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Title: The Foot-path Way

Author: Bradford Torrey

Release Date: November 17, 2008 [EBook #27285]

Language: English

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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.

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THE FOOT-PATH WAY

BY

BRADFORD TORREY

Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way,
And merrily hent the stile-a:
A merry heart goes all the day,
Your sad tires in a mile-a.

THE WINTER'S TALE

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1893

Copyright, 1892,
BY BRADFORD TORREY.

_All rights reserved._

SECOND EDITION.

_The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A._
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.

CONTENTS.
PAGE

JUNE IN FRANCONIA. 1

DECEMBER OUT-OF-DOORS. 36

DYER'S HOLLOW. 67

FIVE DAYS ON MOUNT MANSFIELD. 90

A WIDOW AND TWINS. 111

THE MALE RUBY-THROAT. 135

ROBIN ROOSTS. 153

THE PASSING OF THE BIRDS. 176

A GREAT BLUE HERON. 197

FLOWERS AND FOLKS. 205

IN PRAISE OF THE WEYMOUTH PINE. 232

THE FOOT-PATH WAY.

JUNE IN FRANCONIA.

"Herbs, fruits, and flowers,
Walks, and the melody of birds."
MILTON.

There were six of us, and we had the entire hotel, I may almost say the
entire valley, to ourselves. If the verdict of the villagers could have
been taken, we should, perhaps, have been voted a queer set, familiar as
dwellers in