To all the joy that colors give beneath the
sun and moon; to all pleasurable sounds and
wholesome odors of the earth and air and sea;
to the warmth and glow of genial firesides and
to the bite of winter winds; to the rain upon
the lichens; to the majesty of mountains and the
awfulness of high places; to the darkness of
caves and the friendliness of far-off trails;
to every furry thing—the shy, the dumb, and
whatsoever creature has found expression in his
fancy; to both the nobler and the meaner natures
of men; to life’s laughter and life’s tears and
to all fruitful experience; to these sources, for
whatsoever good may here be found, the author
makes acknowledgment.
A number of the rhymes in the present volume
have previously appeared in the Associated Press,
Judge, Leslie’s, the Oregon Sunday Journal, and
The Open Road. For permission to reprint the
drawings the author is indebted to the publishers
of Scribner’s Magazine.