. A book of country clouds and sunshine; . xjwsed, and at no other timecan one so clearly comprehend the real nature of the is the wide expanse of the snow, broken at frequentintervals by patches of woodland with their gra\ masses of tree-trunks, and their bare twigs making a delicate tracery against thesky. In the outlooks from the highlands, or across the wide \al-levs, the landscape melts in the distance into mellow blues, andthe tints of the winter skies are of unequalled brilliance; whileat night the stars glitter and sparkle through an air of crystallinecharms. Then th
. A book of country clouds and sunshine; . xjwsed, and at no other timecan one so clearly comprehend the real nature of the is the wide expanse of the snow, broken at frequentintervals by patches of woodland with their gra\ masses of tree-trunks, and their bare twigs making a delicate tracery against thesky. In the outlooks from the highlands, or across the wide \al-levs, the landscape melts in the distance into mellow blues, andthe tints of the winter skies are of unequalled brilliance; whileat night the stars glitter and sparkle through an air of crystallinecharms. Then there are mornings when the frost takes possession ofthe land, and every tree-twig and every sprig of grass that showsabove the snow has a white coating. The sun shines on a world I. WINTER LIFE «IN NEW Ex\GLAND i6 of dreams, and I doubt it any tro|)ic land could rival the enchant-ment and radiance of such a mornini;-. Often the higher ridges of the hills are crowned with thesolemn green masses of a pine or s])ruce wood, as tlark and stiff. WiNTEK Among the as nearl) all the iest of the world is light and delicate. In j^lacesthe rocks lift dark shouklers to l:)reak the whiteness ; and alongthe roads, where habitations are near, are black lines of stonewall. Then there are the frec|uent weather-beaten and unpaintedold houses and out-buildings, that emphasize by their gray gloomthe light tones which aie general. This type of house is mostoften found in the lonclv outhdng districts. In the villagesnearly all the houses are painted white. It makes an odd im-jiression to come on a little \illage of white houses in this win-ter world. Jhey differ so slighth from the surrounding snowhelds J - • « A BOOK OF COUNTRY CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE that the impression is quite i;h()stly. To look down on some wideexpanse of country from a hillto}), and sec it all _i;iven over to thedrifted snows, gives the feeling that only a miracle can ever bringback the greens of spring and summer. Among
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