Vol. AlU. 



AFKIL, 1903 



The beautiful is as useful as the nsetul.— yicior Hu^o. 



No, 4. 



Dims 



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NATURE 



CpNTENTS. 



THE SINGING WINDS (Ernest M'Gaffey) [Poem] 

 THE BEWICKS WREN [Illustration] 

 THE ROBIN (Charles Alexander Rlchnaond) [Poem] 

 BERT'S TADPOLE SCHEME (Grace T. Thompson) 

 WHEN SPRING AWAKES (Lucia Belle Cook) [Poem] 

 THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER [Illustration] 

 THE SECRET (Leila Lyon Topping) [Poem] 

 THE ADOPTED KITTEN (WilUs Edwin Hurd) 

 THE ARCTIC TOWHEE [Illustration] . . . 



MOOSE WOOD (George Bancroft Griffith) [Poem] 

 WHEN SPRING COMES (Warren T. Higins) 

 THE WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK [Illustration] 

 A PLEA FOR THE SPIDER (Elizabeth Miles Derrickson) 

 APRIL (Caroline H. Parker) . . . , 



THE NESTING HABITS OF THE AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Gerard 

 Abbott) [Illustration] ....... 



THE WOODCOCK'S WOOING (H. Walton Clark) 



THE BEAUTIFUL MOTHER (Lillian H. Shuey) [Poem] 



THE NESTING WOODCOCK (H. Walton Clark) 



CORAL REEFS (Frank Collins Baker) [Illustration] 



AN APRIL FOOL (Grace E. Harlow) [Poem] .... 



EASTER AND THE EASTER LILY (Charles S. Raddin) [Illustration] 



A BOTANICAL SCRAPBOOK (Elma lona Locke) 



SPRING PEEPERS (Belle A. Hitchcock) [Poem] .... 



MAIZE OR INDIAN CORN (Albert Schneider) [Hlustration] 



TREASURES (Isabelle Howe Fiske) [Poem] .... 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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