The Project Gutenberg EBook of Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2, by
John Wilson

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

Title: Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

Author: John Wilson

Release Date: November 27, 2006 [EBook #19938]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRISTOPHER NORTH ***

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Taavi Kalju and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

RECREATIONS

OF

CHRISTOPHER NORTH

_A NEW EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES_

VOL. II.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCLXVIII

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

PAGE
MAY-DAY 1

SACRED POETRY:--

CHAPTER I., 38

CHAPTER II., 53

CHAPTER III., 75

CHAPTER IV., 88

CHRISTOPHER IN HIS AVIARY:--

FIRST CANTICLE, 98

SECOND CANTICLE, 125

THIRD CANTICLE, 149

FOURTH CANTICLE, 165

DR KITCHINER:--

FIRST COURSE, 182

SECOND COURSE, 194

THIRD COURSE, 203

FOURTH COURSE, 212

SOLILOQUY ON THE SEASONS:--

FIRST RHAPSODY, 224

SECOND RHAPSODY, 239

A FEW WORDS ON THOMSON, 253

THE SNOWBALL BICKER OF PEDMOUNT, 274

CHRISTMAS DREAMS, 285

OUR WINTER QUARTERS, 304

STROLL TO GRASSMERE:--

FIRST SAUNTER, 327

SECOND SAUNTER, 355

L'ENVOY 369

* * * * *

REMARKS ON THE SCENERY OF THE HIGHLANDS, 385

RECREATIONS

OF

CHRISTOPHER NORTH.

MAY-DAY.

Art thou beautiful, as of old, O wild, moorland, sylvan, and past