Viii CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



A Song of Summer 62 



" The golden-crowned thrush wakes 1 / 

 fitful echoes in the trees by the river." 



44 A sociable sort of a river bearing $ I 

 the small tattle of mill-wheels hidden in 

 byways and corners." 



Feathered Philosophers ... 85 



Nature's Calm 111 



44 The pool where the birds bathe looks 

 bottomless." 



The Story of a Garden . . .130 

 44 The flower corner." 



Rustling Wings . . . . . 159 

 The bluebirds' hotel. 



The Loom of Autumn . . . .185 



44 The apples are sorted into heaps, * * * 

 and the oxcarts crawl with them to the 

 cider-mill." 



