The Face of the Fields

CONTENTS

I.	THE FACE OF THE FIELDS	1
II.	TURTLE EGGS FOR AGASSIZ	27
III.	THE EDGE OF NIGHT	57
IV.	THE SCARCITY OF SKUNKS	81
V.	THE NATURE-WRITER	111
VI.	JOHN BURROUGHS	141
VII.	HUNTING THE SNOW	177
VIII.	THE CLAM FARM	193
IX.	THE COMMUTER’S THANKSGIVING	217

All but two of these papers made their first appearance in The Atlantic Monthly. “The Nature-Writer” was first printed in The Outlook and “Hunting the Snow” in The Youth’s Companion.

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THE FACE OF THE FIELDS

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