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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
Death of John Burroughs. 
John Burroughs, world famous nat- 
uralist, died on a train on March 29 
while en route from California to his 
home at West Park, New York. 
Death occurred in a Pullman com- 
partment at 2 A. M.. when the New 
York Central train No. 16, known as 
the New York-New England express, 
was passing through Kingsville. Ohio. 
Mr. Burroughs, who had spent the 
winter in California, had been in feeble 
health for some time. Had he lived 
until April 3, he would have been 
eighty-four years old. He was the most 
famous naturalist ever produced by 
America and his nature studies along 
many lines have been accepted as au- 
thoritative. 
John Burroughs was born at Rox- 
bury. New York, April 3, 1837. received 
an academic education, and after teach- 
ing school for eight years and serving as 
a treasure clerk and national bank ex- 
JOHX BURROUGHS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE WELCOME RECEPTION ROOM ON HIS VISIT 
AT ARCADIA IN 1917. 
