LIST OF 

 ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE OLD HOMESTEAD. Frontispiece. 



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A GRAPEVINE FESTOON, - - - - 3 



THE BARNYARD GATE, 5 

 THE FRONT ENTRANCE, - 



A GRAPEVINE SWING, - - 



THE PORCH BY THE WELL, 15 



THE ROCKERY, 



"WILD FLOWERS AND FERNS/' 



THE BED OF RED LILIES, 



"WESTWARD Ho 1 " 27 



THE PARLOR IN SUMMER, 29 



"THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET," 



"THE DECENT CHURCH THAT TOPPED THE NEIGHBORING HILL," 34 



A GABLE, 36 



THE OLD FIREPLACE, - 



THE OLD SUGAR KETTLE, 39 



SPLIT WOOD RANKED UP IN THE WOODS, 48 



THE WOODSHED, -51 



THE EMBERS. 69 



THE OLD MUZZLE-LOADER, - - - - 71 



