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In New England Fields and Woods
By Rowland E. Robinson
Boston and New York Houghton, Mifflin and Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge
Copyright, 1896, By ROWLAND E. ROBINSON. All rights reserved.
TO
THE MEMORY OF
MY MOTHER
THIS BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
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