

CONTENTS. 





CHAPTER. 





PAGE. 



I.- 



-Our Berkshire 



3 



11.- 



—Under the Maples . . . . 



13 



111.- 



—A Berkshire Flood . . . . 



21 



IV.- 



-The Dome of the Taconics. 



31 



V.- 



-A V/hisper from the Pines . 



43 



VI.- 



-A Hill Pasture 



51 



VII.- 



—The Circumvention of Greylock 



59 



VIII.- 



-Berkshire Glimpses . . . . 



6q 



IX.- 



—A May-day on Monument . 



77 



X.- 



—Among the Clouds . . . . 



87 



XI.- 



—The Social Flowers . . . . 



0=5 



Xll.- 



—The Berkshire River . . . . 



10=i 



XIII.- 



—The Epic of the Cornfield 



115 



XIV.- 



—The Seamy Side of Summer 



127 



XV.- 



—Fruitful Trees 



13=' 



XVI.- 



—The Vv'ings of the Wind . 



147 



XVll.- 



—At the Sign of the Beautiful Star . 



I=^Q 



XVIII.- 



—By the Blithe Brook 



i6q 



XIX.- 



—The Great Cloud Drive . 



■ 177 



XX.- 



—The Ferns of the Wood . 



. i8s 



XXI.- 



—Living with a Lake . 



• 197 



XXII.- 



—The Fruitage of Beauty , 



209 



XXIII.- 



—A Quest for Winter . 



. 217 



