Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 5, December 1901 — Aspiration

Oh, for a soul that fulfils Music like that of a bird!

Thrilling with rapture the hills, Heedless if any have heard.

Or, like the flower that blooms Lone in the midst of the trees, Filling the world with perfume, Careless if anyone sees.

Or, like the wandering wind, Over the meadow that swings, Bringing wild sweets to mankind, Knowing not that which it brings.

Oh, for a way to impart Beauty, no matter how hard!

Like unto nature, whose art Never once dreams of reward.

—Madison Cawein, in Lippincott’s Magazine.

INDEX.

Volume X—June, 1901, to December, 1901, Inclusive.

PAGE

A

Ad Vesperam (Poem) (Mary Grant O’Sheridan), 96 Agate (Illustration) (Oliver Cummings Farrington), 35 Animal Torpedo, An (Andrew Janes Miller), 226 Aspiration (Sonnet) (Madison Cawein), 236 Autumn Evening, An (Poem) (Walter Thornbury), 145 B

Ballade (Poem) (Angelo Poliziano, 1454-1494), 73 Bear, The Polar (Illustration) (Dane Coolidge), 143 Beryl (Illustration) (Oliver Cummings Farrington), 122 Bird Incident, A (Mary Noland), 181 Bird Note, A (A Story of a Robin) (Berton Mercer), 72 Bird of Consolation, The (Belle Paxson Drury), 203 Bird, The Outraged (Fannie Skelton Bissell), 175 Birds, A Libel on the (L. P.

Veneen), 120 Birds, The Return of the (Poem) (William Cullen Bryant), 7 Buffalo, The American (Illustration), 26 Butterfly, Neva’s (Grace T. Thompson), 207 C

Camel, The (Illustration) (John Ainslie), 228 Canoe-Birch, The (Poem) (George Bancroft Griffith), 48 Chat, Mr. , The Punchinello (Nell Kimberly McElhone), 31 Christmas in Bunnyville (Jessie Juliet Knox), 214 Clematis, The Wild (Poem) (Jenny Terrill Ruprecht), 84 Cocoa (Illustration) (Albert Schneider), 44 Cormorant, Brandt’s (Illustration) (Seth Mindwell), 23 Cornfield, An Afternoon in the (Mary Grant O’Sheridan), 5 Corn Song, The (Poem) (John Greenleaf Whittier), 104 D

Dainty Lover, A (A Story of a Bird) (Louise Jamison), 72 Dishrag Vines (Lee McCrae), 156 Duck, The Autobiography of a (Louise Jamison), 138 E

Each in its Own Way (Poem) (Selected), 68 Elephant, The Indian (Illustration) (Dane Coolidge), 83 Ermine, The (M. A.

Hoyt), 222 Evergreens, A Plea for the Young (Poem) (Eliza Woodworth), 198 F

Fire-Bird, The (The Baltimore Oriole) (Belle Paxson Drury), 20 Flag, The (Poem) (Ella Van Fossen), 186 Flower, A Lost (Ella F. Mosby), 140 Flycatcher, The Olive-sided (Illustration), 107 Flycatcher, The Yellow-bellied (Illustration), 98 G

Giraffe, The (Illustration) (John Ainslie), 182 Goldenrod (Poem) (John Wesley Waite), 72 Grosbeak, The Pine (Illustration), 146 Grouse (Belle Paxson Drury), 181 Gull, The Sea (Poem) (Julian Hinckley), 202 H

Hill Summit, The (Poem) (Dante Gabriel Rossetti), 232 House-Hunting in Orchard Town (Poem) (Isabel Goodhue), 8 Hummers, Experiences with (J. Mayne Baltimore), 55 Hummingbird, My (Poem) (Willis Edwin Hurd), 56 Hummingbirds, The (Juliette A. Owen), 66 Hummingbird, The Anna’s (Illustration), 50 Hummingbird, The Birth of the (Poem) (Nelly Hart Woodworth), 220 Hummingbird, The Rufous (Illustration), 59 Hummingbird, The (Poem) (Nelly Hart Woodworth), 204 Hummingbird, The Rivoli (Illustration), 201 Hummingbird, To a (Poem) (John Vance Cheney), 49 Hyena, The Striped (Illustration) (John Ainslie), 179 I

In the Hollow of His Hand (A Story of a Sparrow) (Ella F. Mosby), 187 J

Jim Crow and His Cousins (Claudia May Ferrin), 42 June (Poem) (“The Vision of Sir Launfal”) (James Russell Lowell), 1 K

Kinglet, Ruby-crowned (Juliette A. Owen), 102 L

Lion, The African (Illustration) (Dane Coolidge), 131 Longing (Poem) (Lloyd Thompson), 54 M

Martyrs of the Woods (Poem) (George Klingle), 36 Mate, or Paraguay Tea (Anna Rosalie Henderson), 24 Meadow, In the (Poem) (Sarah E. Sprague), 80 Meadow Lark, To the (Poem) (J. Mayne Baltimore), 174 Monkey, The Spider (Illustration) (John Ainslie), 191 Monkey, The Rhesus (Illustration) (John Ainslie), 225 Moose, The Alaskan (Illustration) (Dane Coolidge), 134 Mullen, The (Illustration) (Charles S. Raddin), 38 N

Neighboring with Nature (Sallie Margaret O’Malley), 157 Nicodemus (A Story of a Pet Blackbird) (Belle Paxson Drury), 175 November (Poem) (Walter Thornbury), 192 November Conference, The Annual (Loveday Almira Nelson), 149 O

October (Sonnet) (Helen Hunt Jackson), 97 October Month, The Coming of Miss (Loveday Almira Nelson), 108 Oriole (Poem—“Under the Willows”) (James Russell Lowell), 19 Oriole, Bullock’s (Illustration) (Charles Bendire), 2 P

Pansy Bed, A (Grace Marion Bryant), 37 Paraguay Tea, or Mate (Anna Rosalie Henderson), 24 Partners (A Story about Lichens) (Ella F. Mosby), 12 Partridge, The Call of the (Poem) (Belle Hitchcock), 41 Pigeons, Touching Incidents about (George Bancroft Griffith), 89 Petrel, Song of the Stormy (Poem) (C. G.

B.

), 188 Plant that Melts Ice, A (Louise Jamison), 65 Poem (Selection from “Landscape”) (Thomas Bailey Aldrich), 157 Poem (Selection from “Landscape”) (Thomas Bailey Aldrich), 176 Poem (Selection from “’Round the Year”) (G. Cooper), 144 Poem (Selection from “’Round the Year”) (G. Cooper), 193 Poem (Selection) (May Riley Smith), 13 Poem (Selection) (Walter Thornbury), 97 Poem (Selection) (John Greenleaf Whittier), 25 Poem (Selection from “The Lumberman”) (John Greenleaf Whittier), 164 Poem (Selection) (Wayne Whistler), 137 S

Sanderling, The (Illustration), 11 San Joaquin, On the (Charles Elmer Jenney), 90 Shrike, The Great Northern (Illustration) (Edward Brayton Clark), 14 Snow-Flake, A (Poem) (Thomas Bailey Aldrich), 156 Snow-Flakes (Poem) (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), 193 Song Birds of the Southwest (Alberta A. Field), 127 Southland, Off for the (Claudia May Ferrin), 169 Sparrow, About a (H. S.

Keller), 61 Sparrow, The Chipping (Illustration), 213 Sparrow Family, the (Narcissa Louis), 113 Sparrow, The Field (Illustration), 155 Sparrow, The Tree (Illustration), 110 Sparrow, The White-throated (Illustration), 62 Sparrow’s Bedtime, The (Poem) (Adene Williams), 113 Sparrow’s Blunder, Mr. and Mrs. (Lee McCrae), 115 Star Fish, The (Rest H. Metcalf), 79 T

Tanager, The Rose (Juliette A. Owen), 221 Thanksgiving by the Ninnescah (Mary McCrae Culter), 161 Tiger, The Bengal (Illustration) (Dane Coolidge), 95 Topaz (Illustration) (Oliver Cummings Farrington), 216 Topsy (A Story of a Crow) (Martha R. Fitch), 85 Tourmaline (Illustration) (Oliver Cummings Farrington), 74 Tragedy of the Air (Poem) (George Klingle), 168 Trouting Barefoot (Poem) (Belle A. Hitchcock), 133 Turkey, The Indignant (Fannie Skelton Bissell), 210 Turquoise (Illustration) (Oliver Cummings Farrington), 170 V

Vireo, The White-eyed (Illustration), 194 Vireo, The White-eyed (Poem) (Annie Wakely Jackson), 197 W

Walrus, The (Illustration) (Dane Coolidge), 86 Warbler, The Black-poll (Illustration), 167 Warbler, The Black-throated Green (Illustration), 119 Warbler, The Parula (Illustration), 71 Warbler, The Worm-eating (Illustration), 204 Weed Picture, A (Mary Noland), 176 What a Little Mouse Said (Jessie Juliet Knox), 60 Whippoorwills, The Reign of the (Poem) (Frank English), 101 Window-Pane Reverie, A (Roselle Theodore Cross), 116 Wren, The Carolina (Illustration), 158 Z

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