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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



The Boy That Is Worth While. 



BY E. M. HUNTSINGER, PRESIDENT HUNT- 



singer's BUSINESS SCHOOL ,INC, 



HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. 



(Editorial Note: Mr. Huntsinger has prob- 

 ably prepared more boys for business and 



E. M. HUNTSINGER. 



An expert in business, and a genuine naturalist. 



had more dealings with business houses in 

 the employment of boys than has any other 

 man in the State of Connecticut. He tells 

 us that a boy full of enthusiasm for nature 

 is* really "worth while." An interest in na- 

 ture is practical, and the enthusiasm and 

 energy that produce it are the fundamental 

 elements of success in business. — E. F. B.) 



Usually the nature lover is born, but 

 he is also frequently made by cultiva- 

 tion. First and foremost he has the 

 keen appreciation of seeing the beauti- 

 ful where it is least expected. He sees 

 beauty in the way-side flower, in the 

 tumbling brook, in the battered and 

 wind-beaten pine; and the shapely 

 beach tree which is built more nearly 

 on the human form than any other tree 

 in the forest, always charms him. He 

 hears music in the seashells, a glimpse 

 of a distant view charms him, and the 

 note sung by some "brother in the air" 

 stirs his soul. Everywhere and at all 

 times his heart is in harmony with the 



voice of nature. The nature lover never 

 wilfully destroys anything that the 

 great Creator has provided for those 

 who know how to appreciate them. 



The nature lover feasts his eyes up- 

 on the reflections in the water, and re- 

 vels in the fine atmosphere of the In- 





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ONE OF MR. HUNTSINGER'S STUDIES OF 

 BIRCHES. 



