CONTENTS. 



I. ONLY A PEBBLE 7 



II. NATURE IN MOTION 29 



III. THE OCEAN AND ITS LIFE 87 



IV. A CHAT ABOUT PLANTS 118 



V. YOUNGER YEARS OF A PLANT 1 54 



VI. LATER YEARS OF A PLANT 195 



VII. PLANT-MUMMIES 223 



VIII. UNKNOWN TONGUES 241 



IX. A TRIP TO THE MOON . , . 265 





