Composition by Arthur Dow Assistant

Answers questions on Gertrude Jekyll's Wood and Garden: colour in the flower border, woodland planting and the garden through the year, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the month.

Answers questions on Edward Morse's Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings: construction, tatami, interiors, gardens and household details, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Edward Johnston's Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering: broad-pen tools, cutting quills, letter forms and page layout, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Leonardo da Vinci's Treatise on Painting: perspective, light and shade, proportion, colour and figures in motion, quoting John Francis Rigaud's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the section.

Answers questions on Augustine's Confessions: the stolen pears, his conversion in the garden and his reflections on time and memory, quoting Edward Bouverie Pusey's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.

Answers questions on the Dhammapada, the Buddhist verses on the mind, anger, craving and the path, quoting F. Max Müller's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on the Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna's dilemma, duty, action without attachment and devotion, quoting Sir Edwin Arnold's verse translation (The Song Celestial) from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Francis Bacon's Essays: short counsels on studies, truth, friendship, ambition, revenge and other topics, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the essay.