Synopses & Reviews
Text extracted from opening pages of book: HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF NEW ENGLAND Tht fish story HIGHWAYS ANP BYWAYS OF NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING THE STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS NEW HAMPSHIRE RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT VERMONT AND MAINE WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY CLIFTON JOHNSON Published by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY New York MCMXXZ LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED AM K RICA N* II I CJ II WAYS ANI> BYWAYS N ' W E M G L A N Contents Page I. In the Maine Woods . . . . i II. Artemus Ward's Town ... 29 III. June in the White Mountains . . 49 IV. A New Hampshire Paradise . . 73 V. On the Shores of Lake Champlain . 88 VI. The Village of the Seven Taverns . 108 VII. August in the Berkshire Hills . .133 VIII. The Port of the Fishermen . . .155 IX. The Land of the Minute Men . .172 X. Autumn on Cape Cod . . .185 XI. Nantucket Days . . . .199 XII. Along Shore in Rhode Island . . 225 XIII. Old Put's Country . . . .241 XIV. Shad Time on the Connecticut . . 255 XV. Glimpses of Life Illustrations The Fish Story . . . ., Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Indian Island Ferry 7 Ready for Game 14 Breakfast Preparations 22 Artemus Ward's Old Home 29 The Village School 32 A Vernal Roadway 43 The Flume 50 The Old Tip-top House 59 The Presidential Range from Bretton Woods . . 66 The Toll-gate at the Entrance to the Bridge . . 75 The Fisherman 82 Old-time Natives 87 The Waterside Lake Champlain . 91 At Work in the Garden 98 A Rugged Bit of Shore 102 Washing-day 109 A Colonial Pulpit 112 Capturing Bees 120 At the Door of a Country Store . . . .133 A Nook Among the Hills 139 Harvest Time 146 The Foreign-looking Main Street . 155 The Harbor; 162 Cleaning Fish 167 The Lexington Minute Man 172 Where the Battle Was Fought at ConcordBridge . 177 Old Stone Fences that Served to Shelter the Attacking Farmers 182 A Relic of Earlier Days 187 Earning His Living 190 A Glimpse of Provincetown 194 A Nantucket Harbor Nook 203 A Cobble-paved Lane 210 The Old Windmill 219 The Seaward View from King Philip's Seat, . 226 At the Edge of the Water 231 Noon 235 Making a Rug 242 The Wolf Den 246 Schoolboys 251 Low Tide 258 Comparing Fish 267 Shad Time on the Connecticut . . . - 274 After Dandelion Greens 282 Getting in Hay 285 On the Border of the Lake 288 One of the Old Folks at Home . . .,291