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Ways of Nature

Chapter 28: Books by John Burroughs
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A linked collection of observational essays that probes the boundary between instinct and intelligence in birds and mammals, arguing that most animal behavior rests on perception, sense memory, and associative habits rather than reflective thought. The pieces survey bird song, nest-building, mimicry, animal communication, and specific examples such as beaver, porcupine, duck, robin, and crow, while criticizing the human tendency to anthropomorphize wild creatures. Interwoven are reflections on how nature is read and written about, with the essays arranged to show the author’s evolving judgments and to balance anecdote, natural history, and philosophical comment.

Books by John Burroughs

WORKS. 18 vols., uniform, 16mo, with frontispiece, gilt top.

Wake-Robin.
Winter Sunshine.
Locusts and Wild Honey.
Fresh Fields.
Indoor Studies.
Birds and Poets, with Other Papers.
Pepacton, and Other Sketches.
Signs and Seasons.
Riverby.
Whitman: A Study.
The Light of Day.
Literary Values.
Far and Near.
Ways of Nature.
Leaf and Tendril.
Time and Change.
The Summit of the Years.
The Breath of Life.

THE BREATH OF LIFE. Riverside Edition.

THE SUMMIT OF THE YEARS. Riverside Edition.

TIME AND CHANGE. Riverside Edition.

LEAF AND TENDRIL. Riverside Edition.

WAYS OF NATURE. Riverside Edition.

FAR AND NEAR. Riverside Edition.

LITERARY VALUES. Riverside Edition.

THE LIGHT OF DAY. Riverside Edition.

WHITMAN: A Study. Riverside Edition.

A YEAR IN THE FIELDS.

Selections appropriate to each season of the year, from the writings of John Burroughs. Illustrated from Photographs by Clifton Johnson.

IN THE CATSKILLS.

Illustrated from Photographs by Clifton Johnson.

CAMPING AND TRAMPING WITH ROOSEVELT.

Illustrated from Photographs.

BIRD AND BOUGH. Poems.

WINTER SUNSHINE. Cambridge Classics Series.

WAKE-ROBIN. Riverside Aldine Series.

SQUIRRELS AND OTHER FUR-BEARERS. Illustrated.

BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS. Illustrated.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Boston and New York