CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The Story of a Salmon 9 



II. Johnny Darters 20 



III. The Salmon Family 35 



IV. The Dispersion of Fresh-Water Fishes 83 

 V. The Nomenclature of American Birds 133 



VI. An Eccentric Naturalist 143 



VII. A Cuban Fisherman 160 



VIII. Darwin 171 



IX. The Story of a Stone 196 



X. An Ascent of the Matterhorn . . . 204 

 XI. The Evolution of the College Cur- 

 riculum 228 



APPENDIX. 



List of Scientific Papers 263 



