. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Copyright 1916, by Doubleday, Page & Company)
I. THE RAT-CATCHERS OF THE WABASH . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. RUBEN O'KHAYAM AND THE MILK PAIL. . . . . . . . . . . .
III. THE FIFTY COONS OF THE CANOPER. . . . . . . . . . . . .
IV. WHEN THE KINGFISHER AND THE BLACK BASS CAME HOME. . . .
V. WHEN THE RAINBOW SET ITS ARCH IN THE SKY. . . . . . . .
VI. THE HEART OF MARY MALONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VII. THE APPLE OF DISCORD BECOMES A JOINTED ROD. . . . . . .
VIII. WHEN THE BLACK BASS STRUCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IX. WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION. . . . . . . . . .
X. DANNIE'S RENUNCIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
XI. THE POT OF GOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GENE STRATTON-PORTER
A LITTLE STORY OF HER LIFE AND WORK
FOR several years Doubleday, Page & Company have been receiving
repeated requests for information about the life and books of Gene
Stratton-Porter. Her fascinating nature work with bird, flower, and
moth, and the natural wonders of the Limberlost Swamp, made famous
as the scene of her nature romances, all have stirred much
curiosity among readers everywhere.
Mrs. Porter did not possess what has been called "an aptitude for
personal publicity." Indeed, up to the present, she has discouraged
quite successfully any attempt to stress the personal note. It is
practically impossible, however, to do the kind of work she has
done--to make genuine contributions to natural science by her
wonderful field work among birds, insects, and flowers, and then,
through her romances, to bring several hundred thousands of people
to love and understand nature in a way they never did before--
without arousing a legitimate interest in her own history, her
ideals, her methods of work, and all that underlies the structure
of her unusual achievement.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25