CONTENTS

I.[THE FACE OF THE FIELDS]1
II.[TURTLE EGGS FOR AGASSIZ]27
III.[THE EDGE OF NIGHT]57
IV.[THE SCARCITY OF SKUNKS]81
V.[THE NATURE-WRITER]111
VI.[JOHN BURROUGHS]141
VII.[HUNTING THE SNOW]177
VIII.[THE CLAM FARM]193
IX.[THE COMMUTER’S THANKSGIVING]217

All but two of these papers made their first appearance in The Atlantic Monthly. “The Nature-Writer” was first printed in The Outlook and “Hunting the Snow” in The Youth’s Companion.

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THE FACE OF THE FIELDS