INDEX 



Agassiz, Louis, 163. 



Animals, fear in, 11-17; most 

 up to standard, 91, 92; strug- 

 gle for life, 95, 96. 



Antennaria. See Everlasting. 



Apples, humorous conduct of 

 apples in a water-barrel, 199, 

 200. 



Apples, May, 122. 



Aristotle, on the internal spon- 

 taneity of living things, 248. 



Arnold, Matthew, on Emerson, 

 197. 



Astronomy, grandeur of, 297- 

 300. 



Atom, the, 167-171. 



Bailey, Liberty Hyde, on sur- 

 vival of the weak, 280, 281. 



Balfour, Arthur James, Berg- 

 son's book, 201, 203. 



Bears, 86. 



Bee. See Honey-bee. 



Beetle, dung, 79. 



Bergson, Henri, his literary 

 treatment of scientific sub- 

 jects, 185 ; the friend and aid- 

 er of those who would see 

 with the spirit, 197; person- 

 ality, 198; importance of his 

 work, 198; his essay on 

 laughter, 199, 200; his su- 

 perb style, 201; reception of 

 his philosophy, 201, 202; ap- 

 peal of his book, 202, 203; 

 opens a new world, 204, 205; 

 his genius, 204; a great lit- 

 erary artist, 205, 206; his 

 position, 206-211; intuition 

 his method, 211, 212; his 



view of life, 213-222; his 

 philosophy, 223-227. 



Bio tic energy, 180. 



Birds, of the orchards, 1-7; 

 plumage, song, and sexual- 

 ity, 67, 68; reproductive in- 

 stinct, 69-71 ; feigning lame- 

 ness, 75, 76; flight-songs, 76; 

 of a Georgia winter and early 

 spring, 90-104; trimness, 91, 

 92; struggle for life, 95, 96; 

 length of life, 96; nervous- 

 ness of flocks, 96-100; quar- 

 relsomeness, 100-102; in 

 southern California, 119, 120. 



Blackbird, Brewer's, plumage, 

 119; habits, 120; notes, 120. 



Black-cap, Wilson's, 115. 



Blasting, 57, 58. 



Bluebird, a young, 117. 



Body, intelligence of, 140, 141. 



Boulders, 53-58. 



Browning, Robert, quoted, 77. 



Bruno, Giordano, 165. 



Bunting, snow, 83. 



Burdock, 69. 



California, quartz pebbles in, 

 52; dance of seasons, 117, 

 118; an automobile ride in, 

 119; birds, 119, 120. 



Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 134, 

 183; repelled by material- 

 ism, 182, 183. 



Carrel, Dr. Alexis, 173. 



Caterpillars, counterfeit eyes, 

 124. 



Catskills, geology, 43-51. 



Cause, First, 165, 166. 



Cell, the, intelligence of, 138. 



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