CONTENTS 



An Open-air Diary for April 



An Open-air Diary for May 



An Open-air Diary for June 



An Open-air Diary for July . 



An Open-air Diary for August ..... 

 An Open-air Diary for September .... 



Introduction BY EDWARD THOMAS 



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In Praise of Rain 



The Otter's Holt 



CHAPTER I 

 . BY W. WARDE FOWLER 



CHAPTER II 

 , BY ALFRED W. REES 



CHAPTER III 

 The Flowers of Early Spring . BY REV. CANON VAUGHAN, M.A. 



Some English Butterflies 



Birds as Architects 



The Venus Eve 



Ancient Ponds . 



CHAPTER IV 

 . BY ANTHONY COLLETT 



CHAPTER V 

 . BY D'ESTERRE BAILY 



CHAPTER VI 

 . BY GEORGE A. B. DEWAR 



CHAPTER VII 



. BY WALTER JOHNSON 

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