CONTENTS
Economy………………………………………………………………1
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For……………………………… 56
Reading .…………………………………………………………… 69
Sounds…………………………………………………………… 77
Solitude ..…………………………………………………………… 90
Visitors ..…………………………………………………………… 98
The Bean-Field ..……………………………………………………109
The Village.…………………………………………………………118
The Ponds ..…………………………………………………………123
Baker Farm…………………………………………………………142
Higher Laws ..………………………………………………………149
Brute Neighbors.……………………………………………………158
House-Warming .……………………………………………………168
Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors……………………………181
Winter Animals ..……………………………………………………192
The Pond in Winter…………………………………………………200
Spring………………………………………………………………211
Conclusion…………………………………………………………225