London:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW.
EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.
1902

"And Nature, the old nurse, took
The child upon her knee,
Saying: 'Here is a story-book
Thy Father has written for thee.

"'Come wander with me,' she said,
'Into regions yet untrod,
And read what is still unread
Of the manuscripts of God.'

"And he wandered away and away
With Nature, the dear old nurse,
Who sang to him night and day
The rhymes of the universe."

H. W. Longfellow.

Contents.

[I.]GRANDPAPA'S HOUSE,[9]
[II.]LISTENING IN THE WOODS,[17]
[III.]TOM'S BIRDS' EGGS,[27]
[IV.]JACK AND THE GARDENER,[36]
[V.]HIVING THE BEES,[47]
[VI.]WASPS AND THEIR WAYS,[58]
[VII.]CHARLEY FOSTER'S PETS,[66]
[VIII.]A TALK WITH AUNT LIZZIE,[80]
[IX.]AFTER THE RAIN,[95]
[X.]THE SIX CLOSED DOORS,[105]