List of Illustrations. 



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Sunlight and Shadow Frontispiece. 



In Touch with Nature 9 



Where I found the Cat-Bird 19 



A River View 44 



An Inviting Cove 52 



The Beauties of a Frog-Pond 63 



May-Day out of Town 89 



" Let Nature be your Teacher" 100 



At Windy Bush 116 



"And the Long Ripple washing in the Reeds" . . 126 



The Hills about Bisbee 152 



A Cool, Gray Day - 197 



A By-Road in August 207 



Idle Days 220 



A Contemplative Tree-Toad 231 



Where the Song-Birds gather 245 



The Haunt of the Blackbird • • . . . 262 



Persimmons 279 



In Winter-Quarters 303 



Where the Old House stood 317 



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