INDEX 
Agassiz, Louis, 163. 
Animals, fear in, 11-17; most 
up to standard, 91, 92; strug- 
gle for life, 95, 96. 
Antennaria. See Everlasting. 
Apples, humorous conduct of 
apples in a water-barrel, 199, 
200. 
Apples, May, 122. 
Aristotle, on the internal spon- 
taneity of living things, 248. 
Arnold, Matthew, on Emerson, 
197. 
Astronomy, grandeur of, 297- 
300. 
Atom, the, 167-171. 
Bailey, Liberty Hyde, on sur- 
vival of the weak, 280, 281. 
Balfour, Arthur James, Berg- 
son’s book, 201, 203. 
Bears, 86. 
Bee. See Honey-bee. 
Beetle, dung, 79. 
Bergson, Henri, his literary 
treatment of scientific sub- 
jects, 185; the friend and aid- 
er of those who would see 
with the spirit, 197; person- 
ality, 198; importance of his 
work, 198; his essay on 
laughter, 199, 200; his su- 
perb style, 201; reception of 
his philosophy, 201, 202; ap- 
peal of his book, 202, 203; 
opens a new world, 204, 205; 
his genius, 204; a great lit- 
erary artist, 205, 206; his 
position, 206-211; intuition 
his method, 211, 212; his 
view of life, 213-222; his 
philosophy, 223-227. 
Biotic energy, 180. 
Birds, of the orchards, 1-7; 
plumage, song, and sexual- 
ity, 67, 68; reproductive in- 
stinct, 69-71; feigning lame- 
ness, 75, 76; flight-songs, 76; 
of a Georgia winter and early 
spring, 90-104; trimness, 91, 
92; struggle for life, 95, 96; 
length of life, 96; nervous- 
ness of flocks, 96-100; quar- 
relsomeness, 100-102; in 
southern California, 119, 120. 
Blackbird, Brewer's, plumage, 
119; habits, 120; notes, 120. 
Black-cap, Wilson’s, 115. 
Blasting, 57, 58. 
Bluebird, a young, 117. 
Body, intelligence of, 140, 141. 
Boulders, 53-58. 
Browning, Robert, quoted, 77. 
Bruno, Giordano, 165. 
Bunting, snow, 83. 
Burdock, 69. 
California, quartz pebbles in, 
52; dance of seasons, 117, 
118; an automobile ride in, 
119; birds, 119, 120. 
Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 134, 
183; repelled by material- 
ism, 182, 183. 
Carrel, Dr. Alexis, 173. 
Caterpillars, counterfeit eyes, 
124, 
Catskills, geology, 43-51. 
Cause, First, 165, 166. 
Cell, the, intelligence of, 138. 
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