FOREWORD 



lights beyond reckoning. No harassing thoughts 

 of taxes, repairs or property expenditures of any 

 kind disturb the serenity of our minds concerning 

 the enchanted region on whose borders we dwell, 

 for such responsibilities and inconveniences be- 

 long to so-called actual ownership and residence, 

 and we hold of the grove only "A Rambler's 

 Lease." 



It is through this quiet, secluded, eastern New 

 Jersey haunt and its immediate neighborhood, 

 that I ask you to stroll with me now and then, 

 as the months succeed each other and our feath- 

 ered visitors come and go. Occasionally, as we 

 rest or saunter, you will permit me to relate to 

 you incidents that concern a wider range of terri- 

 tory, and for our closing interview I would trans- 

 port you to a beloved nook among the Laurentian 

 Mountains of Canada : a blessed spot where the 

 noisy voice of progress has not yet been heard, 

 and where nature speaks without let or hin- 

 drance. 



