Foreground: a sense of place
A New England boyhood of sea and shore (1888-1915)
A volunteer Poilu (1915-1916)
The violence and imbecilities of men (1916-1919)
Weary of Armageddon (1919-1923)
A gallant vagabond (1923-1926)
Orion rises on the dunes (1926-1928)
Henry and Elizabeth (1929-1932)
The revelation of the earth (1932-1935)
The divine consciousness and the soul of man (1936-1940)
A naturalist looks at war (1941-1945)
The cosmic chill (1945-1952)
The minotaur downstairs (1953-1958)
On the side of life (1959-1968)