Contents. 



PAGE 



An August Reverie 205 



The Defence of Idleness 220 



A Pre-Columbian Mine 232 



Why do some Birds Sing ? 242 



At a Public Sale 251 



Old Fenny's Dead! 257 



The Gathering of the Clans 262 



Caught in the Rain 270 



Persimmons 278 



Traces of Troglodytes 289 



In Winter-Quarters 301 



The Dutch on the Delaware 312 



