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Our canoes go with the river, but no longer easily or lazily.
DAYS OFF
AND OTHER DIGRESSIONS
By
HENRY VAN DYKE
I do not count the hours I spend
In wandering by the sea;
The forest is my loyal friend,
Like God it useth me:
Or on the mountain-crest sublime,
Or down the oaken glade,
O what have I to do with Time?
For this the day was made.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
MDCCCCVII
Copyright, 1907, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Printed in October, 1907
Reprinted in November, 1907
Reprinted in December, 1907
To
MY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOUR
GROVER CLEVELAND
WHOSE YEARS OF GREAT WORK
AS A STATESMAN
HAVE BEEN CHEERED BY DAYS OF GOOD PLAY
AS A FISHERMAN
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
WITH WARM AND DEEP REGARDS
CONTENTS
| I. | Days Off | 1 |
| II. | A Holiday in a Vacation | 23 |
| III. | His Other Engagement | 57 |
| IV. | Books that I Loved as a Boy | 101 |
| V. | Among the Quantock Hills | 117 |
| VI. | Between the Lupin and the Laurel | 139 |
| VII. | Little Red Tom | 177 |
| VIII. | Silverhorns | 193 |
| IX. | Notions about Novels | 221 |
| X. | Some Remarks on Gulls | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |