At the Foot of the Rainbow

by

Gene Stratton-Porter

"And the bow shall be set in the cloud; and I will look upon it,
that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and
every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth."
—GENESIS, ix-16.

Contents

I. [THE RAT-CATCHERS OF THE WABASH]
II. [RUBEN O'KHAYAM AND THE MILK PAIL]
III. [THE FIFTY COONS OF THE CANOPER]
IV. [WHEN THE KINGFISHER AND THE BLACK BASS CAME HOME]
V. [WHEN THE RAINBOW SET ITS ARCH IN THE SKY]
VI. [THE HEART OF MARY MALONE]
VII. [THE APPLE OF DISCORD BECOMES A JOINTED ROD]
VIII. [WHEN THE BLACK BASS STRUCK]
IX. [WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION]
X. [DANNIE'S RENUNCIATION]
XI. [THE POT OF GOLD]

GENE STRATTON-PORTER

A LITTLE STORY OF HER LIFE AND WORK

For several years Doubleday, Page & Company have been receiving repeated requests for information about the life and books of Gene Stratton-Porter. Her fascinating nature work with bird, flower, and moth, and the natural wonders of the Limberlost Swamp, made famous as the scene of her nature romances, all have stirred much curiosity among readers everywhere.

Mrs. Porter did not possess what has been called "an aptitude for personal publicity." Indeed, up to the present, she has discouraged quite successfully any attempt to stress the personal note. It is practically impossible, however, to do the kind of work she has done—to make genuine contributions to natural science by her wonderful field work among birds, insects, and flowers, and then, through her romances, to bring several hundred thousands of people to love and understand nature in a way they never did before—without arousing a legitimate interest in her own history, her ideals, her methods of work, and all that underlies the structure of her unusual achievement.