Preface. 



is not necessarily the jolliest To be many-sided 

 ourselves, we must know all that Nature has to 

 tell. With the sky only above us, we are among 

 quickly-shifting scenes and should be blind to 

 none. 



Sunshine and clouds tell the whole story ; but 

 without the flight of the shadow over the land- 

 scape, without hearing the scream of the victim 

 as well as the exultant cry of the victor, we can 

 never know the world aright,- never keep in 

 touch with Nature. 



C. C. A. 



BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA, June i, 1892. 



