A journey to nature . . .* ff • • > Copyright, 1900, 1901, byTHE NEW YORK EVENING POST COMPANY Copyright, 1901, byDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. INTRODUCTION The papers in this book were originally con-tributed to the New York Evening Post^ wherethey elicited a printed desire for their preserva-tion in book form. Written at intervals, withvery slight continuity of narrative, for weeklyreaders, all of whom could hardly be expectedto follow them consecutively, they were neces-sarily repetitious and explanatory In spots, andrequired rewriting and editing when collectedin book form for continuous readin
A journey to nature . . .* ff • • > Copyright, 1900, 1901, byTHE NEW YORK EVENING POST COMPANY Copyright, 1901, byDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. INTRODUCTION The papers in this book were originally con-tributed to the New York Evening Post^ wherethey elicited a printed desire for their preserva-tion in book form. Written at intervals, withvery slight continuity of narrative, for weeklyreaders, all of whom could hardly be expectedto follow them consecutively, they were neces-sarily repetitious and explanatory In spots, andrequired rewriting and editing when collectedin book form for continuous reading. Thosepapers therefore have been specially preparedfor this volume, new matter having been in-troduced and much that was explanatory toweekly readers having been eliminated. The personages introduced are taken from life,and are put down with a free hand as the writersaw them at the time, one of them still colouredby the fantasy she evoked. The sketches neces- INTRODUCTION sarily vary with the varying moods w
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