CONTENTS

I.The Falling Leaves[1]
II.The Pleasures of a Naturalist[11]
III.The Flight of Birds[32]
IV.Bird Intimacies[39]
V.A Midsummer Idyl[69]
VI.Near Views of Wild Life[79]
VII.With Roosevelt at Pine Knot[101]
VIII.A Strenuous Holiday[109]
IX.Under Genial Skies[127]
I.A Sun-Blessed Land[127]
II.Lawn Birds[129]
III.Silken Chambers[132]
IV.The Desert Note[143]
V.Sea-Dogs[148]
X.A Sheaf of Nature Notes[152]
I.Nature's Wireless[152]
II.Maeterlinck on the Bee[156]
III.Odd or Even[163]
IV.Why and How[165]
V.An Insoluble Problem[167]
VI.A Live World[169]
VII.Darwinism and the War[172]
VIII.The Robin[175]
IX.The Weasel[177]
X.Misinterpreting Nature[179]
XI.Natural Sculpture[181]
XI.Ruminations[184]
I.Man a Part of Nature[184]
II.Marcus Aurelius on Death[185]
III.The Interpreter of Nature[186]
IV.Original Source[190]
V.The Cosmic Harmony[191]
VI.Cosmic Rhythms[193]
VII.The Beginnings of Life[194]
VIII.Spendthrift Nature[195]
XII.New Gleanings in Field and Wood[197]
I.Sunrise[197]
II.Nature's Methods[199]
III.Heads and Tails[205]
IV.An Unsavory Subject[206]
V.Chance in Animal Life[208]
VI.Mosquitoes and Fleas[210]
VII.The Change of Climate in Southern California[210]
VIII.All-Seeing Nature[212]
Index[217]