CONTENTS 



I. UNDER THE APPLE-TREES .... 1 



II. THE FRIENDLY ROCKS 40 



HI. THE MASTER INSTINCT 65 



IV. DAME NATURE AND HER CHILDREN . . 82 

 V. OLD FRIENDS IN NEW PLACES .... 90 



VI. THE STILL SMALL VOICE 105 



VII. NATURE LEAVES 112 



I. IN WARBLER TIME 112 



II. A SHORT WALK 116 



III. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 117 



IV. ARE THERE COUNTERFEITS IN NATURE? . .121 



VIII. THE PRIMAL MIND 125 



IX. "FATED TO BE FREE" 142 



X. SCIENTIFIC FAITH ONCE MORE . . . 159 



XI. LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 176 



XII. "A PROPHET OF THE SOUL" . . . .197 

 XIII. LIFE AND CHANCE 228 



XIV. LIFE THE TRAVELER 262 



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