Part 1

Books by Mr. Torrey.

NATURE’S INVITATION. 16mo, $1.10, net. Postage extra.

THE CLERK OF THE WOODS. 16mo, $1.10, net. Postpaid, $1.20.

FOOTING IT IN FRANCONIA. 16mo, $1.10, net. Postpaid, $1.19.

EVERYDAY BIRDS. Elementary Studies. With twelve colored Illustrations reproduced from Audubon. Square 12mo, $1.00.

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.

NATURE’S INVITATION

NATURE’S INVITATION

NOTES OF A BIRD-GAZER NORTH AND SOUTH

BY BRADFORD TORREY

“On Nature’s invitation do I come.”--WORDSWORTH.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1904

COPYRIGHT 1904 BY BRADFORD TORREY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published October 1904

PREFATORY NOTE

Of the chapters here brought together the two longest, the first and the last, are reprinted from the “Atlantic Monthly.” The others were originally contributed, by way of weekly letters, to three newspapers,--the “Evening Transcript” of Boston, and the “Mail and Express” and the “Evening Post” of New York.

CONTENTS

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A MAY VISIT TO MOOSILAUKE 3 A WEEK ON MOUNT WASHINGTON 32 ABOVE THE BIRDS 41 MOUNTAIN-TOP AND VALLEY 50 IN THE MOUNT LAFAYETTE FOREST 57 ON BALD MOUNTAIN 65 BIRDS AND BRIGHT LEAVES 72

FLORIDA

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MIAMI 83 A FROSTY MORNING 89 BEWILDERMENT 96 WAITING FOR THE MUSIC 104 PERIPATETIC BOTANY 111 A PEEP AT THE EVERGLADES 120 THE BEGINNINGS OF SPRING 128 FAIR ORMOND 136 A DAY IN THE WOODS 142 PICTURE AND SONG 151