Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . the song of birds and the tinkle of thebell on the cow and the humming ofthe honey bee or insect and the riverand the flowers, all fly away and thealmost bare walls of the school roomand the ugly black boards and figuresand uninteresting books take theirplace. That is the way the truant boyfinds it~the way Cowper found it. Next to the piscatorial pastime of theIsaac Walton type there is nothing likea rural walk oer the hills throughvalleys and by rivers brink, for themature man as well as the truant boy. If you go free fi-om care and dutyy
Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . the song of birds and the tinkle of thebell on the cow and the humming ofthe honey bee or insect and the riverand the flowers, all fly away and thealmost bare walls of the school roomand the ugly black boards and figuresand uninteresting books take theirplace. That is the way the truant boyfinds it~the way Cowper found it. Next to the piscatorial pastime of theIsaac Walton type there is nothing likea rural walk oer the hills throughvalleys and by rivers brink, for themature man as well as the truant boy. If you go free fi-om care and dutyyou will not only get much food forhealthy thought but an unconsciousconstitutional as well. You can goalone as Stevenson advises, you cantake a child with you, you can go with-85-. your Helayne, despite Stevensons ideathat you will have to mince steps witha woman. You do not want to hurry,you do not want to walk faster thanHelayne can, you do not want to feelany of the loneliness that the absenceof a human being gives one in thewoods and so, why not take Helayne?Especially if she is in any way like youin taste. While they are walking past all thewealth nature can display, certain menfigure percentages and count on theweaknesses of poor humanity to makea new article sell well or float a newbond in some get-rich-quick companythat will pay in annual dividends morethan you invest and then wUl give youcommon stock of the same value, as abonus. On the other hand there have-86-
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