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 . . . .111 



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. 



