On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls

by Lina Beard · language: en

On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls By LINA BEARD AND ADELIA BELLE BEARD With Illustrations by the Authors NEW YORK Charles Scribner's Sons 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published June, 1915 TO ALL GIRLS WHO LOVE THE LIFE OF THE OPEN WE DEDICATE THIS BOOK PRESENTATION The joyous, exhilarating call of the wilderness and the forest camp is surely and steadily penetrating through the barriers of brick, stone, and concrete; through the more or less artificial life of town and city; and the American girl is listening eagerly.

It is awakening in her longings for free, wholesome, and adventurous outdoor life, for the innocent delights of nature-loving Thoreau and bird-loving Burroughs.

Sturdy, independent, self-reliant, she is now demanding outdoor books that are genuine and filled with practical information; books that tell how to do worth-while things, that teach real woodcraft and are not adapted to the girl supposed to be afraid of a caterpillar or to shudder at sight of a harmless snake.

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