NATURE PORTRAITS 
PART I 
POINT OF VIEW TOWARDS NATURE 
I once saw two sisters standing on the doorstep bidding 
goodby to their husbands, who were off for a day’s 
outing. One looked at the sky and said : “ I am 
afraid it will rain.” The other looked at the sky and 
said: “I know that you’ll have a good time.” There 
was one sky, but there were two women. There were 
two types of mind. There were two outlooks on the 
world. There were two points of view. 
The greatest thing in the world is the point of 
view. It determines the current of our lives. 
The satisfaction that we derive from the external world is deter- 
mined by the attitude in which we consider it. The beautiful pictures in 
these folios suggest what there is to be seen in the common world about us. 
They will serve to direct and focus our observation. But merely seeing 
things is not enough. One must think about them. All unconsciously 
one’s attitude of mind towards the 
nature-world is formed. We grow 
into our opinions and beliefs with- 
out knowing why. It is therefore 
well to challenge these opinions 
now and then, to see that they con- 
tain the minimum of error and of 
misdirection. This challenging of 
the point of view is the theme of 
the text that I am writing. The 
points of view are so early impressed 
upon us, that I have purposely 
chosen many illustrations from the 
teaching of children. 
Some of the points of view 
Copyright, 1900, by A. R. Dugmore 
ONE AT A TIME 
THE 
By W. E. Carlin 
A LYNX 
Wild Indigo Bird Feeding Her Young in a Locust Tree 
