Stowe notes, letters and verses . LETTERS 255 indicate a little change in the season, notably the browncreeper. TO HIS SISTER Stowe, March 19, 1892. Now is the time when I begin to listen for notes ofsong sparrows or bluebirds, and make all my out-of-door excursions armed with a field-glass to catch thefirst glimpse of them. Perhaps you can understand howthe appearance and voice of the earliest migratory birdsaffect me; they make my blood cold and my hair tostare—as you say Beethovens music does with you. C. sent me by mail yesterday two stories, both amus-ing, but one was by Miss Wilkins. It
Stowe notes, letters and verses . LETTERS 255 indicate a little change in the season, notably the browncreeper. TO HIS SISTER Stowe, March 19, 1892. Now is the time when I begin to listen for notes ofsong sparrows or bluebirds, and make all my out-of-door excursions armed with a field-glass to catch thefirst glimpse of them. Perhaps you can understand howthe appearance and voice of the earliest migratory birdsaffect me; they make my blood cold and my hair tostare—as you say Beethovens music does with you. C. sent me by mail yesterday two stories, both amus-ing, but one was by Miss Wilkins. It is not enough tosay truthful; every word was precious, the pure goldof truth. TO HIS MOTHER Stowe, March 24, have been inquiring about dog licenses, and thusstands the law in Vermont: before April ist male dogstaxed one dollar, after April ist until May, the thirdweek (I believe), two dollars, after the third week inMay they are condemned—in other words, they throwthem into the brier-patch. Tojo is very much afraid, as
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