CONTENTS 



I. THE FACE OF THE FIELDS i 



II. TURTLE EGGS FOR AGASSIZ . . 27 



III. THE EDGE OF NIGHT .... 57 



IV. THE SCARCITY OF SKUNKS . . . 81 

 V. THE NATURE-WRITER . . . > in 



VI. JOHN BURROUGHS 141 



VII. HUNTING THE SNOW. , . , .177 



VIII. THE CLAM FARM 193 



IX. THE COMMUTER'S THANKSGIVING .217 



All but two of these papers made their first appearance in The 

 Atlantic Monthly. "The Nature- Writer " was first printed in 

 The Outlook and ' Hunting the Snow " in The Youth's Companion. 



