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 



+*ni. 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. 



