The Settlers in Canada: Written for Young People

The Settlers in Canada is a children's novel written by Frederick Marryat, and published in 1844. The novel is set in the wilderness of Upper Canada in the 1790s. It describes the adventures of an immigrant family who settle near Lake Ontario, despite the threats from the native people and wild animals (see Wikipedia).

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Two volumes. small 8vo.
Vol 1: pp. 356 + 32-page Publisher's Catalogue dated October 1845.
Vol 2: pp. 374.
First Edition, printed in London by J. & H. Cox, brothers, bound by Wesleys & Clark and sold by S. Clarke, Booksellers at No. 13, Pall Mall East. First owners name -Adele de la Rive- on both FEPs.
Marryat, a British naval captain, visited Canada and the United States in 1837-38, publishing an account of the trip in three volumes in 1839.
In the present work of juvenile fiction, "he showed that a family that had emigrated and settled near Kingston, Upper Canada, was delighted when the opportunity came to return to England to claim an inheritance. One son of this family, who enjoyed the free Canadian life, remained in the province."

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