With Illustrations by
CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL
AND
CARTON MOOREPARK

The ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
BOSTON

Copyright, 1922, by
Samuel Scoville, Jr.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To my Son
Gurdon Trumbull Scoville
who has learned to know
and love so many of our Lesser Brethren
of Earth and Air and Water
this book is dedicated

CONTENTS

I.[The Cleanlys]1
II.[Blackbear]24
III.[The Seventh Sleeper]51
IV.[High Sky]74
V.[The Little People]85
VI.[The Path of the Air]107
VII.[Blackcat]122
VIII.[Little Death]137
IX.[Blackcross]150
X.[Sea Otter]71