Victorian Ontario included people from all walks of life from homeless beggars to wealthy gentry. In MUCH TO BE DONE we glimpse how life was lived in 19th-century Ontario, not only in the grand mansions, but also in the farm houses and streets where our ancestors lived. This publication could be your great-grandmother’s story, following the cycle of life from courtship to childbirth to celebration and death. Diaries, with some contributions from letters, newspapers and reminiscences, provide a fresh and contemporary viewpoint. MUCH TO BE DONE promotes a historical understanding which links people of today with the Ontario of the past.