Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
JOHN BURROUGHS
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## BIRDS AND BEES, SHARP EYES AND OTHERS
## WAKE-ROBIN
## WINTER SUNSHINE
## IRDS AND POETS
## TIME AND CHANGE
## LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY
## MY BOYHOOD
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
## PEPACTON
## IN THE CATSKILLS
## THE BREATH OF LIFE
## THE LAST HARVEST
## THE WIT OF A DUCK AND OTHERS
## SQUIRRELS AND OTHER FUR-BEARERS
## BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS
## UNDER THE MAPLES
## WAYS OF NATURE
## WHITMAN
## A YEAR IN THE FIELDS
## CAMPING & TRAMPING WITH ROOSEVELT
## WAKE-ROBIN, Illustrated
## FRESH FIELDS
## RIVERBY
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
BIRDS AND BEES, SHARP EYES, AND OTHER PAPERS
By John Burroughs
With An Introduction By Mary E. Burt
And A Biographical Sketch
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
BIRDS.
BIRD ENEMIES.
THE TRAGEDIES OF THE NESTS
BEES.
AN IDYL OF THE HONEY-BEE.
THE PASTORAL BEES
SHARP EYES AND OTHER PAPERS
SHARP EYES.
THE APPLE.
A TASTE OF MAINE BIRCH.
WINTER NEIGHBORS.
NOTES BY THE WAY.
I. THE WEATHER-WISE MUSKRAT
II. CHEATING THE SQUIRRELS.
III. FOX AND HOUND.
IV. THE WOODCHUCK
WAKE-ROBIN
THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS
With Portraits And Many Illustrations
VOL. I
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO RIVERSIDE EDITION
I. THE RETURN OF THE BIRDS
II. IN THE HEMLOCKS
III. THE ADIRONDACKS
IV. BIRDS'-NESTS
V. SPRING AT THE CAPITAL
VI. BIRCH BROWSINGS
VII. THE BLUEBIRD
VIII. THE INVITATION
INDEX
THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS
VOL. II
WINTER SUNSHINE
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
PREFATORY
WINTER SUNSHINE
I WINTER SUNSHINE
II THE EXHILARATIONS OF THE ROAD
III THE SNOW-WALKERS
IV THE FOX
V A MARCH CHRONICLE
VI AUTUMN TIDES
VII THE APPLE
VIII AN OCTOBER ABROAD
INDEX
BIRDS AND POETS
WITH OTHER PAPERS
THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS, VOL. III
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
PREFACE
BIRDS AND POETS
I. BIRDS AND POETS
II. TOUCHES OF NATURE
III. A BIRD MEDLEY
IV. APRIL
V. SPRING POEMS
VI. OUR RURAL DIVINITY
VII. BEFORE GENIUS
VIII. BEFORE BEAUTY
IX. EMERSON
X. THE FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE
TIME AND CHANGE
By John Burroughs
1912
CONTENTS
PREFACE
TIME AND CHANGE
I THE LONG ROAD
II THE DIVINE ABYSS
III THE SPELL OF THE YOSEMITE
IV THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GEOLOGIST
V HOLIDAYS IN HAWAII
VI THE OLD ICE-FLOOD
VII THE FRIENDLY SOIL
VIII PRIMAL ENERGIES
IX SCIENTIFIC FAITH
X "THE WORM STRIVING TO BE MAN"
XI THE PHANTOMS BEHIND US
XII THE HAZARDS OF THE PAST
XIII THE GOSPEL OF NATURE
THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS
VOL. IV
LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY
CONTENTS
I. THE PASTORAL BEES
II. SHARP EYES
III. STRAWBERRIES
IV. IS IT GOING TO RAIN?
V. SPECKLED TROUT
VI. BIRDS AND BIRDS
VII. A BED OF BOUGHS
VIII. BIRDS'-NESTING
IX. THE HALCYON IN CANADA
INDEX
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
JOHN BURROUGHS
From a photograph
WHIP-POOR WILL
From a drawing by L. A. Fuertes
TROUT STREAM
From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason
YELLOW BIRCHES
From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason
LEDGES
From a photograph by Herbert W. Gleason
KINGFISHER (colored)
From a drawing by L. A. Fuertes
MY BOYHOOD
By John Burroughs
With A Conclusion By His Son Julian Burroughs
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
MY BOYHOOD, BY JOHN BURROUGHS
MY FATHER, BY JULIAN BURROUGHS
PEPACTON
THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS
VOL. V
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PEPACTON
I. A SUMMER VOYAGE
II. SPRINGS
III. AN IDYL OF THE HONEY-BEE
IV. NATURE AND THE POETS
V. NOTES BY THE WAY
VI. FOOTPATHS
VII. A BUNCH OF HERBS
VIII. WINTER PICTURES
INDEX
IN THE CATSKILLS
By John Burroughs
With Illustrations From Photographs By Clifton Johnson
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I THE SNOW-WALKERS
II A WHITE DAY AND A RED FOX
III PHASES OF FARM LIFE
IV IN THE HEMLOCKS
V BIRDS'-NESTS
VI THE HEART OF THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS
VII SPECKLED TROUT
VIII A BED OF BOUGHS
ILLUSTRATIONS
A DISTANT VIEW OF SLIDE MOUNTAIN Frontispiece
THE FOX-HUNTER AND HIS HOUND
AT THE HEADWATERS OF THE DELAWARE
Overlooking Mr. Burroughs's boyhood home
FINDING A BIRD'S-NEST
THE WITTENBERG FROM WOODLAND VALLEY
A TROUT STREAM
THE BEAVERKILL
SOME PEOPLE OF THE CATSKILLS
I. The Breath of Life 1
II. The Living Wave 24
III. A Wonderful World 46
IV. The Baffling Problem 71
V. Scientific Vitalism 104
VI. A Bird of Passage 115
VII. Life and Mind 131
VIII. Life and Science 159
IX. The Journeying Atoms 188
X. The Vital Order 212
XI. The Arrival of the Fit 244
XII. The Naturalist's View of Life 254
Index 291
THE LAST HARVEST
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
I. Emerson and his Journals 1
II. Flies in Amber 86
III. Another Word on Thoreau 103
IV. A Critical Glance into Darwin 172
V. What makes a Poem? 201
VI. Short Studies in Contrasts: 218
The Transient and the Permanent 218
Positive and Negative 219
Palm and Fist 220
Praise and Flattery 221
Genius and Talent 222
Invention and Discovery 223
Town and Country 226
VII. Day by Day 230
VIII. Gleanings 250
IX. Sundown Papers: 264
Re-reading Bergson 264
Revisions 266
Bergson and Telepathy 267
Meteoric Men and Planetary Men 270
The Daily Papers 272
The Alphabet 275
The Reds of Literature 276
The Evolution of Evolution 279
Following One's Bent 280
Notes on the Psychology of Old Age 281
Facing the Mystery 285
Index 291
THE WIT OF A DUCK
AND OTHER PAPERS
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
I. The Wit of a Duck 5
II. An Astonished Porcupine 10
III. Human Traits in the Animals 14
IV. The Downy Woodpecker 22
V. A Barn-Door Outlook 27
VI. Wild Life in Winter 47
VII. Bird Life in Winter 54
VIII. A Birds' Free Lunch 63
IX. Bird-Nesting Time 70
X. A Breath of April 77
XI. The Woodcock's Evening Hymn 83
XII. The Coming of Summer 89
SQUIRRELS AND OTHER FUR-BEARERS
By John Burroughs
With Fifteen Illustrations In Colors After Audubon
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. Squirrels 1
II. The Chipmunk 15
III. The Woodchuck 32
IV. The Rabbit and the Hare 38
V. The Muskrat 43
VI. The Skunk 48
VII. The Fox 53
VIII. The Weasel 72
IX. The Mink 90
X. The Raccoon 94
XI. The Porcupine 98
XII. The Opossum 106
XIII. Wild Mice 111
XIV. Glimpses of Wild Life 125
XV. A Life of Fear 135
Index 145
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Red Fox (page 53) (From a photograph by Wm. Lyman Underwood, Belmont, Mass.) Frontispiece
Flying Squirrel 4
Gray Squirrel 8
Chipmunk 18
Woodchuck 34
Gray Rabbit 40
Muskrat 46
Skunk 50
Weasel 74
Mink 90
Raccoon 96
Porcupine 102
Opossum 108
White-footed Mouse 112
Jumping Mouse 120
Red Squirrel 136
BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS
Sketches Of Bird Life Taken From The Works Of John Burroughs
With Illustrations By Louis Agassiz Fuertes
CONTENTS
The Bluebird 1
The Bluebird (poem) 13
The Robin 15
The Flicker 21
The Ph�be 28
The Coming of Ph�be (poem) 31
The Cowbird 33
The Chipping Sparrow 36
The Chewink 39
The Brown Thrasher 42
The House Wren 47
The Song Sparrow 53
The Chimney Swift 61
The Oven-Bird 69
The Catbird 72
The Bobolink 77
The Bobolink (poem) 82
The Wood Thrush 83
The Baltimore Oriole 91
The Whip-poor-will 95
The Black-throated Blue Warbler: A Search for
a Rare Nest 100
The Marsh Hawk: A Marsh Hawk's Nest, a Young
Hawk, and a Visit to a Quail on her Nest 106[vi]
The Winter Wren 119
The Cedar-Bird 122
The Goldfinch 125
The Hen-Hawk 130
The Ruffed Grouse, or Partridge 133
The Partridge (poem) 137
The Crow 138
The Crow (poem) 144
The Northern Shrike 147
The Screech Owl 151
The Chickadee 157
The Downy Woodpecker 161
The Downy Woodpecker (poem) 169
Index 173
ILLUSTRATIONS
Goldfinch (in color). (page 125) Frontispiece
A Pair of Bluebirds 8
Flicker (in color) 22
Chewink, Male and Female (in color) 40
Wood Thrush 84
Baltimore Oriole, Male and Female 92
Whip-poor-will 96
Downy Woodpecker (in color) 162
UNDER THE MAPLES
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
I. The Falling Leaves 1
II. The Pleasures of a Naturalist 11
III. The Flight of Birds 32
IV. Bird Intimacies 39
V. A Midsummer Idyl 69
VI. Near Views of Wild Life 79
VII. With Roosevelt at Pine Knot 101
VIII. A Strenuous Holiday 109
IX. Under Genial Skies 127
I. A Sun-Blessed Land 127
II. Lawn Birds 129
III. Silken Chambers 132
IV. The Desert Note 143
V. Sea-Dogs 148
X. A Sheaf of Nature Notes 152
I. Nature's Wireless 152
II. Maeterlinck on the Bee 156
III. Odd or Even 163
IV. Why and How 165
V. An Insoluble Problem 167
VI. A Live World 169
VII. Darwinism and the War 172
VIII. The Robin 175
IX. The Weasel 177
X. Misinterpreting Nature 179
XI. Natural Sculpture 181
XI. viiiRuminations 184
I. Man a Part of Nature 184
II. Marcus Aurelius on Death 185
III. The Interpreter of Nature 186
IV. Original Source 190
V. The Cosmic Harmony 191
VI. Cosmic Rhythms 193
VII. The Beginnings of Life 194
VIII. Spendthrift Nature 195
XII. New Gleanings in Field and Wood 197
I. Sunrise 197
II. Nature's Methods 199
III. Heads and Tails 205
IV. An Unsavory Subject 206
V. Chance in Animal Life 208
VI. Mosquitoes and Fleas 210
VII.
The Change of Climate in Southern California
210
VIII. All-Seeing Nature 212
Index 217
WAYS OF NATURE
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. Ways of Nature 1
II. Bird-Songs 29
III. Nature with Closed Doors 47
IV. The Wit of a Duck 53
V. Factors in Animal Life 59
VI. Animal Communication 87
VII. Devious Paths 109
VIII. What do Animals Know? 123
IX. Do Animals Think and Reflect? 151
X. A Pinch of Salt 173
XI. The Literary Treatment of Nature 191
XII. A Beaver's Reason 209
XIII. Reading the Book of Nature 231
XIV. Gathered by the Way
I. THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS 239
II. AN ASTONISHED PORCUPINE 242
III. BIRDS AND STRINGS 246
IV. MIMICRY 248
V. THE COLORS OF FRUITS 251
VI. INSTINCT 254
VII. THE ROBIN 261
VIII. THE CROW 265
Index 273
WHITMAN
A STUDY
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
page
Preliminary 1
Biographical and Personal 23
His Ruling Ideas and Aims 73
His Self-Reliance 85
His Relation to Art and Literature 101
His Relation to Life and Morals 169
His Relation to Culture 205
His Relation to his Country and his Times 229
His Relation to Science 249
His Relation to Religion 257
A Final Word 263
A YEAR IN THE FIELDS
Selections From The Writings Of John Burroughs
Illustrations From Photographs By Clifton Johnson
CONTENTS
PAGE
John Burroughs: a Biographical Sketch vii
I. A Snow-storm 1
II. Winter Neighbors 13
III. A Spring Relish 41
IV. April 67
V. Birch Browsings 85
VI. A Bunch of Herbs.
Fragrant Wild Flowers 125
Weeds 135
VII. Autumn Tides 159
VIII. A Sharp Lookout 179
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
A Hawk in Sight Frontispiece
Riverby, Mr. Burroughs's Home on the Hudson viii
"Slabsides" x
Tracks in the Snow 2
The Study 8
Out for a Walk 14
The Old Apple-tree 18
Winter at Riverby on the Hudson 26
Wood for the Study Fire 38
An Evening in Spring 42
At the Study Door 50
A Woodland Brook 62
An April Day 70
The Home of a Spider 86
A Bird Song 98
In the Woods 122
Picking Wild Flowers 134
A Flower in a Woodland Roadway 146
A Stalwart Weed 156
Among the Rocks 160
On the Edge of a Catskill "Sugar Bush" 166
A Catskill Roadway 182
Beechnuts 194
(Mr. Burroughs's Boyhood Home seen in the distance.)
By the Study Fire 206
CAMPING and TRAMPING WITH ROOSEVELT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
By John Burroughs
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
The President on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley Frontispiece
Arrival at Gardiner, Montana 10
The President, Mr. Burroughs and Secretary Loeb 24
The President in the Bear Country 38
Mr. Burroughs's Favorite Pastime 50
Sunrise in the Yellowstone 64
The President on a Trail 72
The President's Home on Sagamore Hill, showing addition known as the Trophy Room 82
A Bit of Woodland on the Slope towards Oyster Bay 88
A Path in the Woods leading to Cold Spring Harbor 92
A Yearling in the Apple Orchard 98
Hallway, Sagamore Hill 106
WAKE-ROBIN, Illustrated
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS.
PAGE
I. The Return of the Birds 9
II. In the Hemlocks 47
III. Adirondac 83
IV. Birds�-nests 109
V. Spring at the Capital 145
VI. Birch Browsings 177
VII. The Bluebird 211
VIII. The Invitation 225
FRESH FIELDS
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. Nature in England 1
II. English Woods: A Contrast 35
III. In Carlyle's Country 45
IV. A Hunt for the Nightingale 77
V. English and American Song-Birds 113
VI. Impressions of some English Birds 131
VII. In Wordsworth's Country 147
VIII. A Glance at British Wild Flowers 159
IX. British Fertility 175
X. A Sunday in Cheyne Row 199
XI. At Sea 267
Index 277
RIVERBY
By John Burroughs
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. Among the Wild-Flowers 1
II. The Heart of the Southern Catskills 33
III. Birds' Eggs 61
IV. Bird Courtship 77
V. Notes from the Prairie 87
VI. Eye-Beams 111
VII. A Young Marsh Hawk 133
VIII. The Chipmunk 145
IX. Spring Jottings 155
X. Glimpses of Wild Life 171
XI. A Life of Fear 193
XII. Lovers of Nature 203
XIII. A Taste of Kentucky Blue-Grass 221
XIV. In Mammoth Cave 241
XV. Hasty Observation 251
XVI. Bird Life in an Old Apple-Tree 271
XVII. The Ways of Sportsmen 277
XVIII. Talks with Young Observers 283
Index 317
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