The Dallas Lore Sharp Nature Series

THE FALL OF THE YEAR

BY
DALLAS LORE SHARP

AUTHOR OF “THE LAY OF THE LAND,” “THE FACE OF THE FIELDS,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
ROBERT BRUCE HORSFALL

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1896, 1903, BY PERRY MASON COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY DALLAS LORE SHARP
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

TO

DOCTOR AND MRS. TRASK
OF THE
SOUTH JERSEY INSTITUTE
BEST OF TEACHERS, DEAREST OF FRIENDS