fe) THROUGH GLADE AND MEAD. 
influence of earth, air and sky are the means found 
most effective. The gymnasium is well. It supplies 
an opportunity for regular, systematic exercise and 
training. It furnishes the skilful guide and teacher. 
It develops muscle, power, grace. It refreshes and 
strengthens. But it cannot do all. It does not make 
such a claim. It offers itself as a substitute. A bath- 
tub full of sea-water lacks something of being old ocean 
itself, yet it contains water enough for the purpose 
sought; it lacks the dash of the surf, the health-laden 
breeze, the bright sky overhead, “the multitudinous 
laughter of the ocean fields.” 
The problem is how to bring outdoor life near 
enough to us to grasp. We cannot give up the charm 
of the society of our kind. If we go into the country 
we must take the city with us, or we are in danger of 
realizing Alexander Selkirk’s feelings as expressed by 
Cowper: 
“QO, Solitude! where are the charms 
That sages have seen in thy face? 
Better dwell in the midst of alarms, 
Than reign in this horrible place.” 
Outdoor life must call the senses into vigorous use 
in order to be most beneficial. At the same time it 
makes our senses more acute by its training. The 
untrained eye may be no more than a mirror, which 
