Reproduction of the original: Birds and Bees - Sharp Eyes - and other Papers by John Burroughs
"Birds and Bees Sharp Eyes and Other Papers" from John Burroughs. Naturalist and nature essayist (1827-1921).
Birds and Bees: Sharp Eyes and Other Papers
From the very beginnings of his taste for literature, the essay was his favorite form. Dr. Johnson was the prophet of his youth, but he soon transferred his allegiance to Emerson, who for many years remained his "master enchanter.
Reproduction of the original.
From the very beginnings of his taste for literature, the essay was his favorite form. Dr. Johnson was the prophet of his youth, but he soon transferred his allegiance to Emerson, who for many years remained his "master enchanter.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
How surely the birds know their enemies!
The life of the birds, especially of our migratory song-birds, is a series of adventures and of hairbreadth escapes by flood and field.
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