As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
CONTENTS
- [I. The Breath of Life] 1
- [II. The Living Wave] 24
- [III. A Wonderful World] 46
- [IV. The Baffling Problem] 71
- [V. Scientific Vitalism] 104
- [VI. A Bird of Passage] 115
- [VII. Life and Mind] 131
- [VIII. Life and Science] 159
- [IX. The Journeying Atoms] 188
- [X. The Vital Order] 212
- [XI. The Arrival of the Fit] 244
- [XII. The Naturalist's View of Life] 254
- [ Index] 291
The reproduction of the bust of Mr. Burroughs which appears as the frontispiece to this volume is used by courtesy of the sculptor, C. S. Pietro.