PREFACE 



MR. BURROUGHS has written of himself in 

 an "Egotistical Chapter" so revealingly and 

 withal so concisely that it makes the most fit- 

 ting introduction to this little volume of selections 

 from the works of our greatest literary naturalist. 

 The choosing of material from fifteen by no means 

 slender volumes has been a difficult task; how many 

 favorites one would like to include, such as "The 

 Hunt for the Nightingale," "The Apple," "The 

 Grist of the Gods" — but one must not make a 

 catalogue in a preface! It is hoped, however, that 

 the material which has been selected and is here 

 presented may serve to increase the interest of stu- 

 dents in the writings of Mr. Burroughs, and that it 

 may encourage them to read and express on their 

 own account the world which he has made known 

 to us as a place abounding in miracles. 



Ada L. F. Snell. 



