The Art of Seeing Things: EssaysA collection of essays by noted naturalist John Burroughs in which he contemplates a wide array of topics including farming, religion, and conservation. A departure from previous John Burroughs anthologies, this volume celebrates the surprising range of his writing to include religion, philosophy, conservation, and farming. In doing so, it emphasizes the process of the literary naturalist, specifically the lively connection the author makes between perceiving nature and how perception permeates all aspects of life experiences |
Contents
The Art of Seeing Things | 3 |
Sharp Eyes | 16 |
BirdSongs | 30 |
The Exhilarations of the Road | 39 |
The Bluebird | 49 |
Speckled Trout | 56 |
The Crow | 73 |
Phases of Farm Life | 79 |
From Under the Apple Trees | 151 |
Reading the Book of Nature | 164 |
The Spring Bird Procession | 171 |
The Ways of Sportsmen | 181 |
Emerson and the Pine Tree | 187 |
A Study | 193 |
An Egotistical Chapter | 209 |
The Faith of a Naturalist | 221 |
A Walk in the Fields | 95 |
From In Green Alaska | 105 |
A Hunt for the Nightingale | 114 |
The Grist of the Gods | 135 |
From The Animal and the PuzzleBox | 143 |
An Outlook upon Life | 232 |
Wild Life about My Cabin | 245 |
From My Boyhood | 260 |
Waiting | 277 |
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