volume xli.—N o. 10 . NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1882. 
New Series—No. 429. 
AUTUMN 
REVERIES . — Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
’Tis the golden time of all the year, the 
mellow month, when the “ nut brown maid,” 
October, bids the farmer gather in his boun¬ 
teous store, and gently trips along with 
dancing feet, casting her shimmering veil of 
hazy blue o’er all the land, thus adding a 
fresh and wondrous charm to every smiling 
hill and vale. The sun shines upon the arid 
meadows, now bereft of all their glory—there, 
with a Croesus finger turning the maples to 
purest gold, and here, creeping through the 
interlacing boughs to kiss a sweet-faced 
maiden—wrapt in an autumn revery. There 
is a dreamy look in her downcast eyes 
as she recalls vanished pleasures, while she 
idly toys with the vine leaves in her lap. 
The falling leaves flutter about her in an 
amber shower; the soft breeze bears upon its 
wings the dying breath of hundreds of fading 
flowers, the birds in their Southern flight 
circle languidly above her head—even her 
faithful watch dog stands—patiently await¬ 
ing his mistress’ pleasure. The world seems 
at peace, and happily the maiden dreams on. 
She makes a pretty picture as she reclines on 
the fallen log, gathering together these flow¬ 
ers of remembrance—to weave with the 
beauteous garland of fancy, where, as life’s 
mellow autumn steals on, they may be em¬ 
balmed in memory forever and evermore. 
Copyright, 1882, by Orange Judd Company. 
Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as Second Class Matter. 
