[Illustration: JANUARY] THE NEW ENGLAND COUNTRY [Illustration] TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLIFTON JOHNSON BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS MDCCCXCVII COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY CLIFTON JOHNSON THE NEW ENGLAND COUNTRY PRESS OF Rockwell and Churchill BOSTON CONTENTS PART I PAGE OLD TIMES ON A NEW ENGLAND FARM 1 PART II THE NEW ENGLAND OF TO-DAY 34 PART III NEW ENGLAND AS THE TRAVELLER SEES IT 57 PART IV CAMPING AMONG THE NEW ENGLAND HILLS 82 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE JANUARY _Frontispiece_ OLD FIREPLACE 1 A FOOT-STOVE 1 CANES AND UMBRELLAS 1 THE CHURN 2 YE ENTRANCE OF OLD FASHION 2 FARM TOOLS 2 A LOOM 3 FANS AND BACK-COMB 3 OLD CHAIRS 3 ONE OF THE OLD HOUSES 4 A SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT 5 A RIVER-BOAT BEFORE THE DAYS OF RAILROADS 5 REELS 6 A COMFORTABLE FARM-HOUSE 6 THE FLAX-WHEEL 6 FEBRUARY 7 KITCHEN UTENSILS 9 GOURDS AND PIGGINS 9 THE WINDING ROADWAY 10 A MILL-YARD IN THE VALLEY 11 A SUNNY GLEN 11 A QUIET DAY 12 A BARN-DOOR GROUP 13 A TURN IN THE ROAD 14 A COUNTRY STAGE COACH IN WINTER 14 A HILLTOP VILLAGE 15 A LITTLE LAKE 16 A VILLAGE SCENE 17 SNOW-FIELDS ON THE HILLS 18