WHAT THE MIDNIGHT 

 CAN SHOW US 



fitly 28th 



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S not the midnight like Central 

 Africa to most of us?" asks Tho- 

 reau, and not without reason, 

 for even the best-informed stu- 

 dent of daylight natural 

 ^f*\^f history may visit his accus- 

 tomed haunts in the dark- 

 ness as a pilgrim in a 

 strange land. 



Our summer calen- 

 dar would indeed be incom- 

 plete without at least one 

 stroll in the dewy star- 

 light, for it has a host of 

 surprises in store for us. 



I have already written 

 two essays giving my ex- 

 periences and my surprises 

 and discoveries in the mid- 

 night woods and meadows, 



