White, Gilbert, the longevity of his book, 168; homeliness of his book, 169; its human interest, 169, 170; his genuineness, 170, 171; his personality, 171; a type of the true observer, 171; his observations as to the supposed hibernation of swallows, 171-173; examples of his truly scientific observations, 174-178; his alertness and enthusiasm, 175-177; a magnet for the natural lore of his neighborhood, 176; his observations on the weather, 178; his imitators, 179; 218; quotations from, 170, 173-178. Whitman, Walt, his published letters, 4; 24, 27; on style, 66; 67, 75, 78, 99, 110; his responsibility to æsthetic principles, 117, 118, 119; his _Leaves of Grass_, 129, 214; 155, 181, 183, 184; his faith and optimism, 185; his view of Nature, 204; his _Two Rivulets_, 204; on the elusive in poetry, 204; his suggestiveness, 205, 206, 214; 223, 227; quotations from, 24, 27, 66, 75, 99, 204; 214. Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1; his poetry, 18, 19; 137. Wilson, Woodrow, 186. Woodpecker, 174. Wordsfold, William B., his _Principles of Criticism_, 109. Wordsworth, William, 19, 23, 74, 115, 119, 124; his poetry more personal and less universal than Tennyson’s, 138, 139; never eloquent, 165; 181; his attitude toward nature compared with Scott’s, 182, 183; 184, 204, 223, 228; quotations from, 24, 141. Work, essential to happiness, 249-256. Zola, Emile, 112; his exaggeration of certain things, 149, 150. The Riverside Press _Electrotyped and printed by H. O. Houghton & Co. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A._ Transcriber’s Notes: Italics are shown thus: _sloping_. Variations in spelling and hyphenation are retained. Perceived typographical errors have been changed.