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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



HE SUPPLIES FIREWOOD FOR FIREPLACES. 



thing. Being required to learn the 

 names and so as to identify a dozen 

 trees, does not mean much, alas! not 

 much. But to have a tree give you 

 new life when yon are tired of the 

 foolishness of the metropolis, tired of 

 the pavement, then the tree will mean 

 something to you. Not a matter of 

 identification, not a matter even of 

 learning scientific details. One par- 

 tridge that sits watching you unafraid 

 means more than "a hundred and 

 thirty-five that yon have checked up." 

 When I walked through the ravine 

 with Mr. Crandall, a commonplace 

 chewink called and Mr. Crandall asked 



me, "What is the name of that hird?" 

 He saw the spring flowers in bloom 

 and the common saxifrage, and wanted 

 to know the names. Our farmer-poet 

 has gone deeper than names and 

 "checking up." The things of the 

 forest have meant more to him. Over 

 the green leaf on the tree top he has 

 soared to distant stars and nebulae. 

 To learn more than their names "he 

 questioned the universe," and the an- 

 swer brought him, not mere knowl- 

 edge and pastime, but help and trust 

 and joy. We commend to our readers 

 his delightful poem, "The Forest 

 Cure." 



SUPPLYING FUEL FOR FIRESIDES WHERE HIS POEMS ARE READ. 



