Front matter

THE WORKS OF

WINTHROP PACKARD

WOODLAND PATHS WILD PASTURES WOOD WANDERINGS WILDWOOD WAYS

Each illustrated by Charles Copeland

12mo. Ornamental cloth, gilt top, each volume $1.20 net; by mail, $1.28

These four volumes together constitute “The New England Year” series, dealing, in the order given, with the four seasons. Sold separately.

FLORIDA TRAILS

As seen from Jacksonville to Key West, and from November to April, inclusive

Illustrated from photographs by the author and others

8vo. Ornamental cloth, gilt top, boxed, $3.00 net; by mail, $3.25

LITERARY PILGRIMAGES OF A NATURALIST

Visits to the haunts of Whittier, Emerson, Hawthorne, Celia Thaxter, Webster, Aldrich, and others

Illustrated from photographs by the author and others

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SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY Publishers Boston

“No wonder Daniel Webster, wandering southward over the hills in search of a country home, chose this as his abiding place.” See page 2

LITERARY PILGRIMAGES OF A NATURALIST

BY

WINTHROP PACKARD

Author of “Florida Trails,” “Wild Pastures,” “Wood Wanderings,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS

BOSTON

SMALL, MAYNARD, AND COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1911

By Small, Maynard, and Company

(INCORPORATED)

Entered at Stationers’ Hall

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

TO THE MEMORY

OF

CLARENCE H. BERRY

A Schoolmaster of Long Ago

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

The author wishes to express his thanks to the editors of the “Boston Evening Transcript” for permission to reprint in this volume matter which was originally contributed to its columns.