Fannie Pearson Hardy guides the reader on a descriptive jaunt through the Maine woods, that will leave readers pining for the nature she describes. In the first essay, Hardy tells of a trip she took with her father in the region around Nicatowis in Northeastern Maine. She describes the plant life, the water, the birds and other creatures, and comments upon the men and women she met along the way. The second essay deals with the impact of Maine’s new game laws. Hardy points out that the law’s enforcement was biased against local people and in favor of out-of-state hunters.