6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 



piquant, and individual. His snap and vivacity are 

 wholly unartificial. They are a part of the man — a 

 man full of imagination and sensitiveness, a philoso- 

 pher, a humorist, a hater of shams and pretension. 

 The tenor of his life changes little from year to year, 

 his affections remain steadfast, and this hardy, gray 

 poet of things rural will continue, as ever, the warm- 

 hearted nature enthusiast, and inspirer t>A" the love of 

 nature in others. 



