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INDEX OF THE PROJECT
GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
JOHN BURROUGHS
Compiled by David Widger
BURROUGHS
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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
