COE^TBIS'TS 



Iwishtothank the editors of "Lippincott's Magazine," "Frank 

 Leslie's Popular Monthly," " Zion's Herald," and the " Youth's 

 Companion " for allowing me to reprint here the chapters of 

 "Wild Life Near Hom,e" that first appeared in their pages. 



DAI.T.A8 LoRR Sharp. 



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