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PASTORAL DAYS

PASTORAL DAYS OR MEMORIES OF A NEW ENGLAND YEAR

W. HAMILTON GIBSON

Illustrated

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

1881

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

All rights reserved.

ONE WHOSE CLOSE COMPANIONSHIP

HAS WROUGHT THAT HARMONY AND PEACE OF MIND FROM WHICH THIS BOOK HAS SPRUNG, AND TO WHOM ITS EVERY PAGE RECALLS A REMINISCENCE OF THE PAST IDENTIFIED WITH MEMORIES OF MY OWN

This Memoir is Lovingly Inscribed

OUR SOUVENIR

THE CYCLE.

SPRING: PAGE

The Awakening.....19

SUMMER:

The Consummation.....51

AUTUMN:

The Waning.....91

WINTER:

The Sleep.....125

ILLUSTRATIONS.

DESIGNED BY W. HAMILTON GIBSON.

TITLE. ENGRAVER.....PAGE