SCIENCE IN ARCADYBYGRANT ALLENLONDON:LAWRENCE & BULLEN,16, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1892.To GRANT RICHARDS,IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MANY KIND OFFICES.Avuncular Greeting.CONTENTS.PAGE[MY ISLANDS]1[TROPICAL EDUCATION]21[ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND]40[A DESERT FRUIT]56[PRETTY POLL]71[HIGH LIFE]90[EIGHT-LEGGED FRIENDS]105[MUD]123[THE GREENWOOD TREE]140[FISH AS FATHERS]157[AN ENGLISH SHIRE]177[THE BRONZE AXE]212[THE ISLE OF RUIM]231[A HILL-TOP STRONGHOLD]250[A PERSISTENT NATIONALITY]266[CASTERS AND CHESTERS]274PREFACE.