Some immensity of Being. It is to this that in reality all Nature points. The clouds, the skies, the greenery of earth, the myriad forms of vegetation at our feet, stir as these may the soul to its depths, they are but single chords in the orchestra of Life. It is the great pæan of Being that Nature chants. By them it is that we perceive "the immense circulation of life which throbs in the ample bosom of Nature, a life which surges from an invisible source and swells the veins of this universe."[62] Through them it is that we detect the enormous but incomprehensible unity which underlies this incommensurable multiplicity. The wavelet's plash; the purl of the rill; the sough of the wind in the pines--these are but notes in the divine diapason of Life, of Life singing its cosmic song, unmindful who may hear.--Alas, that so few hear aught but a thin and scrannel sound! INDEX A Abbott, Charles C., 13 Action, a struggle to overcome space and time, 131 Advertisements, hint as to taxing, 200 Alcohol, proper use of, 142 _et seq._ All, the, 129 _et seq._ Amiel, Henri-Frédéric, 128; quoted, 201, 202 Aphrodites, the two, 165 Appearance, something behind, 87 Arve, the river, 167 Autumn in Canada, 107 _et seq._ Autumn reveries, 29 Avebury, Lord, quoted, 185, 186 B Bannock, the, 156 Beans, how to cook, 157, 158 Beauty, 110; the appeal of, 164 _et seq._; subjective character of, 165; various kinds of, _ibid._; Goethe on, 194; Shelley on, 195 Being, the pæan of, 223 _et seq._; immensity of, 225 Belloc, Hilaire, quoted, 151 Beverages, 142 _et seq._ Blood corpuscles, an analogy from, 93 _et seq._ Boots, 135 Borrow, George, 14; quoted, 160, 161 Browning, Robert, quoted, 163, 164 Buckinghamshire, a walk in, 31 _et seq._ Burma, 15 Burroughs, John, 12; quoted, 75, 76 Byways, English, 21 _et seq._ C Calm, Matthew Arnold on, 77 Campbell, Professor W. W., quoted, 177 Canada, spring in, 45 _et seq._; autumn in, 107 _et seq._; 53 _et seq._; winter in, 59 _et seq._ Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 196, 197 Carpenter, Edward, 103; quoted, 195, 196 Cattle, mountain, 172 Cave man, the, 138, 139 Cities, crowded populations of, 218 _et seq._ Civilisation a mixed boon, 216 _et seq._ Companion, an uncongenial, 113, 114 Conscience, 42 _et seq._ Cosmos, the, 93 Country, the, calming influence of, 127 D Darwin, Charles, quoted, 170, 171 Death, a change, 95 De Quincey, Thomas, quoted, 199 Details, practical, 152 _et seq._ Dietary, the tramp's, 140 _et seq._ Downs, the Sussex, 25 _et seq._ Drama, a natural, 79 _et seq._ E East, the fascination of the, 19 Emigration, 222 England, byways in, 22 _et seq._; a spring morning in, 25 _et seq._ Enthusiasts, cautions for, 181 _et seq._ Euripides, quoted, 194 Evening walks, 78 _et seq._