A YEAR IN THE FIELDS

Selections From The Writings Of John Burroughs

Illustrations From Photographs By Clifton Johnson



CONTENTS

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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.

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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

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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