HOMES NEAR TO NA'iURE 



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A GAME OF QUOITS. 

 In which Mr. Hoyt is very skilled. 



them but would do good. I just 'grab' 

 what I see, if it comes to me in its 

 own sweet way." 



And then he told of watching a song 

 sparrow teach her young,' of a hum- 

 ming bird alighting on a wire of the 

 cabin so that he could closely observe 

 it, and then added this philosophic 

 statement : 



"Don't worry if you forget some of 

 the observations. Plenty new each 

 day to keep one busy. There is some- 

 thing in solitude which many people 

 do not understand. Go alone — but 

 you will not get a diploma ; you never 

 graduate; nature never gives final de- 



grees, but there is no end to the hon- 

 ors that she can confer. 



"A man who studies nature reads 

 folks better. You learn to appreciate 

 all kinds of people. It takes many 

 different things to make up nature. 

 You recognize that each has its place. 

 So it is with all kinds of people." 



To induce you to have an "under- 

 standing and intimacy" in your own 

 way with nature, to get value equal to 

 that of Mr. Hoyt's is the purpose of 

 this article and of this magazine, and 

 the object of the writers lite. 



