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See other formats Full text of "The hoot of the owl"

THE HOOT OF THE OWL
THE HOOT OF THE OWL
BY
H. H. BEHR, M. D.

SAN FRANCISCO
A. M. ROBERTSON
1904
COPYRIGHT, 1904

BY A. M. ROBERTSON
THE MURDOCK PRESS
THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED

TO MY FRIEND
DR. GEORGE CHISMORE

CONTENTS.
PAGE
ADDRESS IN RESPONSE TO THE INTRO-

DUCTION AT THE BOHEMIAN CLUB . 9

VIRTUE...... IJ
ARCHEOLOGY.. .. 1 7
POPULAR SCIENCE.... 25
PROGRESS IN SCIENCE. . . . 29
MUSIC 33
CALIFORNIA.. ... 37
THE SKELETON IN ARMOR . . 4!
DARWINISM...... 47
THE MOSQUITO..... 53
ON MEDICINE. . . . . 6l
HEROIC DEEDS OF OLD BOHEMIA . 65
THE SHOWMAN. ... 73
LAST JINKS ON SACRAMENTO STREET . 77
ON DREAMS...... 8 1
SCHILLER AND GOETHE AS BOHEMIANS 85

6 CONTENTS.
THE YEAR'S PROGRESS. . . .89
SOME REMARKS ON THE SECRET RELA-

TIONS BETWEEN CHEMISTRY AND POLIT-

ICAL ECONOMY.... 95
ETHNOLOGY...... IOI
ON COMMERCE..... IOy
PREHISTORIC RELICS. ...Ill
IRISH HISTORY. . . . . I IJ
BOTANY. . . . . .119

THE AGE OF IRON....125
ANCIENT BOHEMIANS. ...129
ON TEMPERANCE.... 135
A NEW PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT . 141
EDUCATIONAL METHODS . . . 145
IMMORAL PHILOSOPHY . . . I S I
THE BACHELOR. . . . .157
LOVE. . . . . . .l6l
THANKSGIVING DAY.... 169
ON TRUTH......173
LETTER FROM THE BEAR WHO SWAM

ACROSS THE GOLDEN GATE AND LAND-
ED AT THE PRESIDIO . . . 179

CONTENTS. 7
THE MICROSCOPE. . . . .185
IN THE NAME OF THE PROPHET . 19!
THE CHRISTMAS-TREE . . . -195
YULE...... 199
IDEAL BOHEMIA..... 205
ON EVOLUTION. . . . . 211
ON GERMS. . .. ' . 215
ADDRESS TO THE MAYOR . . . 219
ON FISHES...... 221
ON BUTTERFLIES.... 225

ADDRESS IN RESPONSE TO THE
INTRODUCTION AT THE
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