Montreal: John Lovell, 1881. Octavo, mustard bevel edge cloth stamped in blind & gilt, all edges red. pp 228. Lacking the front free endpaper. damp spot with some colour loss to upper outer corner of front cover; light foxing to endpapers; one signature in middle protrudes slightly; else a fine copy, the red page edges bright. This Montreal author was "one of the first English-Canadian writers to depict French Canada in a way that earned the praise of, and resulted in her novels being read by, both anglophone and francophone Canadians."- Mary Jane Edwards. This volume, posthumously published, was her only book of poetry. She published a number of serialized novels, three of which have had book publication. Uncommon book.