Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.
No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.
Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly.
We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.