Chick, D.D. in his pulpit Frontispiece
Firs that pointed to the sky 2
"Woodland Music after an Ice-Storm" 4
Birds, too, that had lived in rough winds 25
Floated beside him in the sea another gull, to whom he talked pleasantly 28
After Larie found a clam, he would fly high into the air and then drop it 30
It was not for food alone that Larie and his mate lived that spring 31
One was named Peter, for his father 34
The spot she teetered to most of all 43
Dallying happily along the river-edge 47
Immer Lake 51
Two babies, not yet out of their eggshells, hidden among the rushes 53
While their children were napping, Gavia and Father Loon went to a party 61
At Work in the Plaster Pit 72
The Hunting Flight 74
They always chatted a bit and then went on with their work, placing their plaster carefully 77
Quaint Clay Pottery 81
A Famous Landmark 85
Above all other creatures of this great land he had been honored 87
The Yankee-Doodle Twins 90
In this Mother Crow had laid her eggs 101
"Kah! Kah! Kah!" he called from sun-up to sun-down 109
Corbie slipped off and amused himself 116
She wore, draped from her shoulders, snowy plumes of rare beauty 122
Near Ardea's Home 124
That criss-cross pile of old dead twigs was a dear home, and they both guarded it 127
The Flying Clown 135
Peaceful enough, indeed, had been the brooding days 141
The little rascals could practise the art of camouflage 144
Suppose you should find just one pair 153
Through all the lonesome woods there is not one dove 158
Once, so many flew by, that the sound of their wings was like the sound of thunder 161
Oh, the wise, wise look of him 165
Solomon knew the runways of the mice 168
Those five adorable babies of Solomon 171
He passed the brightest hours dozing 174
It was time for the Feast of the Vagabonds 185
Something south of the Amazon kept calling to him 189
Nature has kept faith with him and brought him safely back to his meadow 195