| SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY | | PUBLISHERS BOSTON | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ [Illustration: “No wonder Daniel Webster, wandering southward over the hills in search of a country home, chose this as his abiding place.” _See page 2_ ] LITERARY PILGRIMAGES OF A NATURALIST BY WINTHROP PACKARD _Author of “Florida Trails,” “Wild Pastures,” “Wood Wanderings,” etc._ ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS [Illustration: (colophon)] BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD, AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1911_ BY SMALL, MAYNARD, AND COMPANY (INCORPORATED) Entered at Stationers’ Hall THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A. TO THE MEMORY OF CLARENCE H. BERRY _A Schoolmaster of Long Ago_ THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED The author wishes to express his thanks to the editors of the “Boston Evening Transcript” for permission to reprint in this volume matter which was originally contributed to its columns. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. IN OLD MARSHFIELD 1 II. AT WHITTIER’S BIRTHPLACE 15 III. IN OLD PONKAPOAG 30 IV. AT THE ISLES OF SHOALS 44 V. THOREAU’S WALDEN 60 VI. ON THE FIRST TRAIL OF THE PILGRIMS 75 VII. IN OLD CONCORD 90 VIII. THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET 104 IX. IN OLD NEWBURYPORT 118 X. PLYMOUTH MAYFLOWERS 135 XI. OLD SALEM TOWN 148 XII. VERMONT MAPLE SUGAR 164 XIII. NATURE’S MEMORIAL DAY 183 XIV. BIRDS OF CHOCORUA 197 INDEX 213 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “No wonder Daniel Webster, wandering southward over the hills in search of a country home, chose this as his abiding-place.” _See page 2_ _Frontispiece_ “Telling the pearls on this rosary of a path one is led beyond the homestead.” 12