Fresh Fields

1884. Volume Six of Twenty-Three, Riverby Edition. John Burroughs emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. Contents: Nature in England; English Woods: A Contrast; In Carlyle's Country; A Hunt for the Nightingale; English and American Songbirds; Impressions of Some English Birds; In Wordsworth's Country; A Glance at British Wild Flowers; British Fertility; A Sunday In Cheyne Roy; and At Sea. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.