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INDEX OF THE PROJECT

GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

JOHN BURROUGHS

Compiled by David Widger

BURROUGHS

CONTENTS

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## 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

THE BREATH OF LIFE

By John Burroughs

CONTENTS

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 Phœbe
28

The Coming of Phœbe (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

The Winter Wren
119

The Cedar-Bird
122

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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. Ruminations 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

viii

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