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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by CHARLES SCRIBNER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Stereotyped and Printed by C. W. BENEDICT, 12 Spruce Street, N. Y.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

• SUNSET, FRONTISPIECE.
• AUTUMN, VIGNETTE.
• SUMMER SOJOURN, 95
• FARM LIFE, 232
• CARLO, 263

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CONTENTS.

• INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER, 11
• SUMMERING, 23
• SEARCH AFTER PLEASURE, 35
• THE ISLAND, 61
• THE ISLAND STORY, 95
• PROGNOSTICS, 102
• HOUSEKEEPING, 122
• VENTURINGS, 151
• LIFE'S LESSONS, 166
• THE WAY OF THE WORLD, 177
• WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION, 204
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• WESTERN TRAITS, 232
• SAINTS OF OUR DAY, 240
• WHAT MUST BE MUST, 252
• MAKING LOVE SCIENTIFICALLY, 265
• AN INCIDENT IN DREAM-LAND, 274
• THE VISION AND CREED OF PIERS PLOUGHMAN, 279
• A LEGEND OF EAST ROCK, 289
• THE HERMIT'S STORY, 294