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A Rambler's lease By: Bradford Torrey (1843-1912) |
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Books by Mr. Torrey.
BIRDS IN THE BUSH. 16mo, $1.25.
A RAMBLER'S LEASE. 16mo, $1.25.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK.
A RAMBLER'S LEASE
BY BRADFORD TORREY
I have known many laboring men that have got good estates in
this valley. BUNYAN Sunbeams, shadows, butterflies, and birds. WORDSWORTH
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1892
Copyright, 1889,
BY BRADFORD TORREY. All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
PREFATORY NOTE.
The writer of this little book has found so much pleasure in other men's
woods and fields that he has come to look upon himself as in some sort
the owner of them. Their lawful possessors will not begrudge him this
feeling, he believes, nor take it amiss if he assumes, even in this
public way, to hold a rambler's lease of their property. Should it
please them to do so, they may accept the papers herein contained as a
kind of return, the best he knows how to offer, for the many favors,
alike unproffered and unasked, which he has received at their hands. His
private opinion is that the world belongs to those who enjoy it; and
taking this view of the matter, he cannot help thinking that some of
his more prosperous neighbors would do well, in legal phrase, to perfect
their titles. He would gladly be of service to them in this regard.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
MY REAL ESTATE 1 A WOODLAND INTIMATE 22 AN OLD ROAD 45 CONFESSIONS OF A BIRD'S NEST HUNTER 70 A GREEN MOUNTAIN CORN FIELD 99 BEHIND THE EYE 114 A NOVEMBER CHRONICLE 121 NEW ENGLAND WINTER 140 A MOUNTAIN SIDE RAMBLE 164 A PITCH PINE MEDITATION 182 ESOTERIC PERIPATETICISM 189 BUTTERFLY PSYCHOLOGY 206 BASHFUL DRUMMERS 214
A RAMBLER'S LEASE.
MY REAL ESTATE. Yet some did think that he had little business here. WORDSWORTH.
Every autumn the town of W sends me a tax bill, a kindly remembrance
for which I never fail of feeling grateful. It is pleasant to know that
after all these years there still remains one man in the old town who
cherishes my memory, though it be only "this publican." Besides, to
speak frankly, there is a measure of satisfaction in being reminded now
and then of my dignity as a landed proprietor. One may be never so rich
in stocks and bonds, government consols and what not, but, acceptable as
such "securities" are, they are after all not quite the same as a
section of the solid globe itself... Continue reading book >>
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