LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The Road to the Beech Woods. Frontispiece 



A Clear Sheet of Water Ran Past the Elms 16 



The Raccoon Descended from his Winter 



Home 18 



The Neighbour's Dog Came to the Woods 18 



Nature has Painted the Beech with a 



Variety of Delicate Tints ... 24 



The Mirrored Pools of the Woods . . 32 



The Giant Chestnut . . . . .42 



The Entrance to the Wood-Path . . 46 



Down Among the Whip Trees the Wood 



Polk had Their Paths ... 48 



Down the Gray Aisles of the Beeches . 52 



The Vanguard of the Storm Pushed Slowly 



Across the Sun 58 



The Partridge Berry Grew About the Old 



Pine Stump 58 



An Opalescent Light Flooded the Corn- 

 field 64 



The Road to the South of the Beech Woods 64 

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