New Priest of Conception Bay, The, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell (1858). The writer was a brother of James Russell Lowell, and preached for some years at Bay Roberts, in Newfoundland (Peterport in ‘The New Priest’). It tells us of the fishing, the wrecks, and the feuds between Protestants and Catholics, which make up life in that bleak region. There are two stories: that of Mrs. Barre, and that of Lucy Barbury, Skipper George’s lovely daughter. Mrs. Barre’s husband has left her to become a Catholic (the new priest), but in time sees his error, and returns to Protestantism and his wife. Just as they are about to be reunited he perishes in a snow-storm. Lucy’s lover, studying for the priesthood, abjures his vows for her sake. She is taken from her sick-bed by nuns, escapes, hides on board a vessel bound for Madeira, and is brought home at last, after priests and nuns have been tried for her murder. A comic element is supplied by Bangs, the Yankee, who feigns a desire to study Catholicism.	1
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