I have incorporated in this book some parts of my "Two Country Walks in Canada"--now long out of print (itself comprising an article from _The Nineteenth Century_ and another from _Blackwood's_); also (with the permission of the editor) an article in _The Atlantic Monthly Magazine_; and Sections 22 and 23 first appeared in _The Canadian Magazine_. Geneva, 1914. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Golf and Walking 1 II. The Essence of a Walk 5 III. Notable Walkers 9 IV. My Earliest Walks 15 V. India 17 VI. English Byways 21 VII. A Spring Morning in England 25 VIII. Autumn Reveries 29 IX. Spirituality of Nature 34 X. Practical Transcendentalism 40 XI. Spring in Canada 45 XII. Autumn in Canada 53 XIII. Winter in Canada 59 XIV. The Mood for Walking 72 XV. Evening Meditations 78 XVI. The Unity of Nature 91 XVII. The Instinct for Walking 103 XVIII. A Woeful Walk 105 XIX. Autumn in Canada again 107 XX. The Walking Tour 133 XXI. The Tramp's Dietary 140 XXII. Practical Details 152 XXIII. The Beauty of Landscape 159 XXIV. Warnings to the Over-Zealous 180 XXV. How that all points to the Infinite 188 XXVI. The Pleasures of Walking 198 XXVII. Is Walking Selfish? 216 XXVIII. The Pæan of Being 223 Index 227 OF WALKS AND WALKING TOURS I Golf and Walking § 1