The Spring of the Year

by Dallas Lore Sharp

THE SPRING OF THE YEAR

BY
DALLAS LORE SHARP
AUTHOR OF “THE LAY OF THE LAND,” “THE FACE OF THE FIELDS,” “THE FALL OF THE YEAR,” “WINTER,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
ROBERT BRUCE HORSFALL

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1904, 1905, AND 1906, BY THE CHAPPLE PUBLISHING CO., LTD.
COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS BOOK COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1908, 1911, AND 1912, BY DALLAS LORE SHARP
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS
U . S . A

TO MY SISTER
JENNIE
THE BEST OF COMPANIONS
IN THE WOODS AND FIELDS
THROUGH WHICH WE
WENT TO SCHOOL

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