INDEX 



Leaf-roller, 138. 



Leaves, a large crop of, 40. 



Life, infinitely various, 158; hand 

 in hand with death, 186, 187; be- 

 ginnings, 189, 190; development, 

 259, 260; and chemical aflfinity, 

 261, 262; the physico-chemical 

 and psychic explanations of, 269, 

 270; a battle and a festival, 280; 

 the fire of, 284; incalculable and 

 mvsterious, 285, 286; a fluid, 

 329. 



Light, invisible, 256. 



Lightning, freaks of, 42-44, 124. 



Literature and science, 235; and 

 reality, 235-40. 



Logic, 321. 



Longevity, 296, 297. 



Loosestrife, purple, 38. 



Loveman, Robert, 223. 



Lynx, Canada, cry, 125-28. 



Man, and the balance of nature, 

 157; a generalized form of life, 

 162, 163; origin, 243, 246, 247; a 

 part of nature, 249-51; less reli- 

 gious and artistic, more practical 

 and scientific, than formerly, 257, 

 258; evolution, 260, 274-76; the 

 price he pays for his gift of rea- 

 son, 291, 292; his relation to na- 

 ture, 304-06; progress of, 309, 

 310; nature's indifference toward, 

 316-18. 



Micro-organisms, constructive and 

 destructive, 186-90. 



Might, and right, 280-84. 



Milton, John, 233. 



Mind, and the brain, 266-68. 



Molecular action, 256, 257. 



Molecules, 263. 



IMonarchical government, 321, 322. 



Moth, Halictus, 139. 



Moths, cocoons, 50. 



Motion, relativity of, 264, 265. 



Mt. Rubidoux, 180. 



Mouse, meadow, 41, 115. 



Muscles, 287. 



Muskrat, carrying dry leaves, 116. 



Natural history, interesting and un- 

 interesting, 193; and the poets, 

 221-23. 



Nature, our interest in, 27-30, 121, 

 122; uniformity and capricious- 

 ness, 40, 42; complete in small 

 things, 112, 113; "jokes" of, 113, 

 114, 117; the open book of, 121; 

 surprises of, 124 ; ebb and flow in, 

 152-57; man and the balance of, 

 157; the approach to, 176; near 

 home, 213-18; relation to God, 

 241. 242, 247-51; change of atti- 

 tude toward, 244-46; and science, 

 252, 253; of things, 301, 302; all- 

 inclusive, 303; man's relation to, 

 304-06; no good or bad in, 306; 

 shortcomings and excesses, 308, 

 309; sequence of events in, 309, 

 310; her solicitude for the individ- 

 ual, 314, 315; her apparent indif- 

 ference toward man, 316-18; push- 

 ing blindly, 318, 319. 



Nature of things, 301, 302, 



Need, 284, 285. 



Night, and day, 324-26. 



Nitrogen, 185, 262, 263. 



Nuthatch, red-breasted, a winter 

 guest, 22-24, 207, 208. 



Nuthatch, white-breasted, 208; col- 

 oration and habits, 216, 217. 



Nuthatches, 10, 160; manners, 23, 

 207; notes, 24, 207. 



Ocean, the, 265. 



Oriole, Baltimore, 9, 17. 



Osborn, Henry Fairfield, his Men 



of the Old Stone Age, 281, 283. 

 Oven-bird, with nest and young, 



65. 

 Oxygen, 263. 



Peckham, George and Elizabeth, 



129. 

 Pelican, brown, 113, 114. 

 Pennsylvania, 182, 183. 

 Perry, Bliss, his Life of Whitman, 



225-27. 

 Pewee, wood, nest, 105, 167; con- 

 trasted with the phcebe, 166, 167; 



notes, 166. 

 Phoebe, and wren, 79; contrasted 



with the wood pewee, 166, 167; 



notes, 166; nest, 167. 

 Photography, and painting, 236, 



238. 



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