. Shepp's Literary world: containing the lives of our noted American and favorite English authors. Together with choice selections from their writings . ffected by its sights and sounds. There has never been in the long history of education, a better school for the open-minded, imaginative boy or girl than the farm. Every day sets its tasks, every task teaches its lessons; and nature stands looking over the students shoulder and quietly whispering some of her deep-est secrets to her fortunatechild. For surely it is a greatpiece of good fortune to growup in a wise, generous homem the country; t


. Shepp's Literary world: containing the lives of our noted American and favorite English authors. Together with choice selections from their writings . ffected by its sights and sounds. There has never been in the long history of education, a better school for the open-minded, imaginative boy or girl than the farm. Every day sets its tasks, every task teaches its lessons; and nature stands looking over the students shoulder and quietly whispering some of her deep-est secrets to her fortunatechild. For surely it is a greatpiece of good fortune to growup in a wise, generous homem the country; to be youngwith all manner of four-footedbeasts and fowls of the air,and grow up with them; tostumble over the roots of treeswhen one is beginning to walk;to hear the brooks chatter be-fore one knows how to chatterhimself; to awake in the stirof the morning, when thewhole world seems to be go-ing to work, and to fall asleepwhen the world comes troop-ing home, dusty and tired. To see and hear these out-door sights and sounds is tobe born into vital relationswith mans natural back-ground and to come uncon-MAPLE-suGAR TIME sclously iuto possessiou of. 306 Country Sights and Sounds


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