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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We are indebted to Mr. E. F. McDonald, Mr. A. J. Merrell, Mr. C. L. 

 Mosher, and Mr. L. S. Hawkins of the New York State Education Depart- 

 ment for helpful suggestions in preparing this leaflet. 



The selections from fohn Burroughs' s works are used by permission of 

 and special arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company, the only author- 

 ized publishers of his works. 



- The poem on page lyo is printed by permission of the Atlantic Monthly. 



By permission of the New York State Conservation Commission we are 

 able to publish the frontispiece drawn by Mr. L. A. Fuertes. 



