PKEFACE. vii 



gleamed amidst the sylvan scenery of the cold 

 season. 



That Winter is a period of interest and beauty 

 cannot be denied by the student of the woods and 

 fields, though the popular mind regards, perhaps, 

 with little favour the ungenial characteristics of 

 this season. 



To point out, however, the especial charm 

 of out-of-door Winter is the aim of the writer 

 of this volume; and in promoting this ob- 

 ject, he believes he is calling attention to a 

 neglected subject. In his ' Sylvan Spring ' he 

 sought to portray, by pen and pencil, the aspect 

 of the vernal season ; in ' Autumnal Leaves,' the 

 especial charm of the season of the fall ; and now 

 he hopes he may secure some measure of success 

 in a description of the particular beauty of 

 ' Sylvan Winter.' 



