Contents 



FOREWORD ON TAKING ONE S DESSERT 



FIRST ix 



I. A PLACID RUNAWAY 3 



II. AN UNPROGRESSIVE FARM .... 14 



III. A DESULTORY PILGRIMAGE ... 25 



IV. THE YELLOW VALLEY 38 



V. LARKSPURS AND HOLLYHOCKS . . 49 



VI. THE FARM SUNDAY 68 



VII. THE GROOMING OF THE FARM . . 87 

 VIII. &quot;ESCAPED FROM OLD GARDENS&quot; . 107 



IX. THE COUNTRY ROAD 114 



X. THE LURE OF THE BERRY . . .131 



XL IN THE RAIN 139 



XII. As THE BEE FLIES 155 



XIII. A DAWN EXPERIMENT .... 171 



XIV. IN THE WAKE OF THE PARTRIDGE . 183 

 XV. BEYOND THE REALM OF WEATHER. 199 



XVI. COMFORTABLE BOOKS 214 



XVII. IN THE FIRELIGHT 222 



The papers in this volume first appeared in the Outlook, the At 

 lantic, and Scribner s. The author wishes to express to the editors 

 of these magazines her appreciation of their courtesy in permitting 

 the republication of the papers. 



