This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I BEYOND THE PASTURE BARS 3 II THE CRAZY FLICKER 13 III THE WILD GEESE 25 IV THE WOOD-PUSSY .......... 37 V A HOUSE OF MANY DOORS . . 47 VI WILD LIFE IN THE FARM-YARD 57 VII A SONG OF THE WINTER WOODS 71 VIII ON THE POSSUMS TRAIL 83 IX THE DANCE IN THE ALDER SWALE ... . 99 X CHICKAREE THE SCOLD . . . . . . . .111 XI A LESSON IN NATURAL HISTORY ..... 125 XII CALICO AND THE KITTENS 137 SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHER AND PUPILS . . 149 ILLUSTRATIONS Beyond the pasture bars .... Frontispiece PAGE Robin 3 Folk in scales 4 Folk in bare skins 4 Folk in fur 5 Folk in shells 6 Squirrel Bumble-bee 10 What a glorious hole for a nest there must be in there, He found himself inside an empty barn ... 19 Housekeeping for the geese is a particularly serious business 29 There . . . was a family of seven young skunks . 39 all followed her . . .41 They Tall black cormorants, great foam-white gulls . . 51 The tame turkey-hen is notorious for stealing her nest 62 The frozen winter fields 73 Upland and lowland, - . 9 16 field and wood-lot ... 75