CONTENTS 



I. THE FALLING LEAVES 1 



II. THE PLEASURES OF A NATURALIST 11 



III. THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS 82 



IV. BIRD INTIMACIES 39 

 V. A MIDSUMMER IDYL 69 



VI. NEAR VIEWS OF WILD LIFE 79 



VII. WITH ROOSEVELT AT PINE KNOT 101 



VIII. A STRENUOUS HOLIDAY 109 



IX. UNDER GENIAL SKIES 127 



I. A Sun-Blessed Land 127 



II. Lawn Birds 129 



III. Silken Chambers 132 



IV. The Desert Note 143 

 V. Sea-Dogs 148 



X. A SHEAF OF NATURE NOTES 152 



I. Nature's Wireless \ 152 



II. Maeterlinck on the Bee 156 



III. Odd or Even 163 



IV. Why and How 165 

 V. An Insoluble Problem 167 



VI. A Live World 169 



VII. Darwinism and the War 172 



VIII. The Robin 175 



IX. The Weasel 177 



X. Misinterpreting Nature 179 



XL Natural Sculpture 181 



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