Part 1

Books by Mr. Torrey.

BIRDS IN THE BUSH. 16mo, $1.25.

A RAMBLER’S LEASE. 16mo, $1.25.

THE FOOT-PATH WAY. 16mo, gilt top, $1.25.

A FLORIDA SKETCH-BOOK. 16mo, $1.25.

SPRING NOTES FROM TENNESSEE. 16mo, $1.25.

A WORLD OF GREEN HILLS. 16mo, $1.25.

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON AND NEW YORK.

A WORLD OF GREEN HILLS

OBSERVATIONS OF NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE IN THE BLUE RIDGE

BRADFORD TORREY

He joyes in groves, and makes himselfe full blythe With sundrie flowers, in wilde fieldes gatherèd.

SPENSER.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1898

COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY BRADFORD TORREY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

PAGE

NORTH CAROLINA.

A DAY’S DRIVE IN THREE STATES 3

IN QUEST OF RAVENS 34

A MOUNTAIN POND 71

BIRDS, FLOWERS, AND PEOPLE 104

VIRGINIA.

A NOOK IN THE ALLEGHANIES 145

AT NATURAL BRIDGE 208

INDEX 283

NORTH CAROLINA

A WORLD OF GREEN HILLS