CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

EARLY RECOLLECTIONS.

Early Life—Religious Education neglected—First School—Entrance into the School of the Congregational Nunnery--Brief Account of the Nunneries in Montreal—The Congregational Nunnery—The Black Nunnery—The Gray Nunnery—Public Respect for these Institutions—Instruction Received—The Catechism—The Bible . . . . page 19

CHAPTER II.

CONGREGATIONAL NUNNERY.

Story told by a fellow Pupil against a Priest—Other Stories—Pretty Mary—Confess to Father Richards—My subsequent Confessions—Instruction in the Catechism . . . 27

CHAPTER III.

BLACK NUNNERY.

Preparations to become a Novice in the Black Nunnery—Entrance—Occupations of the Novices— The Apartments to which they had Access—First Interview with Jane Ray—Reverence for the Superior—A wonderful Nun—Her Reliques—The Holy Good Shepherd, or Nameless Nun—Confession of Novices . . . . . . . . . 32