Flowers: Nature’s embroidery, 23, 24, 187, 227, 312; the pleasure of knowing by name, 313, 314; second bloom of, 333, 334.
Forests: the mid-day silence of, 81; flowers in, 188, 189, 227, 311-314.
Friendship: the great not always adapted for it, 17; pleasure in proximity, 13; a celestial gift, 124.
Germans: their sentiment, 193, 194; their genius for thoroughness, 197; their politeness, 288.
Goat’s-milk: the proper way to drink it, 168; obliging disposition of the goat in regard to it, 211.
Guides: Adirondack, 76; Canadian, 229-234.
Hoosier Schoolmaster, the: the solidity of his views, 14.
Hornet: the unexpected quality of his sting, 79, 80.
Horse-yacht: a description of, 138; drawbacks and advantages, 146, 147.
Hospitality: in a Highland cottage, 115, 116; among anglers, 144; in an Alpine hut, 211.
Human nature: best seen in little ways, 31, 32; a touch of, 318.
Humour: American, difficult for foreigners, 177; plain, best enjoyed out-of-doors, 224, 25.
Ideals: the advantage of cherishing, 240.
Immortality: the hope of, 130; love makes it worth having, 335.
Insects: classified according to malignity, 245 ff.
Johnson, Robert Underwood: quoted, 23, 24.
Lamb, Charles: his poor opinion of aqueducts, 13; his disinclination to reading out-of-doors, 331.
Life: more in it than making a living, 35, 36.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth: quoted, 187.
Love: a boy’s introduction to, 50; a safe course in, 98, 99; the true meaning of, 132; uncertainty of its course, 326.
Lowell, James Russell: a reminiscence of him, 10.
Lumbermen: their share in making our homes, 264.
Manners: their charm, when plain and good, 209.
Medicinal Springs: an instance of their harmlessness, 59, 60.
Meditation: an aid to, 161; on the building of a house, 264; at nightfall, 290.
Memory: associated with odours, 39; capricious, 120; awakened by a word, 217; sweetest when shared by two, 335.
Mountains: their influence, 11; invitations to climb, 71, 72; growth of trees upon them, 83-85; the Adirondacks, 87; the Dolomites, 169 ff.; the Hohe Tauern, 205 ff.; of the Salzkammergut, 270 ff.
Mountain-climbing: charms of, 79 ff.; moderation in, 187; disappointment in, 213, 214.
Naaman, the Syrian: his sentiment about rivers, 16.
Old Age: sympathy with youth, 126; the wisdom and beauty of, 128-130; preparation for, 333.