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An ''''Indian Summer''' Dream. 



Brown autumn brings beauty to By-Way Land 

 There is mist on the distant hills; 

 There is mystery brooding o'er forest and field. 

 And down 'mongst the corn-shocks on sharp, 



frosty nights 

 There are shadowy figures and many strange 



sights 

 To be seen in the moonlight of By-Way Land. 



JOHN McCUTCHEON'S great car- 

 toon places the artist at once in the 

 front rank of distinctively American 

 poets. It gives vivid expression to 

 thoughts that have come to thousands 

 who know and love Longfellow's 

 "Blessing of the Corn Fields," and 

 realizes the visions of boys who have 

 heard and seen strange things late 

 autumn nights when "the frost is on 



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