PART IV
CAMPING AMONG THE NEW ENGLAND HILLS 82
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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JANUARY _Frontispiece_
OLD FIREPLACE 1
A FOOT-STOVE 1
CANES AND UMBRELLAS 1
THE CHURN 2
YE ENTRANCE OF OLD FASHION 2
FARM TOOLS 2
A LOOM 3
FANS AND BACK-COMB 3
OLD CHAIRS 3
ONE OF THE OLD HOUSES 4
A SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT 5
A RIVER-BOAT BEFORE THE DAYS OF RAILROADS 5
REELS 6
A COMFORTABLE FARM-HOUSE 6
THE FLAX-WHEEL 6
FEBRUARY 7
KITCHEN UTENSILS 9
GOURDS AND PIGGINS 9
THE WINDING ROADWAY 10
A MILL-YARD IN THE VALLEY 11
A SUNNY GLEN 11
A QUIET DAY 12
A BARN-DOOR GROUP 13
A TURN IN THE ROAD 14
A COUNTRY STAGE COACH IN WINTER 14
A HILLTOP VILLAGE 15
A LITTLE LAKE 16
A VILLAGE SCENE 17
SNOW-FIELDS ON THE HILLS 18
MARCH 19
CLEARED LAND 21
GATHERING SAP IN THE SUGAR ORCHARD 22
WAYSIDE BERRY-PICKERS 23
A FARM AMID THE BIG HILLS 24
A LITTLE HOME ON THE HILLSIDE 25
AN OLD MILL 25
A SAW-MILL 26
A SPRING MORNING 27
A WILLOW-LINED RIVER 28
APRIL 29
A LOOK DOWN ON THE CONNECTICUT 31
THE SPRING HOEING 32
AN OLD TAVERN 33
THE FRIENDLY GUIDE 34
A HILL TOWN 34
THE BACK SHEDS 35
WINTER TWILIGHT--GOING UP FOR ONE MORE SLIDE 36
A HILL-TOWN VILLAGE 37
HOMES AND OUT-BUILDINGS BY THE WAYSIDE 38
NEW ENGLAND ROCKS 39
HOLDING THE HORSES WHILE HIS FATHER GOES IN TO GET A DRINK OF WATER 40
MAY 41
A DAM ON THE CONNECTICUT 43
AT THE RAILROAD STATION 43
A MANUFACTURING VILLAGE 44
THE RAILWAY-CROSSING IN THE VILLAGE 45
A STONE BRIDGE 46
A GROUP OF LITTLE FISHERMEN 47
A WAYSIDE WATERING-TROUGH 48
A COUNTRY SCHOOL WATCHING A TEAM GO BY 48
AN OLD BURYING-GROUND 49
BELOW THE DAM 50
A MASSACHUSETTS MOUNTAIN 51
THE FERRYBOAT 51
A FALL ON THE CONNECTICUT 52
JUNE 53
THE GROWING BOY IN HIS LAST YEAR’S CLOTHES 55
AT THE BACK-DOOR 55
THE ACADEMY 56
A HORSE-CHESTNUT MAN 57
AFTERGLOW 57
THE VILLAGE CHURCH 58
ONE OF THE HUMBLER HOUSES 59
A DESERTED HOME 59
GETTING A LOAD OF SAWDUST BACK OF THE SAW-MILL 60
A MEADOW STREAM 60
A HOME UNDER THE ELMS 61
A DOOR-STEP GROUP 62
A ROADSIDE FRIEND 63
BETTER THAN HOEING ON A HOT DAY 64
JULY 65
THE PET OF THE FARM 67
A RAINY DAY 68
A HAMLET AMONG THE HILLS 69
SUMMER SUNLIGHT IN A “GORGE ROAD” 70
ONE OF THE LITTLE RIVERS 71
THE VILLAGE GROCERYMAN 72
AN OUTLYING VILLAGE 73
A VILLAGE VIEW IN A HALF-WOODED DELL 74
THE OLD WELL-SWEEP 75
IN HAYING TIME 76
THE STREAM AND THE ELMS IN THE MEADOW 77
UNDER THE OLD SYCAMORE 78
AUGUST 79
ONE OF THE OLD VILLAGE STREETS 81
THE HOUSE WITH THE BARN ACROSS THE ROAD 82
A WARM SUMMER DAY 83
AT WORK IN HER OWN STRAWBERRY PATCH 84
SEPTEMBER 85
EVENING 87
A LOAD OF WOOD ON THE WAY UP TO THE VILLAGE 88
A WATERFALL IN THE WOODS 89
A PANORAMA OF HILLS AND VALLEYS 90
A PASTURE GROUP 91
OCTOBER 93
A PASTURE GATE 95
A ROAD BY THE STREAM 96
AT THE PASTURE GATE 97
THE SHEEP PASTURE 98
A QUIET POND 99
HUSKING-TIME 100
SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW 101
NOVEMBER 103
THE VILLAGE ON THE HILL 105
A MILL IN THE VALLEY 106
CLOUD SHADOWS 107
A LOG HOUSE 109
AN EARLY SNOW 110
ON A MOUNTAIN CRAG 111
ONE OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN PEAKS 111
AMONG THE BIG HILLS 112
A DESERTED HUT IN THE WOODS 113
CHARCOAL KILNS 114
ROUGH UPLANDS 115
DECEMBER 117
A PATH IN THE WINTER WOODS 119
WINDY WINTER--ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL 120
AFTER A STORM 121