Preface v 



my liberty and stamps for a reply being the 

 exception to take away some of my living. 

 I would also add a word of warning: Don't 

 take the book too literally. If you are willing 

 to sacrifice much for the sake of fresh air and 

 the release from the treadmill, accept these 

 notes, from one who has tried the simpler life, 

 as random suggestions, nothing more. 



P. G. H., JR. 



NEW YORK, October, 1903. 



