Birds And Birds by John Burroughs
Story type: EssayIThere is an old legend which one of our poets has made use of about the bird in the brain,–a legend based, perhaps, upon the human s …
Essay
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author’s own argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal.
The Halcyon In Canada by John Burroughs
Story type: EssayThe halcyon or kingfisher is a good guide when you go to the woods. He will not insure smooth water or fair weather, but he knows eve …
Birds’-Nesting by John Burroughs
Story type: EssayBirds’s-nesting is by no means a failure, even though you find no birds’-nests. You are sure to find other things of interest, plenty …
A Life Of Fear by John Burroughs
Story type: EssayAs I sat looking from my window the other morning upon a red squirrel gathering nuts from a small hickory, and storing them up in his …
Glimpses Of Wild Life by John Burroughs
Story type: EssaySo fond am I of seeing Nature reassert herself that I even found some compensation in the loss of my chickens that bright November ni …
Is It Going To Rain? by John Burroughs
Story type: EssayI suspect that, like most countrymen, I was born with a chronic anxiety about the weather. Is it going to rain or snow, be hot or col …