Pearls and PebblesDundurn, 1999. 11. 15. - 211페이지 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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... seems to have sus- tained her throughout strikingly similar circumstances . A third key attribute of Pearls and Pebbles , and arguably the most important , is the author's interest in natural history . Except for the open- ing chapter ...
... seem to be on the most friendly terms , mixing with them as they flit about the garden seeking for seeds among the dry amaranths and other weeds . * Chickadee of the Americans - Parus atricapillus . + Chipping sparrow - Spizella ...
... seem ever to be crying out , “ Give , give , ” when they hear the approach of the father or mother . Last summer our wrens raised three successive broods . I do not think the number exceeded five little birds each time . This year the ...
... seem to be debating between it and a Tartarian honeysuckle near the wicket gate - but time is pressing and a hasty choice must be made . Yes , the faithful little pair have chosen the old syringa and are going to work at once . Good ...
... seem to heed me ; he knows by expe- rience that I am an old friend . I have often thought that before sin marred the harmony of Nature the birds and animals were not afraid of man , but rejoiced in his presence : that Adam understood ...
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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 |