IX. UNDER GENIAL SKIES 127
I. A Sun-Blessed Land 127
II. Lawn Birds 129
III. Silken Chambers 132
IV. The Desert Note 143
V. Sea-Dogs 148
X. A SHEAF OF NATURE NOTES 152
I. Nature's Wireless 152
II. Maeterlinck on the Bee 156
III. Odd or Even 163
IV. Why and How 165
V. An Insoluble Problem 167
VI. A Live World 169
VII. Darwinism and the War 172
VIII. The Robin 175
IX. The Weasel 177
X. Misinterpreting Nature 179
XI. Natural Sculpture 181
XI. RUMINATIONS 184
I. Man a Part of Nature 184
II. Marcus Aurelius on Death 185
III. The Interpreter of Nature 186
IV. Original Sources 190
V. The Cosmic Harmony 191
VI. Cosmic Rhythms 193
VII. The Beginnings of Life 194
VIII. Spendthrift Nature 195
XII. NEW GLEANINGS IN FIELD AND WOOD 197
I. Sunrise 197
II. Nature's Methods 199
III. Heads and Tails 205
IV. An Unsavory Subject 206
V. Chance in Animal Life 208
VI. Mosquitoes and Fleas 210
VII. The Change of Climate in Southern California 210
VIII. All-Seeing Nature 212