Of all things . t in The Education of Henry Adams . . . , . 165 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xvii PAGE The most popular book on earth . .170 What an afternoon! . . .176 Hallo! A great deal of commotion ! . .180 If you could snap right back at him with Fourhundred thousand, I believe, the order would beassured ....... 188 On the subject of springs arrival intuition may be led astray ....... 190 Spring ........ 192 At the same instant a man with a cigar in his mouth bawls, Seventeen out ! . . 196 Placing both hands on the counter, I emit what pro-mises to be a perfect bellow . , .199 In lesstechnical l
Of all things . t in The Education of Henry Adams . . . , . 165 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xvii PAGE The most popular book on earth . .170 What an afternoon! . . .176 Hallo! A great deal of commotion ! . .180 If you could snap right back at him with Fourhundred thousand, I believe, the order would beassured ....... 188 On the subject of springs arrival intuition may be led astray ....... 190 Spring ........ 192 At the same instant a man with a cigar in his mouth bawls, Seventeen out ! . . 196 Placing both hands on the counter, I emit what pro-mises to be a perfect bellow . , .199 In lesstechnical language, I sometimes tick the edge of the shovel against the tlireshold of the fire box 206 Quick as a wink you should turn and leap back at the shaker . . . .211 OF ALL THINGS I THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE NEWT IT is not generally known that the newt, althoughone of the smallest of our North Americananimals, has an extremely happy home-hfe. It isjust one of those facts which never get Since that time I have practically lived among the newts. I first became interested in the social phenomenaof newt life early in the spring of 1913, shortlyafter I had finished my researches in sexual differ-entiation among amoeba. Since that time I havepractically hved among newts, jotting down observa-tions, making lantern-slides, watching them in theirwork and in their play (and you may rest assure^ ? 4 OF ALL THINGS! that the Httle rogues have their play—as who doesnot ?) until, from much lying in a research postureon my stomach, over the inclosure in which theywere confined, I found myself developing what Ifeared might be rudimentary creepers. And so,late this autumn, I stood erect and walked intomy house, where I immediately set about the com-pilation of the notes I had made. So much for the non-technical remainder of this article bids fair to be fairlyscientific. In studying the more intimate phases of newtlife, one is chiefly impressed with the methods bymea
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