Vol. V. 



n 



II 



APRIL, 1899. 



The beautiful Is as useful as the useful. — f'tV^or Hugo. 



No. 4. 



DRDS 



AND ALL 



NATURE 



(By Cowper) 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



THE NUTMEG (By Dr. Albert Schneider) [lUustration]. . . 145 

 AN ABANDONED HOME (By Elanora Kinsley Marble) ... 150 

 THE AMERICAN BARN OWL (By Lynds Jones) [Illustration] . 155 



A SPRINGTIME (By W. D. Howells) 156 



THE KANGAROO [Illustration 1 



INVITATION TO THE REDBREAST 



FEATHERS (By W. E. Watt) . 



VISION AND SCENT OF VULTURES (By Rev. R. T. Nichol) 



THE HOARY BAT [Illustration] 



THE COMING OF SPRING (By E. E. Benton) 168 



THE NASHVILLE WARBLER (By Lynds Jones) [Illustration] . 169 



CHIEF SIMON POKAGON (By C. C. Marble) 173 



NATURE AT FIRST HAND 175 



THE QUAILS' QUADRILLE (By Mrs. A. S. Hardy) . . .176 



GRAPES (Illustration) 179 



PROSE POEMS OF IVAN TURGENIEF 180 



THE BLUEBIRD 181 



THE KIT FOX [Ulustration] 182 



AMONG ANIMALS 



SPRING FASHIONS (By Ella Gilbert Ives) 



BIRDS THAT DO NOT SING 



THE HYACINTH (Illustration) 



A QUARREL BETWEEN JENNY WREN AND THE FLY- 

 CATCHERS (By C. L. Gruber ) 192 



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