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Birds and Bees Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs Mary E Burt 9781507805336 Books

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"A literary naturalist with a duty to record his own unique perceptions of the natural world. " -Edward Renehan

"For the development of close observation and good feeling toward the common things of life, I know of no writings better than those of John Burroughs." -Mary E. Burt

"Burroughs took to writing his sketches of nature, and about this time he fell in with the writings of Thoreau, which doubtless confirmed and encouraged him in this direction. But of all authors and of all men, Walt Whitman, in his personality and as a literary force, seems to have made the profoundest impression upon Mr. Burroughs, though doubtless Emerson had a greater influence on his style of writing." -Mary E. Burt

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