XXXIV. 



NOVEMBER. 



A CHANGE has lately come over the face of nature ; 

 the bright garniture of the woods and pastures has 

 faded; the fall of the leaf has arrived, and the sun 

 gleams brightly through the naked branches of the 

 trees, into the late dark recesses of the forest. In some 

 years the leaves of the trees remain unseared by frost, 

 until November has tarried with us many days. It is 

 then melancholy to observe the complete change, that 

 will suddenly take place in the aspect of the woods, 

 after the first wintry night. The longer this fatal blast 

 is deferred, the more sudden and manifest are its effects. 

 The fields to-day may be glowing in the fairest hues of 

 autumnal splendor. One night passes away ; a night 

 of still, freezing cold, depositing a dense and beautiful 

 frostwork on the windows and lo ! a complete robe 

 of monotonous brown covers the wide forest, and all its 

 variegated colors have vanished. After this frost, the 

 leaves fall rapidly from the trees ; and the first vigorous 

 wind will completely disrobe them of their foliage. 



This change, however, is usually more gradual. 

 Slight frosts occur, one after another, during many 

 successive nights, each adding a browner tint to the 



