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The rhyme and reason of country life
Susan Fenimore Cooper
Susan Fenimore Cooper, daughter of the novelist, blends her own nature writing with the poetry of country life. She moves through flowers, leaves, and the keeping of bees, pairing observation with verse from the poets she loved. A gracious anthology and meditation on rural seasons. Wander the countryside with a cultivated and attentive companion.
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414 chapters
- 1THE Rhyme and Reason OF COUNTRY LIFE: OR, SELECTIONS FROM Fields Old and New.
- 2Preface.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4INTRODUCTION.
- 5I. The Flower and the Leaf.
- 6THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF.
- 7II. The Bee.
- 8TO THE BEES.
- 9ON A BEE’S NEST.
- 10THE BEE.
- 11MANAGEMENT OF BEES.
- 12FROM SHAKSPEARE.
- 13THE DRONE.
- 14MEMORY OF THE BEE.
- 15THE DEATH OF THE BEE.
- 16SONNET.
- 17III. Spring.
- 18THE RETURN OF SPRING IN GREECE.
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