ILLUSTRATIONS 



Chick, D.D. in his jmlpit Frontispiece 



Firs that pointed to the sky . 2 



"Woodland Music after an Ice-Storm" 4 



Birds, too, thai had lived in rough winds ....... 25 



Floated beside him in the sea another gull, to whom he talked 



pleasantly 28 



After Larie found a clam, he woidd Jly high into the air and 



then drop it 30 



It was not for food alone that Larie and his mate lived that 



spring 31 



One was named Peter, for his father 34 



The spot she teetered to most of all 43 



Dcdlying happily along the river-edge 47 



Immer Lake 51 



Two hahies, not yet out of their eggshells, hidden among the 



rushes 53 



While their children were napping, Gavia and Father Loon 



went to a party 61 



At Work in the Plaster Pit -. . . 72 



The Hu7iting Flight 74 



They always chatted a hit and then went on with their ivork, 



placing their plaster carefidly 77 



Quaint. Clay Pottery 81 



A Famous Landmark 85 



Above all other creatures of this great land he had been honored . 87 



The Yankee-Doodle Twins 90 



In this Mother Crow had laid her eggs 101 



"Kah! Kah! Kah!^' he called from sun-up to sun-down . . 109 



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