![Under the Apple-trees. [The friendly rocks -- The master instinct -- Dame Nature and her children-- Old friends in new places -- The still small voice -- Nature leaves -- The primal mind-- "Fated to be free" -- Scientific faith once more -- Literature and science -- "A prophet of the soul"-- Life and chance -- Life the traveler -- Great questions in little]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/901/455/206455901.0.m.jpg)
Under the Apple-trees. [The friendly rocks -- The master instinct -- Dame Nature and her children-- Old friends in new places -- The still small voice -- Nature leaves -- The primal mind-- "Fated to be free" -- Scientific faith once more -- Literature and science -- "A prophet of the soul"-- Life and chance -- Life the traveler -- Great questions in little]
by Burroughs, John, 1837-1921
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916., 1916. Very Good. vii, [1] pp., 1 leaf, 315, [1] pp., 1 leaf frontispiece, (portrait) 19 cm. ; green cloth with gold lettering and decoration ; "Published May 1916" ; LCCN: 16-11728 ; LC: QH81; Dewey: 814 ; OCLC: 1402040 ; Contents: The friendly rocks -- The master instinct -- Dame Nature and her children-- Old friends in new places -- The still small voice -- Nature leaves -- The primal mind-- "Fated to be free" -- Scientific faith once more -- Literature and science -- "A prophet of the soul"-- Life and chance -- Life the traveler -- Great questions in little. ; top edge gilt ; wear to bottom ; some pages uncut ; name on front ep ; VG
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- Under the Apple-trees. [The friendly rocks -- The master instinct -- Dame Nature and her children-- Old friends in new places -- The still small voice -- Nature leaves -- The primal mind-- "Fated to be free" -- Scientific faith once more -- Literature and science -- "A prophet of the soul"-- Life and chance -- Life the traveler -- Great questions in little]
- Author
- Burroughs, John, 1837-1921
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916.
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Natural history; Outdoor books. philosophy environmental studies southern california chipmunks rabbits rocks catskills georgia birds hermit thrush passenger pigeon san antonio mt weissman darwin henri bergson tyndall whitman
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