INDEX 



Trees, testing growth of, 20. 

 Truth, m natural history, 101-115; 



one man's and all men's, 250- 



252. 



Universe, the, pervaded with 

 mind, 176, 213; vital forces of, 

 209-213; lo^cal, 224; the ob- 

 ject of, 238-240; has our well- 

 being at heart, 273. 



Victoria, Queen, 6. 



Vines, method of climbing of, 19. 



Waiting, 253-256. 

 Wallace, Alfred Russel, on pro- 

 tective coloration, 54, 63; on the 



effect of locality on color, 59, 60, 



76; on sexual selection, 92. 

 Wasp, Fabre's experiment with a, 



184, 185. 

 Water-thrush, notes of, 35. 

 Wealth, the craze for, 257; giving 



away, 257, 258; a burden, 258, 



259; equalizing the distribution 



of, 259, 260. 

 Whitman, Walt, quoted, 211, 219, 



220, 226, 248, 263. 

 Woodcock (^PhUohela minor) , flight 



song of, 119-121. 

 World, the, an interesting place, 



242. , 



Wrens, cock nests of, 97. 

 Wundt, Wilhelm M., 178. 



