OF RICHARD JEFFERIES 



us leave this beating and turning over 

 of empty straw; let us return to the 

 stream and the hills; let us ponder by 

 night in view of the stars. — ' The Life of 

 the Fields ' : The Pigeons at the British 

 Museum. 



SINCE the days of ancient Greece 

 the doves have remained in the 

 sunshine ; we who have laboured 

 have found nothing. In the sunshine, 

 by the shady verge of woods, by the 

 sweet waters where the wild dove sips, 

 there alone will thought be found. — ' The 

 Life of the Fields ' : The Pigeons at the 

 British Museum. 



DID ever any one have a beauti- 

 ful idea or feeling without be- 

 ing repulsed? — 'Amaryllis at 

 the Fair.' 1 



1 ' Amaryllis at the Fair ' : Sampson Low, Marston & 

 Co. 



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