"The Forge in the Forest" from Charles G. D. Roberts. Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry (860-1943).

"The Haunters of the Silences" from Charles G. D. Roberts. Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry (860-1943).

"The House in the Water" from Charles G. D. Roberts. Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry (860-1943).

"The Ledge on Bald Face" from Charles G. D. Roberts. Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry (860-1943).

"The Raid from Beausejour" from Charles G. D. Roberts. Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry (860-1943).

"The Secret Trails" from Charles G. D. Roberts. Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry (860-1943).

"The Watchers of the Trails" from Charles G. D. Roberts. Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry (860-1943).

The present collection of nature stories dealing with creatures of the wilderness differs from its companion volumes, "The Kindred of the Wild" and "The Watchers of the Trails," in one important particular. It contains certain studies and depictions of a sphere of wild life which presents peculiar difficulties to the observer, viz.: the life of the dwellers in the deep sea.