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THE SPRING OF THE YEAR DALLAS LORE SHARP
SPRING OF THE YEAR—SHADBUSH (CHAPTER I)
The Dallas Lore Sharp Nature Series
THE SPRING OF THE YEAR
BY DALLAS LORE SHARP AUTHOR OF “THE LAY OF THE LAND,” “THE FACE OF THE FIELDS,” “THE FALL OF THE YEAR,” “WINTER,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT BRUCE HORSFALL
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1904, 1905, AND 1906, BY THE CHAPPLE PUBLISHING CO., LTD. COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS BOOK COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1908, 1911, AND 1912, BY DALLAS LORE SHARP COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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TO MY SISTER JENNIE THE BEST OF COMPANIONS IN THE WOODS AND FIELDS THROUGH WHICH WE WENT TO SCHOOL