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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Issued under the direction of Charles A. Greathouse, Indiana State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Indiana State Governor, Samuel M. Ralston issued proclamation IN 1913, declaring October 31st to be known as an Autumn Arbor and Bird Day and urged that on this day "teachers, pupils, and patrons unite in such appropriate tasks and exercises as will leave a permanent desire in the mind of each one to become an active agent in the conservation of all useful things." 80pp; 27 cm x 19 cm. Illustrated front cover; old tape on spine. Color and b/w illustrations. Contents textually unmarked. The included poems, photographs and articles, topics and authors are all about Indiana: Gene Stratton-Porter, James Whitcomb Riley, Meredith Nicholson; Charles W. Fairbanks; Maurice Thompson; Benjamin S. Parker; Wyandotte Cave; The Wabash; Trees, Birds and Indiana Scenery, etc. Several photographs by Gene Stratton-Porter. FIRST EDITION PUBLICATION, NOT A REPRINT.…