N a certain afternoon 

 last August, having just 

 completed a particu- 

 larly laborious work 

 upon which I had 

 long been engaged, 

 and with my mind 

 natu rally inclined 

 towards relaxation 

 in my plans for the 

 morrow's labors, my 

 eye instinctively 

 sought a certain note -book 

 upon my table. It was a 

 note-book containing memoranda on a wide va- 

 riety of Nature topics, but presented in a partic- 

 ular place a choice, selected list of topics under 

 the title of " Young People." A large number 

 of these memoranda were crossed off with a 

 pencil line, which told me that these particular 

 topics had already served their purpose, were 



