Table of contents : Preface Contents CHAPTER I. The Roving Eye CHAPTER II. The Museum of Comparative Zoölogy CHAPTER III. The Natural History Rooms in Boston CHAPTER IV. Of Old Museums, Especially that in Salem CHAPTER V. Rare and Historie Birds CHAPTER VI. The Swing of the Pendulum CHAPTER VII. Thinking Out Loud CHAPTER VIII. The spice Isles Forty Years Ago CHAPTER IX. The Heavenly Twins CHAPTER X. Mostly About Islands CHAPTER XI. Two Pleasant Memories CHAPTER XII. Retrospect INDEX