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• INTRODUCTION ix

• CHOOSING A GUN 1

• SKATING 22

• MARLBOROUGH FOREST 27

• VILLAGE CHURCHES 35

• BIRDS OF SPRING 43

• THE SPRING OF THE YEAR 54

• VIGNETTES FROM NATURE 70

• A KING OF ACRES 79

• THE STORY OF SWINDON 104

• UNEQUAL AGRICULTURE 134

• VILLAGE ORGANIZATION 151

• THE IDLE EARTH 207

• AFTER THE COUNTY FRANCHISE 224

• THE WILTSHIRE LABOURER 247

• ON THE DOWNS 270

• THE SUN AND THE BROOK 280

• NATURE AND ETERNITY 284

• THE DAWN 306