Its somewhat ambitious title was "The Book of Life" and it attempted to show how much an observant man might learn by an accurate and systematic examination of all that came in his way.

这本书有点野心勃勃的书名是《生命之书》，它试图表明，一个善于观察的人，通过对他遇到的一切事物进行准确而系统的考察，可以学到多少东西。