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THE FOREST
The Rhyme and Reason
OF
COUNTRY LIFE.
The Bee. P. [52]
With Illustrations from Drawings by C. E. Dopler. Engraved by J. W. Orr.
New York:
G. P. PUTNAM & CO.,
1855.
THE
Rhyme and Reason
OF
COUNTRY LIFE:
OR, SELECTIONS FROM
Fields Old and New.
BY
THE AUTHOR OF “RURAL HOURS,”
ETC., ETC.
——“The boundless store
Of charms which Nature to her votary yields!
The warbling woodland, the resounding shore,
The pomp of groves and garniture of fields—
All that the genial ray of Morning gilds,
And all that echoes to the song of Even.”
Beattie.
NEW YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM AND COMPANY,
10 PARK PLACE.
1854.
ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1854, BY
G. P. PUTNAM & CO.,
IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
NEW YORK STEREOTYPE ASSOCIATION,
201 William Street.
TO
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
A TRIBUTE
OF
ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS,
AND
In Grateful Remembrance of a Generous Offering
TO THE
MEMORY OF HIS FRIEND,
These Selections
ARE VERY RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED
BY
THE EDITOR.