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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



FOREWORD 7 



I. THE MOUNTAINS. A SERIES OF 

 STUDIES: 



THE MASS OF THE MOUNTAINS ..... 11 



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 THE BEAUTY OF THE MOUNTAINS ... 18 



THE UPLIFT OF THE MOUNTAINS ____ 26 



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THE MYSTIC TONIC OF THE MOUN- 

 TAINS ........................ 33 



II. IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE HERMIT 



THRUSH ...................... 43 



III. THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS. LITTLE 



GLIMPSES OF A LARGE MATTER. 61 



IV. A PASSING WORD ABOUT TREES ____ 77 

 V. IN AN OLD OLIVE GROVE ........... 89 



VI. TREETOPS IN WINTER ............. 113 



VII. JOHN ............................ 123 



VIII. THE ILLUMINATION OF AN OLD FARM 139 



