Excerpt from The Story of William Cullen Bryant: For Young Readers Do you know What is meant by the love of Nature? Yes? But are you quite sure? Think a little. It is not an easy thing to understand, and many older people than you do not know what it means. Bryant was the great American poet of Nature. His poetry is best understood and enjoyed by those who have first learned to love Nature as he loved her. To all; such it appears to be very simple and grand. In order that we may come by easy steps to a true appreciation of Bryant's poetry, let us take a lesson in the love of Nature. 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.