Only such papers as relate to art and to rural affairs have been published in this volume. The "Letters from Europe" were written to home friends, during a visit of only four weeks, a period too short to allow the subsidence of that enthusiasm which every person must experience who, for the first time, stands in the historic places of the Old World. The other papers in this volume, for the most part, were written from the solitudes of the country, during the vacations of three summers. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Contents: Letters from Europe; Experiences of Nature; Late Papers.