CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VAGK 



I. Dreams and Disillusion ... i 



II. In Old Tidewater Virginia . . 8 



III. Beside Beautiful Waters . . . 16 



IV. The Music of the Seasons . . 23 

 V. The Fellowship of Dogs ... 29 



VI. Some Sins of Nature . . . 41 



VII. The Shouts of Children ... 52 



VIII. First Lessons in Life ... 64 



IX. Along Shining Shores . . . 72 



X. The Breath of the Southern Seas . 89 



XI. In the Haunts of Wild Fowl . . 107 



XII. The Frozen Fountain . . . 130 



XIII. The City's Lambent Flame . . 135 



XIV. What is Life? 137 



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