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CONTENTS 



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I. Pepacton : A Shmmek Voyage .... 1 



II. Springs • . 35 



III. An Idyl of the Honey-Bee 53 



IV. Nature asd the Poets 79 



V. Notes by the Way 116 



VI. Footpaths 175 



VII. A BnsCH OF Herbs 185 



VIII. Winter Pictures 213 



Index 235 



The frontispiece was etched by Charles H. Woodbury, and the 

 vignette by Sidney L. Smith. The latter suggests the Pepacton 

 Eiver. 



