[Illustration: A SUMMER EVENING--NIGHT HERONS (page 54)] The Dallas Lore Sharp Nature Series SUMMER by DALLAS LORE SHARP AUTHOR OF “THE LAY OF THE LAND,” “THE FACE OF THE FIELDS,” “WHERE ROLLS THE OREGON,” “THE FALL OF THE YEAR,” “WINTER,” “THE SPRING OF THE YEAR,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT BRUCE HORSFALL BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY PERRY MASON COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1913 AND 1914, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY THE CENTURY COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY DALLAS LORE SHARP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS U . S . A TO ROBERT BRUCE HORSFALL THE FRIEND AND ARTIST OF THESE FOUR BOOKS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ix I. THE SUMMER AFIELD 1 II. THE WILD ANIMALS AT PLAY 9 III. A CHAPTER OF THINGS TO SEE THIS SUMMER 18 IV. THE COYOTE OF PELICAN POINT 27 V. FROM T WHARF TO FRANKLIN FIELD 39 VI. A CHAPTER OF THINGS TO HEAR THIS SUMMER 46 VII. THE SEA-BIRDS’ HOME 57 VIII. THE MOTHER MURRE 65 IX. MOTHER CAREY’S CHICKENS 79 X. RIDING THE RIM ROCK 88 XI. A CHAPTER OF THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER 100 XII. THE “CONY” 112 NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS 123 ILLUSTRATIONS