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| INTRODUCTION | xi |
| JANUARY | 1 |
| I. | Hard Times—Wild Life and the Frost—The Thaw at Last—Solitude and a Fireside—Cricket Music—Fiction and Life—Wood versus Coal. | |
| II. | Truantry—Spring in January—Wind and Sun on the Downs—A Shepherd Family—Brothers in Arms—‘Rowster’—The Folding-Call—Dew-Ponds and their Making—The Sign in the Sky. | |
| III. | The Starling Host. | |
| FEBRUARY | 27 |
| I. | The Village Green—Daybreak—The Morning Dew. | |
| II. | Under the ‘Seven Sisters’—Courting Days. | |
| III. | The Elm Blossom—A Wild Night—By the River—The Hazel-Wood—Meadow Life | |
| IV. | The Coming of the Lambs—Night in the Lambing-Pens—The Luck of Windlecombe—‘White Eye.’ | |
| MARCH | 55 |
| I. | The Woodland Clearing—Rabbit and Stoat—The Rain Bird—‘Skugging’—The Lovers’ Tree—An Adventure in Forestry. | |
| II. | The ‘Sea-Blue Bird of March’—The Old Ferryman. | |
| III. | Lion and Lamb—The Churchyard Wall—Yew and Almond-Tree—Evensong—A Prophet of Evil. | |
| IV. | Wild March—Rejuvenation—On the Downs—River and Brook—The Long White Road—A Mystery of Rubies—The Thrush. | |
| APRIL | 82 |
| I. | Sunday Morning—The Black Sheep—A Song in the Wood. | |
| II. | Rain and Shine—The Wryneck—Bees and Primroses. | |
| III. | Fulfilment—The Martins—The First Cuckoo—Bluebells—Swallows and Nightingales. | |
| IV. | April on Windle Hill—Downland Larks. | |
| MAY | 104 |
| I. | Busy Times—The Forge—Two Ancient Families—The Sweetstuff Shop—Silent Company—The Three Thatchers. | |
| II. | The Long Back-Reach—In the Willow Bower—A New Song and an Old Story. | |
| III. | Whitsunday—God’s House Beautiful—The Soul-Shepherd. | |
| IV. | Ringing the Bees—An old-fashioned Bee-Garden. | |
| V. | Corpus Christi: an Impression. | |
| JUNE | 132 |
| I. | The Old Brier-Bush—Chaffinch and Willow-Wren—The Mowing-Grass—The First Wild Rose. | |
| II. | The Sheep-Wash. | |
| III. | Rainy Days—Old Times and New—The Reverend’s Garden—Darkie and his Den. | |
| IV. | The Cotter’s Saturday Night—The Cricket Committee—Summer Gloaming. | |
| JULY | 161 |
| I. | Summertide—The Teasel Traps—Bees in the Tares—Poppies and Wheat—The Oat-field—Swifts. | |
| II. | The Cricket Match. | |
| III. | Time and the Town—The Beginning of Harvest-Sport and Nature—In the Seed-hay—The Storm. | |
| AUGUST | 189 |
| I. | The Tea-Garden—In Search of Change—The Trippers—A Mysterious Company. | |
| II. | The South-west Wind—Talk on the Downs—In the Combe—A Reconciliation. | |
| III. | Travellers’ Tales. | |
| SEPTEMBER | 210 |
| I. | Odd Man out—The Little Tobacconist—A Talk by the River. | |
| II. | The Waning Summer—Threshing. | |
| III. | Two Old Maids—The Minstrels. | |
| IV. | Autumn Dawn—The Cub Hunt—Thistle-down. | |
| OCTOBER | 234 |
| I. | The Going of the Martins—Spider-Webs. | |
| II. | A Legacy—The Caravan. | |
| III. | Gossamer—The Berry Harvest—Autumn Changes—The Brown Owl—Glowworms—Birds that Pass in the Night. | |
| NOVEMBER | 257 |
| I. | The Colours of Autumn—The Ivy Bloom—The Two Painters—A November Nosegay. | |
| II. | Night in the Village—Tom Clemmer—Dinner at the Farm. | |
| III. | Winter at Last—Capitulation. | |
| DECEMBER | 283 |
| I. | Gloom and Shine. | |
| II. | House-Bound—A Happy Village. | |
| III. | A Voyage down the Street—The Beef Club Drawing. | |
| IV. | The Christmas-Tree—Voices in the Night. | |
