Excerpt from Bypaths and Cross-Roads Once away from the dust and turmoil of the highway, that which we discover is merely a question of eyesight: naturally some people would perceive little more than they do driving Or walking; and simply using the road as a means to get from one place to another as fast as may be 5 but to those to whom every flower, every bird, has some especial message; the fields and hamlets, the brooks and winding lanes, have all so much to say, so much to show 5 that we almost long for the microscopic eye of a fly, to note each atom of life, each wonderful fluctuation of colour, and to make ourselves thoroughly conversant with every subject in at least one small corner of Nature's kingdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.