Literary Values and Other Papers

264, [4] pp. Original dark olive cloth spine over olive cloth boards, gilt and green titles, top edge gilt. A collection of essays concerned with literature, including discussion of Henry David Thoreau, Gilbert White, Ralph Waldo Emerson, literary style, books, etc. John Burroughs was an influential naturalist in the 19th and early 20th century, particularly in his advocacy of environmental conservation, and is perhaps only overshadowed as a nature essayist by Henry David Thoreau. Each year, beginning in 1926, great works in natural history are awarded the John Burroughs Medal named in his honor.