UNDER THE BLUE SKY. BY CHARLES MACKAY, AUTHOR OF "STUDIES FROM THE ANTIQUE," "A MAN'S HEART," "THE SALAMANDRINE," ETC., ETC. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW AND SEARLE, CROWN BUILDINGS, FLEET STREET. 1871. (All rights reserved.) 270. f. 297. PREFACE. HE larger portion of the papers in the following collection, now for the first time brought together, have appeared during the last few years in "ALL THE YEAR ROUND," "ROBIN GOODFELLOW," and other periodicals. Though on different subjects, they are by no means unconnected, but are all, as the title implies, the result of open air studies of men and Nature of walks and talks in the country-and sometimes in the town; and all inspired, the writer hopes and believes, by the same spirit—a desire to find a soul of goodness even in things evil, and to make the best of the innocent enjoyments which Nature scatters so bountifully around for all who |