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A Welcome Guest at ArcAdiA. 

 Our telephone bell rang' on Sunday, 

 November 4th, and we heard the glad- 

 ly welcome words, "John Burroughs 

 will be at ArcAdiA this afternoon" 

 The message was from his friend, 

 John Shea, who had Mr. Burroughs as 

 a guest Mr. and Mrs. Shea arrived 

 with their honored visitor, the eminent 

 naturalist, early that afternoon, accom- 

 panied by Dr. Clara Barrus. It is su- 

 perfluous to say that his visit was a de- 



light and that it was a pleasure to note 

 that he is eighty years young. The 

 term old would be out of place in con- 

 nection with one who has kept an en- 

 thusiasm of his life similar to that of 

 Louis Agassiz. Mr. Burroughs in hi^ 

 mellowed age has lost not a bit of his 

 enthusiastic love of nature and of liv- 

 ing people, especially the young people. 

 Nature does not grow old- The seasons 

 come now as they did centuries ago 

 and Mr. Burroughs has kept himself 



JOHN BURROUGHS AT THE DOOR OF OUR WELCOME RECEPTION ROOM. 



