My  thanks  are  due  to  those  Editors  who  have  so  kindly  permitted
me  to  reprint  the  following  pages: — "The  Field-Play"  appeared
in  Time ;  "  Bits  of  Oak  Bark  "  and  "  The  Pageant  of  Summer,"  in
Longman^s  Magazine;  "Meadow  Thoughts"  and  "Mind  under
Water,"  in  The  Graphic;  "Clematis  Lane,"  "Nature  near  Brighton,"
"  Sea,  Sky,  and  Down,"  "  January  in  the  Sussex  Woods,"  and  "  By
the  Exe,"  in  The  Standard ;  "  Notes  on  Landscape  Painting,"  in
The  Magazine  of  Art ;  "  Village  Miners,"  in  The  Oentleman's  Ma-
gazine ;  "  Nature  and  the  Gamekeeper,"  "  The  Sacrifice  to  Trout,"
"  The  Hovering  of  the  Kestrel,"  and  "  Birds  Climbing  the  Air,"  in
The  St.  James's  Gazette;  "  Sport  and  Science,"  in  The  National
Review;  "The  Water-Colley,"  in  The  Manchester  Guardian;
"  Country  Literature,"  "  Sunlight  in  a  London  Square,"  "  Venice
in  the  East  End,"  "The  Pigeons  at  the  British  Museum,"  and
"  The  Plainest  City  in  Europe,"  in  The  Pall  Mall  Gazette.
KICHARD  JEFFERIES.
CONTENTS


THE  FIELD-PLAY        -

L  Uptill-a-Thorn
IL  KuRAL  Dynamite

BITS  OF  OAK  BARK

I.  The  Acorn-Gatherer
II.  The  Legend  of  a  Gateway  ...
III.  A  Roman  Brook

THE  PAGEANT  OF  SUMMER

MEADOW  THOUGHTS

CLEMATIS  LANE

NATURE  NEAR  BRIGHTON  ...
SEA,  SKY,  AND  DOWN

JANUARY  IN  THE  SUSSEX  WOODS

BY  THE  EXE

THE  WATER-COLLEY

NOTES  ON  LANDSCAPE  PAINTING

VILLAGE  MINERS

MIND  UNDER  WATER

SPORT  AND  SCIENCE

NATURE  AND  THE  GAMEKEEPER


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