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In New England Fields and Woods

By
Rowland E. Robinson

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Boston and New York
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
The Riverside Press, Cambridge

THE MEMORY OF

MY MOTHER

THIS BOOK

IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED

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The weather and the changes of the seasons are such common and convenient topics that one need not apologize for talking about them, though he says nothing new.

Still less need one make an apology if he becomes garrulous in relation to scenes which are now hidden from him by a curtain of darkness, or concerning some humble acquaintances with whom he was once on familiar terms, but who now and hereafter can only be memories, though they are yet near him and he may still hear their voices.

So without excuse I offer this collection of sketches, which with a few exceptions were first published in the columns of "Forest and Stream."

R. E. R.

CONTENTS

I.	The Nameless Season	1
II.	March Days	5
III.	The Home Fireside	13
IV.	The Crow	17
V.	The Mink	22
VI.	April Days	27
VII.	The Woodchuck	33
VIII.	The Chipmunk	37
IX.	Spring Shooting	40
X.	The Garter-Snake	43
XI.	The Toad	48
XII.	May Days	52
XIII.	The Bobolink	56
XIV.	The Golden-Winged Woodpecker	59
XV.	June Days	63
XVI.	The Bullfrog	66
XVII.	The Angler	70
XVIII.	Farmers and Field Sports	79
XIX.	To a Trespass Sign	84
XX.	A Gentle Sportsman	88
XXI.	July Days	91
XXII.	Camping Out	98
XXIII.	The Camp-Fire	103
XXIV.	A Rainy Day in Camp	107
XXV.	August Days	113
XXVI.	A Voyage in the Dark	118
XXVII.	The Summer Camp-Fire	129
XXVIII.	The Raccoon	132
XXIX.	The Reluctant Camp-Fire	141
XXX.	September Days	143
XXXI.	A Plea for the Unprotected	148
XXXII.	The Skunk	154
XXXIII.	A Camp-Fire Run Wild	158
XXXIV.	The Dead Camp-Fire	163
XXXV.	October Days	168
XXXVI.	A Common Experience	172
XXXVII.	The Red Squirrel	178
XXXVIII.	The Ruffed Grouse	182
XXXIX.	Two Shots	189
XL.	November Days	196
XLI.	The Muskrat	201
XLII.	November Voices	205
XLIII.	Thanksgiving	208
XLIV.	December Days	211
XLV.	Winter Voices	216
XLVI.	The Varying Hare	219
XLVII.	The Winter Camp-Fire	224
XLVIII.	January Days	229
XLIX.	A New England Woodpile	235
L.	A Century of Extermination	251
LI.	The Persistency of Pests	255
LII.	The Weasel	260
LIII.	February Days	263
LIV.	The Fox	270
LV.	An Ice-Storm	276
LVI.	Spare the Trees	281
LVII.	The Chickadee	284

IN NEW ENGLAND FIELDS AND WOODS

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