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NATURE 



CONTENTS 



A LEAP (John McGovern) [Poem] 



THE GOLDFINCH (H. Walton Clark) [Illustrated] 



THE B^RCH (Evelyn Singer) 



THE CHIMNEY SWIFT [Illustrated] 



SWEET LITTLE FLOWERS (George W. Phillips, Jr.) 



A MINING PROPOSITION (Ruth Marshall) 



THE HORNED LARK [Illustrated] .... 



BIRDS OP LYNN GROVE (Isaac E. He.ss) . 



THE YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (Collins Thurber) [I Li 



THE OPTIMISTIC GOLDENROD (Belle A. Hitchcock) [Poem 



THE WARBLING VIREO [IllustfatedJ 



THE WARBLING VIREO (Lulu Whedon Mitchell) [Poem] 



CURIOUS PLANTS.— Part II. (Belle Paxson Drury) 



THE WOOD PEWEE [Illustrated] 



WHAT THE APPLE SAID (Louise Jamison) 



THE SNOWFLAKE (Prank Morley Woodruff) [Illustrated] 



THE SANDERLING (Eliza Woodworth) ' [Poem] . 



A BLACK BASS HATCHERY (Elizabeth Miles Derrickson) 



A SONNET (Mrs. M. A. MAITLAND) .... 



MR. BLUE JAY— A NUTCRACKER (Harmonia' Tate) 



OCTOBER (Clara Kendrick Blaisdell) [Poem] 



THE STATE— COLORED JUNCO [Illustrated] 



ONE DAY (George H. Maitland) [Poem] 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY 



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