"Little Rivers" by Henry Van Dyke ©1896 Scribner's, Hardcover

Description: Very good excellent condition. 291 pages LITTLE RIVERS Book of Essays in Profitable Joleness BY HENRY VAN DYKE "And suppose he take nothing, yet he enjoyeth a delightfull walk by pleasant Rivers, in sweet Pastures, amongst odoriferous Flowers, which gratifie his Senses, and delight his Mind; which Contentments induce many (who affect not An- gling) to choose those places of pleasure for their summer Recreation and Health." COL. ROBERT VENABLES, The Experienc'd Angler. 1662. FIFTH EDITION NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1896 ----------- 3 ----------- Charles S ----------- 3 ----------- DEDICATION To one who wanders by my side As cheerfully as waters glide; Whose eyes are brown as woodland streams, And very fair and full of dreams; Whose heart is like a mountain spring, Whose thoughts like merry rivers sing: To her my little daughter Brooke- - I dedicate this little book. ----------- 4 ----------- CONTENTS I. PRELUDE II. LITTLE RIVERS III. A LEAF OF SPEARMINT I 7 33 IV. AMPERSAND • 59 V. A HANDFUL OF HEATHER VI. THE RESTIGOUCHE FROM A HORSE-YACHT... 81 115 VII. ALPENROSEN AND GOAT'S-MILK 141 VIII. AU LARGE 181 IX. TROUT-FISHING IN THE TRAUN 219 X. AT THE SIGN OF THE BALSAM BOUGH 245 XI. A SONG AFTER SUNDOWN . $279 INDEX. 283. ----------- 5 ----------- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS DOWN THE PERIBONCA LIKE A MIRROR FRAMED IN DAISIES THE WOODED STILLWATERS OF THE PENOBSCOT FLOATING ON THE PLACID CAM. THE TANGLE OF FALLEN TREES . TO FACE PAGE Frontispiece JOE LA CROIX THE GOVERNOR TROUTING AN ADIRONDACK GUIDE. AMPERSAND LAKE. IN THE PASS OF GLENCOE THE LINN OF DEE THE SALMON LEAPS. A PICTURESQUE WAY OF TRAVELING SUMMIT OF THE GROSS-VENEDIGER MONTE NUVOLAU, AS SEEN FROM THE ALP POCOL LAKE MISURINA, AND THE DREI ZINNEN THE GROSS-VENEDIGER FROM INNER GSCHLOSS SHELTER-HUT ON THE GROSS-VENEDIGER CRADLE OF THE SAGUENAY. THE GRANDE DÉCHARGE. ----------- 6 ----------- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE VACHE CAILLE FALLS. . 198 FISHING IN THE FOAM 214 ONE OF THE SOURCES OF THE TRAUN 226 THE MAIN STREET OF HALLSTATT. 232 THE LAKE OF GOSAU WITH THE DACHSTEIN . 236 240 THE LAKE OF ST. WOLFGANG. "AND EVERY DAY GO FORTH TO FISH ON FOAMING STREAMS FOR OUANANICHE" MY LADY GREYGOWN "UNE BELLE" . THE CAMP ON THE ISLAND ----------- 7 ----------- LITTLE RIVERS A RIVER is the most human and companion- able of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own, and is as full of good fellowship as a sugar-maple is of can talk in various tones, loud or low, and of many subjects, grave and gay. Under favour- able circumstances it will even make a shift to sing, not in a fashion that can be reduced to notes and set down in black and white on a sheet and of paper, but in a vague, refreshing manner, to a wandering air that goes "Over the hills and far away." For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside of the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river. I will admit that a very good case can be made out in favour of some other objects of nat- ural affection. For example, a fair apology has been offered by those ambitious persons who have fallen in love with the sea. But, after all, that is a formless and disquieting passion. It

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