C ONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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 NATURE AND HER HARMONIES, 1 



CHAPTER II. 



BOYHOOD AND BIRDS MOCKING-BIRDS IN A STRANGE NEST, ... 54 



CHAPTER III. 



MY HUMMING-BIRDS, 98 



CHAPTER IV. 



SONG OF THE CHILDREN ABOUT SPRING, 124 



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 CHAPTER V. 



DRAGGING THE SEINE, 134 



CHAPTER VI. 



ANALOGIES AND SIMILITUDES BIRDS AND POETS ILLUSTRATING 



EACH OTHER 144 



CHAPTER VII. 



DROLLERIES OF THE WOODS, 180 



