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IN THE OPEN 



INTIMATE STUDIES 



AND APPRECIATIONS OF 



NATURE BY 



STANTON DAVIS KIRKHAM 



AUTHOR OF 



" WHERE DWELLS THE SOUL SERENE " 

 "THE MINISTRY OF BEAUTY" 



|-j " Over and above a healthy 



curiosity, or any scientific 

 I acquaintance, it is the com- 

 panionship of the woods 

 and f elds which counts — 

 a real friendship for birds 

 and bees and Jiowers." 



PAUL ELDER & COMPANY 



SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK 



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