CONTENTS 



CHAPTim FACE 



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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