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...Wright spoke at Appleton Chapel last night, taking for his text the verse: "Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, even thine altars. O Lord of hosts, my King...
...great problem in our lives to find a fixed home in the universe. Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes says, "The world has a thousand roosts, but only one nest;" and it is this nest that we should strive for, this position in which we feel ourselves one with Nature and which is all satisfying. The "roosts" are numerous. Such are health, wealth, power, and knowledge, things which may or may not be good in themselves and which we grasp at, often to the exclusion of all else, and then find unsatisfactory. They are all partial, and death ends them...
...edition is in two volumes, the first dealing with land birds, the second with game and water birds. At the beginning of each chapter is an excellent print of the bird described, followed by a brief description of the plumage, the nest and eggs. The biographies are full and interesting, giving the distribution of the birds, place of habitation, food, time of migration, etc., besides many anecdotes of an entertaining and instructive character. The original footnotes and remarks on the appearance or distribution of the birds, as observed today, are very valuable to the student...
Globe.- The Hornets' Nest...
Globe.- The Hornets' Nest...