Riverby

By

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921
Whitman, Sarah,

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1894

Notes

Edition binding; half-bound in dark olive brown (C96) cloth with moderate olive (C107) cloth sides; single long stemmed flower and lettering in black on green portion of cloth; spine lettered in gilt; top edges gilt. Unsigned, designed by Sarah Whitman.

Contents: Among the wild-flowers.--The heart of the southern Catskills.--Birds' eggs.--Bird courtship.--Notes from the prairie.--Eyebeams.--A young marsh hawk.--The hawk.--The chipmunk.--Spring jottings.--Glimpses of wild life.--A life of fear.--Lovers of nature.--A taste of Kentucky blue-grass.--In Mammoth Cave.--Hasty observation.--Bird life in an old apple-tree.--The ways of sportsmen.--Talks with young observers.

Contents: Among the wild-flowers -- The heart of the southern Catskills -- Birds' eggs -- Bird courtship -- Notes from the prairie -- Eye-beams -- A young marsh hawk -- The chipmunk -- Spring jottings -- Glimpses of wild life -- A life of fear -- Lovers of nature -- A taste of Kentucky blue-grass -- In Mammoth Cave -- Hasty observation -- Bird life in an old apple-tree -- The ways of sportsmen -- Talks with young observers.

John Burroughs (1837-1921) was one of the most popular authors of his day and is credited with creating the modern nature essay and influencing a whole generation of conservationists. Riverby was the name of his home on the banks of the Hudson River, and in the prefatory material to this collection of essays, he asks, "Why should not one name his books as he names his children, arbitrarily, and let the name come to mean much or little, as the case may be?"

Subjects

1894 , Birds , Boston , Guidebooks , Massachusetts , Natural history , Outdoor books , Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) , Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)

Call Number

QH81 .B96

Classification

818

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.25826
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/12031069
OCLC: 7686365