CONTENTS 
Ways or Nature 
Brrp-Sones 3 - . ‘ Fi 
Nature witH Ciosep Doors 
Tue Wit or a Duck 
Factors In ANIMAL LIFE . ‘ F 
ANIMAL COMMUNICATION 
Devious Patus . 6 F ‘ ‘ 
Wuat vo Antmats Know? . 
Do AntmmALs THINK AND REFLECT? 
A PrncH or SALT. ‘ - : 
Tue Lirerary TREATMENT OF NATURE 
A Braver’s REASON 5 . 
READING THE Book or NATURE . - 
GATHERED BY THE WAY 
I. THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS . 
AN ASTONISHED PORCUPINE . 
BIRDS AND STRINGS 3 3 
MIMICRY : . ‘ > P 
THE COLORS OF FRUITS 
VI. INSTINCT A ‘ 3 e 
VII. THE ROBIN 
a36 & 
VIII. THE CROW . . . . . 
INDEX . : 5 7 3 
The frontispiece, showing Mr. Burroughs watching a bird, and 
the vignette of Mr. Burroughs sitting beside the creek at Riverby 
are from photographs by Clifton Johnson. 
