CONTENTS, 



PAGE 



I. Introduction .... 1 



II. January .... « 



III. A Cold Day . . . . .17 



IV. Sounds prom Inanimate Nature . J I 

 V. February .... 30 



VI. Ruins :JS 



VII. Rocks ..... 4.5 



VIII. Old Roads . . . . 52 



IX. March ...... 57 



X. Weather Sights .... (15 



XI. Colors and Fragrance of Flowei:^ . 75 



XII. April . ... 87 



XIII. The Vernal Flowers . . 'J>< 



XIV. Plea for the Birds . . 106 

 XV. The Singing Birds and their Songs . 113 



XVI. May . . . 123 



XVIL Wood Scenery in May . . . 130 



XVIJI. On Multiplying the Birds around our 



Dwellings . . . . 138 



