Vol. XL 



MAY, t902. 



The beautiful is as useful as the useful.— yici^r //u^o. 



No, 5. 



BIRDS 



AND 



NATURE 



CONTENTS. 



"HARK, HARK, THE LARK!" {Edward O. Jackson) [Poem] 



THE LITTLE GREEN HERON (Henry H. Lane) [Illustration] . 



THE HAND THAT STRUCK THEE DOWN (J. D. La Barre Van Schoonhoven) 



[Poem] ........... 



THE GOBLER WHO WAS LONESOME, (Mary Catherine Judd) 



THE VARIED THRUSH [Illustration] 



MISSOURI SKYLARK (Juliette A. Owen) 



THE MASTER'S PROTEST (Hildane Harrington) [Poem] . . . . 



THE SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN (J. Rollin Slonaker) [Illustration] 

 TWAIN LOVES OF JEREMIAH (Emily Frances Smith) . . . . 



THE ORIOLE (Lulu Whedon Mitchell) [Poem] 



THE ORCHARD ORIOLE (Addie L. Booker) 



THE PRAIRIE WARBLER [Illustration] 



APRIL BIRDS AND FLOWERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST (James 



Stephen Compton) .......... 



BIRTH STONES (Oliver Cummings Farrington) [Illustration] 



APPLE BLOSSOMS AND THE WARBLERS (Grace E. Harlow) 



RURAL RAMBLES (Berton Mercer) [Poem] ...... 



THE HORSE (John Ainslie) [Illustration] . . . . , 



A MELODY (Amanda M. E. Booth) [Poem] ...... 



THE VERBENAS 



THE BLUE SPRING DAISY [Illustration] 



THE LITTLE FEATHERED BOYS AND GIRLS (Blandina D. Miller) [Poem] . 



THE COTTON PLANT (Albert Schneide r ) [Illustration]. 



THE CLOUD (Shelley) [Poem] 



Edited by WILLIAM KERR HIGLEY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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