Although I have been alone by a camp-fire in every State and Territory in the union, with the exception of Rhode Island, the matter in this book is drawn¹ almost entirely² from my experiences in the Rocky Mountain region.

Some of the chapters have already appeared in magazines, and I am indebted to The Curtis Publishing Company, Doubleday, Page and Company, "Suburban³ Life," and "Recreation" for allowing me to reprint the papers which they have published. "Country Life in America" published "Racing⁴ an Avalanche," "Alone with a Landslide," and "A Rainy Day at the Stream's Source,"—the two last under the titles of "Alone with a Crumbling⁵ Mountain" and "At the Stream's Source." The "Saturday Evening Post" published "Little Conservationists," "Mountain-Top Weather," "The Forest Fire," "Insects in the Forest," "Doctor Woodpecker," and "The Fate of a[Pg viii] Tree Seed." "Suburban Life" published "Rob of the Rockies" and "Little Boy Grizzly"; and "Recreation" "Harvest Time with Beavers⁶."

E. A. M.

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