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experiences of the daytime; he seems to be in 

 another world. Whatever differs from the or- 

 dinary may appeal to one's fancy and produce a 

 thrill. Muir wrote one of his finest chapters as 

 the result of a day's tramp in a pouring rain, and 

 one of the most fascinating of William Hamilton 

 Gibson's sketches, which he illustrated with his 

 wonderful drawings, was an account of a night 

 spent in the great out-of-doors. Much of the 

 wonder and beauty of the night consists in what is 

 only half seen, in what is partly suggested, leaving 

 the imagination to do the rest. 



It is then largely because of the stimulation of 

 the imagination that the night is so wonderful. 

 Under its spell we create a world of our own and 

 revel in the make believe like the children of a 

 larger growth that we all are. 



