Anecdote of an Atheist, 94 Who made this? 94 Wisdom of the Creator, 94 Yankee Energy, 95 Who made Man? 95 Power of God, 95 The Bird’s Adieu,--a Song, 96 Wisdom of the Creator, 106 Washington, a Teacher to the Young, 107 The Poet and the Child, 111 The Ostrich, 112 What do we mean by Nature? 112 A Vision, 114 The Sun and Wind, 116 The Kamskatka Lily, 116 Habits which concern Ourselves, 117 Anecdotes of Haydn, 118 The Fox and Raven,--a Fable, 119 I don’t see why, 120 Charles and his Mother, 124 John Doree, 127 Letter to the Publishers, 127 Bees, 128 Up in the Morning early,--a Song, 128 London, 133 Aurelian and the Spider, 133 Exotic Fruit and Flowers in England, 134 Benevolence of the Deity, 134 The Rhinoceros, 137 Briers and Berries, 138 The Crows’ Court of Law, 138 The Story of the Supposed Miser, 139 The Mouth, 139 The Pilot, 148 A Little Child’s Joy, 151 The Mammoth, 152 Geordie and the Sick Dog, 152 The Tongue, 158 What is Selfishness? 159 A Thought, 159 Winter,--a Song, 160 A Long Nap, 171 Lord Bacon, 172 Habits which concern Others, 173 The Black Skimmer of the Seas, 175 The Squirrel, 176 Gothic Architecture, 177 The Apple,--a German Fable, 181 The Pretender and his Sister, 182