Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada

Volume 2 of Jameson's hugely successful 1838 work describes the Great Lakes region in summer.

Anna Jameson (Author)

9781108033558, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2011

352 pages
21.6 x 2 x 14 cm, 0.45 kg

Anna Jameson (1794–1860) was an inspirational figure to a generation of young women writers and artists including Barbara Bodichon and Bessie Rayner Parkes. Her work was reviewed by leading figures such as Mary Shelley and Charles Kingsley, and even Carlyle, though less complimentary, referred to her as the 'celebrated Mrs Jamieson'. This book, first published in 1838, secured her growing reputation as a writer of history, literary criticism and travel literature, and has been popular ever since. Inspired by a journey made to support the career of her estranged husband, one of its key themes is the condition of women, which recurs regularly in Jameson's writing. Volume 2 describes the arrival of summer, and Jameson's experiences of landscapes, towns and people from Niagara to Detroit. It includes reflections on Schiller, emigration, and the Canadian infrastructure. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=jamean

The return of summer
Sternberg's novels
Detached thoughts
Mrs. MacMurray
Niagara in summer
Story of a slave
The rapids
Schiller's Don Carlos
A dream
The Niagara district
Buffalo
Canadian stage coaches
The emigrant
Town of Hamilton
Town of Brandtford
Forest scenery
Roads in Canada
Blandford
A forest château
The pine woods
Miss Martineau
Town of London
Women in Canada
The Talbot country
Story of an emigrant boy
Some account of Colonel Talbot
Journey to Chatham
The Post Office in Canada
The Moravian Delawares
Anecdote of an Indian
Voyage across Lake St. Clair
The American emigrants
Detroit
War of Pontiac
Contrast between the Canadian and the American shores
Churches at Detroit.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural history [HBTB]