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THE FOREST

The Rhyme and Reason

OF

COUNTRY LIFE.

The Bee. P. 52

With Illustrations from Drawings by C. E. Dopler. Engraved by J. W. Orr.

New York:

G. P. PUTNAM & CO.,

1855.

THE Rhyme and Reason OF COUNTRY LIFE: OR, SELECTIONS FROM Fields Old and New.

BY

THE AUTHOR OF “RURAL HOURS,”

ETC., ETC.

——“The boundless store

Of charms which Nature to her votary yields!

The warbling woodland, the resounding shore,

The pomp of groves and garniture of fields—

All that the genial ray of Morning gilds,

And all that echoes to the song of Even.”

Beattie.

NEW YORK:

G. P. PUTNAM AND COMPANY,

10 PARK PLACE.

1854.

ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1854, BY

G. P. PUTNAM & CO.,

IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

NEW YORK STEREOTYPE ASSOCIATION,

201 William Street.

TO

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

A TRIBUTE

OF

ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS,

AND

In Grateful Remembrance of a Generous Offering

TO THE

MEMORY OF HIS FRIEND,

These Selections

ARE VERY RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THE EDITOR.

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