2 FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 



Lubbock s &quot;Pleasures of Life&quot; for the 

 same reason, though not from the same 

 cause, that the old lady objected to Shake 

 speare that it is made up of quotations. 

 Now I wholly disagree with him. This is 

 a work-a-day world, and blessed be the 

 man with the time and happy taste to 

 gather and put before us the choice bits 

 which reveal us to ourselves. 



The late rains of summer after a long 

 drought made the fields and woods so green 

 that the autumn glory has been long in 

 coming, but is now spreading abroad so 

 rapidly that one can scarcely keep pace 

 with it. The fields are still full of flowers. 

 On Sunday afternoon I noticed the follow 

 ing in one old pasture : Golden-rods and 

 asters of various species, blind gentian, 

 grass of Parnassus, thistles, spearmint, a 

 lobelia, yarrow, wild carrot, brunella, fra 

 grant ladies -tresses (which White of Sel- 

 borne calls ladies -traces), life everlasting, 

 purple polygala, thoroughwort, turtle-head, 

 two kinds of knot-weed, wild strawberry, 

 and a yellow flower which I ought to know 

 but do not. On my way crer that morn 

 ing, I found a spot glorious with the fringed 

 gentians, and during to-day s stroll I found 

 them by the hundreds yes, I think, thou- 



