptism and
Resolutions--Experience--Diary notes in verse--Sufferings--Last poem--
The One Name and The Adieu (poetry)--Death