Stowe notes, letters and verses . any denunciation of evil is so powerful for good asan appeal to goodness. As soon as one begins to think a little, ideas that areolder than the pyramids, and that have been presented tothe sightless eye and the deaf ear in many forms, sud-denly strike one with the force of an original I have said just now is trite, doubtless, but notto me. TO HIS MOTHER Stowe, December 27, never saw the atmosphere so clear as it was Christ-mas night; there was not the least haze on the horizon,so that the moon (the full moon, I believe) rose withoutthe l
Stowe notes, letters and verses . any denunciation of evil is so powerful for good asan appeal to goodness. As soon as one begins to think a little, ideas that areolder than the pyramids, and that have been presented tothe sightless eye and the deaf ear in many forms, sud-denly strike one with the force of an original I have said just now is trite, doubtless, but notto me. TO HIS MOTHER Stowe, December 27, never saw the atmosphere so clear as it was Christ-mas night; there was not the least haze on the horizon,so that the moon (the full moon, I believe) rose withoutthe least warning conveyed in a diffusion of light orhalo-like effect, perfectly round and sharply outlinedlike a gold circle on a blue ground, and glittering asbright as a new gold dollar. In the same way later thenight was quite remarkable. On ordinary moonlightnights a whitish haze will blend with the outline of themountains and make them indistinct, but Christmasnight Mansfield was as sharply outlined, almost, as on aclear day. ^. LETTERS 237 The woods have a most mysterious, Hop-o-my-thumb forest appearance, the trunks and Umbs on theouter edge heavily snow-coated, and the interior of dimand general grayness. The gable ends of houses andbarns appear like haystacks, and the dormer windowsand chimneys the most inconsequent things in nature. TO HIS MOTHER Stowe, January 4, 1891. Last night I received a note from C, stating that hehad found a pleasant country home for Samo. I amboth glad and sorry. I shall miss him exceedingly. Heis, to my mind, the most interesting dog of our collec-tion and admirably suited to this place. I mean that hisnature is in accord with the spirit of the place, which isone that combines a certain wild charm with interests ofa domestic sort. Samo is gentle, obedient, and is, asone should say, one that takes upon him to be a dog in-deed, but nevertheless, he has an interest apart fromthe common interests attaching to dogs; he has some-thing, though in a sli
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