CONTENTS
John Burroughs
PAGE
I.
Ways of Nature
1
II.
Bird-Songs
29
III.
Nature with Closed Doors
47
IV.
The Wit of a Duck
53
V.
Factors in Animal Life
59
VI.
Animal Communication
87
VII.
Devious Paths
109
VIII.
What do Animals Know?
123
IX.
Do Animals Think and Reflect?
151
X.
A Pinch of Salt
173
XI.
The Literary Treatment of Nature
191
XII.
A Beaver's Reason
209
XIII.
Reading the Book of Nature
231
XIV.
Gathered by the Way
I.
THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS
239
II.
AN ASTONISHED PORCUPINE
242
III.
BIRDS AND STRINGS
246
IV.
MIMICRY
248
V.
THE COLORS OF FRUITS
251
VI.
INSTINCT
254
VII.
THE ROBIN
261
VIII.
THE CROW
265
Index
273
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