^INCE the publication of ''Ways of 

 ^ Wood Folk'' and ''Wilderness Ways'' 

 and the more recent "Secrets of the Woods',' 

 many requests have come to Publishers and 

 Author for better and more fully illustrated 

 editions of these studies of life in the woods 

 and fields ; and these requests grow m,ore 

 and m-ore num,erous as successive editions 

 are printed. 



It is chiefly in answer to this dem.and that 

 these two volumes, "Beasts of the Field" and 

 "Fowls of the Air," have been prepared. 

 They include most of the previous sketches, 

 with enough new material to give variety 



