Missionary Life.—Acquaintance with
Boardman

193 CHAPTER III. Account of George Dana Boardman 198 CHAPTER IV. Marriage of Miss Hall and Mr. Boardman.—They sail for India—Letter
from Mr. B.—Letters from Mrs. B.—Another Letter from
Mr. B. 204 CHAPTER V. Stationed at Maulmain.—Attack of Banditti.—Missionary
Operations.—Danger from Fire 222 CHAPTER VI. Removal to Tavoy.—Idolatry of the People.—Letter from Mrs.
B.—Baptism of a Karen Disciple.—Some Account of the Karens 230 CHAPTER VII. Letter from Mrs. B.—Mr. B's. Visit to the Karens in their
Villages.—Defection of Disciples.—Its Effect on Mr. and Mrs. B. 239 CHAPTER VIII. Death of their First-born.—Letters from Mrs. B. 248 CHAPTER IX. Revolt of Tavoy.—Letter from Mr. B. 252 CHAPTER X. Missionary Labors of Mr. Boardman—His ill Health.—Letter from
Mrs. B.—Death of a second Child.—Letters from Mrs. B. 262 CHAPTER XI. Letter from Mrs. Boardman.—Illness and Death of George Dana
Boardman 269 CHAPTER XII. Letters from Mrs. B.—Her Decision to remain in Burmah.—Her
Missionary Labors.—Her Trials.—Schools 284 CHAPTER XIII. Correspondence between Mrs. Boardman and the Superintendent—Her
Tours among the Karens.—Her Personal Appearance.—Her
Acquaintance with the Burman Language.—Dr. Judson's
Translation of the Bible 296 CHAPTER XIV. Mrs. Boardman's Second Marriage.—Removal to Maulmain.—Letter
from Mrs. Judson.—Her Son sent to America.—Her Husband's
Illness 304 CHAPTER XV. Illness of her Children.—Death of one of them.—Her Missionary
Labors, and Family Cares.—Her Declining Health.—Poem.—Her
last Illness and Death 311

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PART III.

THE LIFE OF THE THIRD MRS. JUDSON.

CHAPTER I.
Remarks on her Genius—Her Early Life.—Conversion.—Employments—Tales and Poems—Acquaintance with Dr. Judson.—Marriage.—Voyage to India—Biography of Mrs. S.B. Judson.—Poem written off St. Helena—Poem on the Birth of an Infant.—Lines addressed to a Bereaved Friend—Letter to her Children.—Prayer for dear Papa.—Poem addressed to her Mother.—Her Account of Dr. Judson's last Illness and Death	321
CHAPTER II.
Reflections on the Death of Emily C. Judson—The Delicacy of her Constitution and her Final Malady—Her Sufferings at Rangoon, and the Good Effect upon her Health of a Removal to Maulmain—Precarious State of her Health—Her Resignation—Death of Dr. Judson—Decides to Leave Burmah, and Returns to her Maternal Home, in Hamilton. N.Y.—Her death—The Traits of her Character—Domestic Attachments—Her Missionary Life and Literary Labors	357

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PART I.

LIFE OF MRS. ANN H. JUDSON,

FIRST WIFE OF

REV. ADONIRAM JUDSON, D.D.

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LIFE OF MRS. ANN H. JUDSON.

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CHAPTER I.

MRS. JUDSON'S BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND CONVERSION.

When an individual attains a position of eminence which commands the admiration of the world, we naturally seek to learn his early history, to ascertain what indications were given in childhood of qualities destined to shine with such resplendent lustre, and to discover the kind of discipline which has developed powers so extraordinary. But in no researches are