I think you will agree with me that my outdoor school was a wonderful thing. The Land of Out-of-Doors! To young people the best school and play-house, and to older people an endless asylum of delight.

"The grass so little has to do,

A sphere of simple green

With only butterflies to brood

And bees to entertain.

"And stir all day to pretty tunes

The breezes fetch along,

And hold the sunshine in its lap

And bow—to everything.

"And thread the dew all night, like pearls,