Letters from Muskoka

n laying before the public a sketch of our "Bush" experiences during the first year after our arrival in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, I desire to state the reasons which prompted us to such an imprudent step as emigration, without even the moderate capital necessary for any one who would start with the slightest chance of success. The Franco-German War in 1870 was the means of breaking up our[vi] happy home in France, which, with one short interval, had been the shelter of my family and myself...