IN THE OPEN 



INTIMATE STUDIES 



AND APPRECIATIONS OF 



NATURE BY 



STANTON DAVIS KIRKHAM 



AUTHOR OF 



"WHERE DWELLS THE SOUL SERENE 

 "THE MINISTRY OF BEAUTY" 



"Over and above a healthy 

 curiosity, or any scientific 

 acquaintance, it is the com- 

 panionship of the woods 

 and fields which counts 

 a real friendship for birds 

 and bees and flowers" 



THE 

 UNIVERSITY 



Of 

 i4UFGi 



PAUL ELDER & COMPANY 



SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK 

 mi 



