X CONTENTS. 



Rural Occupations. Angling-. Migration of Birds. Calendar 

 of Garden Flowers. Botanical and Entomological Calen- 

 dars. . . .- ^'V'. . - . . . . 235 



LAYS OF THE SEASONS, No. 3, Autumn. .... 261 



SEPTEMBER. Sportsman's preparations, his pleasures, his uncon- 

 scious love of Nature, his picturesque haunts. The Hunter, a 

 poem. Mountains, their effect on the imagination, on the cha- 

 racter of their inhabitants. On the liberty of Nations. Lonely 

 and simple life among Mountains. The magnificence and 

 variety in mountain scenery. Geometric Spider. Gossamer. 

 Beauty of Autumnal landscape. The transparency of the 

 Atmosphere. Swallows preparing for departure. Singing of 

 young Birds. Nutting. Villeggiatura. Description of a 

 Nutting excursion. Fungi, their beauty and variety. Septem- 

 ber, its name. Saffron. Apple-gathering. Sea-side. Beauty 

 of submarine productions. Rural Occupations. Angling. Mi- 

 gration of Birds. Calendar of Garden Flowers. Botanical and 

 Entomological Calendars 265 



OCTOBER. Characteristics. Autumnal glooms. Orchards cleared 

 of fruit. Splendour of wood scenery. Delights of the Woods. 

 Estimation of Woods among the Ancients. Poetical associa- 

 tions of Woods. Beauty of Trees, their effect upon the mind 

 of certain great men. Trees, as mentioned in the Bible. Cele- 

 brated Trees of modern times. Devotional influence of Woods. 

 Gorgeous appearance of Woods previous to the fall of the leaf. 

 The Greenwood, a poem. October, its name. Dissemination 

 of Plants, curious contrivances in seeds for that purpose. 

 Rural Occupations. Angling. Migration of Birds. Calendar 

 of Garden Flowers. Botanical Calendar. . . .291 



NOVEMBER. Gloom of November. Ossian. Storms and Mists.. 

 Introduction to complete Winter. Desolate aspect of Gardens. 

 Influence of the Season on different minds. Arrival of Field- 



