------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. The several full-page illustrations have been repositioned slightly to avoid falling in mid-paragraph. The captions appeared on a separate page. These illustrations were not included in the pagination. Multiple unnumbered blank pages associated with them have been removed. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details. [Illustration] --------------------------------------------------------- BY CHARLES CONRAD ABBOTT --------------------------------------------------------- THE FREEDOM OF THE FIELDS. With Frontispiece by Alice Barber Stephens, and three photogravures. Buckram, ornamental, $1.50 TRAVELS IN A TREE-TOP. With Frontispiece by Alice Barber Stephens, and three photogravures. Buckram, ornamental, $1.50 _Abbott’s Fireside and Forest Library_ THE FREEDOM OF THE FIELDS AND TRAVELS IN A TREE-TOP. Two volumes in a box. 12mo. Buckram, ornamental, $3.00 RECENT RAMBLES; Or, In Touch with Nature. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00 THE HERMIT OF NOTTINGHAM. A novel. 12mo. Cloth, ornamental, $1.25 WHEN THE CENTURY WAS NEW. A novel. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00 A COLONIAL WOOING. A novel. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00 BIRD-LAND ECHOES. Profusely illustrated by William Everett Cram. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt top, $2.00 THE BIRDS ABOUT US. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00 _Abbott’s Bird Library._ THE BIRDS ABOUT US and BIRD-LAND ECHOES. Two volumes in a box. 12mo. Cloth, gilt top, $4.00 _TRAVELS IN A TREE-TOP_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: _An Old-fashioned Garden_ By Alice Barber Stephens ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRAVELS IN ⧫ ⧫ A ⧫ ⧫ TREE-TOP BY CHARLES C. ABBOTT [Illustration] J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO. PHILADELPHIA 1898 COPYRIGHT, 1894 AND 1897, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. CONTENTS