CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. A SURPRISED CLERK . . . . .... . 1 



II. A LITTLE BIRD THAT DIED ... . . . . 8 



III. DECISIVE HOURS THE STORY OF POOR POLLY AND THE MON- 

 KEY . . . . .11 



IV. YOUNG AUDUBON'S CAVE . . . ' . . . . 24 



V. A STRANGE ADVENTURE ON THE ICE A WEDDING JOURNEY 



IN AN "ARK" . . . . . . ,,. .35 



VI. A PEDLER WITH A FACE LIKE A BIRD . . . . .39 



VII. A HERBMAN OF SINGLE SIGHT WHO WAS LAUGHED AT THE 



HERB DOCTOR . .....". . . . 43 



VIII. THE GENIUS THAT SEES THE STORY OF THE FOREST INN 



AND THE WREN . .56 



IX. VICTOR, THE SON OF AUDUBON FATHER AND SON IN THE 



FOREST FOREST TALES PARTRIDGE LAND AN OLD KEN- 

 TUCKY FOURTH OF JULY . . . . . . . 63 



X. IN DAYS OF POVERTY FATHER AND SON DANIEL BOONE . 81 

 XI. A NOBLE WIFE . . . . . . . . . 96 



XII. VICTOR, THE FOREST BOY HOW HE STUDIED NATURE . . 99 



XIII. AUDUBON DISCOVERS THE GREAT EAGLE, THE BIRD OF WASH- 

 INGTON THE EMBLEM OF THE REPUBLIC . . . . 105 



XIV. THE DARK ROOM AUDUBON AND THE RATS .... 109 

 XV. ALEXANDER WILSON, THE AMERICAN " ROBINSON CRUSOE " 



HIS PARROT 113 



XVI. FLORIDA AS IT WAS 117 



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