CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| A Ballade of Evolution | [1] | |
| I. | Microscopic Brains | [3] |
| II. | A Wayside Berry | [16] |
| III. | In Summer Fields | [25] |
| IV. | A Sprig of Water Crowfoot | [36] |
| V. | Slugs and Snails | [48] |
| VI. | A Study of Bones | [59] |
| VII. | Blue Mud | [67] |
| VIII. | Cuckoo-Pint | [77] |
| IX. | Berries and Berries | [87] |
| X. | Distant Relations | [96] |
| XI. | Among the Heather | [105] |
| XII. | Speckled Trout | [114] |
| XIII. | Dodder and Broomrape | [124] |
| XIV. | Dog's Mercury and Plantain | [133] |
| XV. | Butterfly Psychology | [142] |
| XVI. | Butterfly Æsthetics | [153] |
| XVII. | The Origin of Walnuts | [161] |
| XVIII. | A Pretty Land-Shell | [172] |
| XIX. | Dogs and Masters | [181] |
| XX. | Blackcock | [189] |
| XXI. | Bindweed | [198] |
| XXII. | On Cornish Cliffs | [207] |
A BALLADE OF EVOLUTION.
In the mud of the Cambrian main
Did our earliest ancestor dive:
From a shapeless albuminous grain
We mortals our being derive.
He could split himself up into five,
Or roll himself round like a ball;