THE LECTURES 



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THE REALM OF THE COMMONPLACE . . . 149 

 The spontaneous The return to nature It is 

 not empty resignation The out-of-doors 

 The youthful life The near-at-hand. 

 What Literature can do for Us (10). 



The nature-writing The newspaper Real 

 progress moves quietly The farm is funda- 

 mental Nature pictures in literary form 

 The great writers Nature poetry Industry 

 is poetic We need new standards Persons 

 still like poetry The resource of the silences. 

 The Ways of Approach to Nature (30). 



The nature companion The weather The 

 common natural history The ground The 

 heavens The high places. 

 The Conclusion of the Whole Matter (49). 



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COUNTRY AND CITY . "-.- . , . 50-96 



The proportion of farming people The open 

 country is essential Compounded foods 



