NOTE 



CERTAIN of the chapters of this book have pre- 

 viously appeared in various magazines, "Upland Pas- 

 tures" in Scribner's; "Glacier Park," "Where Glaciers 

 Feed the Apple Roots," "The Harvests of the Wild 

 Places," "Neighbors of the Winter Night," "Weather 

 and the Sky," and "Nature and the Psalmist" in Har- 

 per's; "Trees" in the Century; "The Cohorts of the 

 Frost," "Bridges," "Stone W T alls," and "Christmas and 

 the W T inter World" in McBride's; and "The Skirmish 

 Line of Spring," "Rocky Mountain Wild Flowers" 

 and "Landscape Lines and Gardening" in the New 

 Country Life. The Author gratefully acknowledges 

 his indebtedness to the editors of these publications. 



W. P. E. 



Stockbridge, Massachusetts 



Autumn, 1917 



