Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . MOTTOEg FOR gSAPTER nYIII. Thjus be tbjege good yoemen gone to the ?woods^S lig^jt as leaf on lyrjde ;Thjey laugl] and be merrie ir| feljeip nnood,Their erjerqies are far behind. Ballad of Adam Bell. I Vifas there a mar) dignnayed ? J^ot thougb) the soldiers kqew songe one had blur|deped. Tennyson : CAar£-e of the Light Brifcade. ^r)d if ye pedagogue be snr^alleW^bjer) to ye battaille such a plighte ©od sende hym ngighteTo break
Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . MOTTOEg FOR gSAPTER nYIII. Thjus be tbjege good yoemen gone to the ?woods^S lig^jt as leaf on lyrjde ;Thjey laugl] and be merrie ir| feljeip nnood,Their erjerqies are far behind. Ballad of Adam Bell. I Vifas there a mar) dignnayed ? J^ot thougb) the soldiers kqew songe one had blur|deped. Tennyson : CAar£-e of the Light Brifcade. ^r)d if ye pedagogue be snr^alleW^bjer) to ye battaille such a plighte ©od sende hym ngighteTo break ye rogue l^is G. Saxe. 373. CHAPTEE XXYIIL ELL, it probably pleased thechildren, at least; and we mustmake some exertion to gratifythem — the imps — the darlings— even if in so doing we shallchance to incur the displeasureof certain of the old folks. Totell the truth, too, I did muchbetter in my first attempt thanI had ever expected to do ITwas a pretty good story, in-deed,— and, oh, so true! Ittook so well, moreover, that Ihave quite made up my mindto hazard a second essay: Know Ill try, an guess Ill win,An so here goes for hit em agin! * Then again, you see, there are certain characteristics of?^men and women I have met in the back-woods that areworth setting down for the amusement and instruction ofmyself and others, both now, while this sort of thing maybe studied,— and the faithfulness of my pen-pictures veri-fied by a comparison with the subjects who sat,— and in thefuture; for changes are rapidly taking place, and manythings which have been matters of daily experience upon *Holmes. 373 374 R
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