Under the Maples by John Burroughs

The narrative revolves around a summer spent at a rural home surrounded by maple trees. The author reflects on the changing seasons and the natural world, observing the growth of plants and animals in the area. He also explores themes of solitude, nature's beauty, and the human experience.

By John Burroughs · First published 1867 · Genre: Nature Writing, Essays, Memoir · 51 chapters

Contents

• CHAPTER I
• Nature's Wireless
• Man a Part of Nature
• Sunrise
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER I
• A Sun-Blessed Land
• Maeterlinck on the Bee
• Marcus Aurelius on Death
• Nature's Methods
• CHAPTER II
• Lawn Birds
• Odd or Even
• The Interpreter of Nature
• Heads and Tails
• CHAPTER III
• Silken Chambers
• Why and How
• Original Sources
• An Unsavory Subject
• CHAPTER IV
• The Desert Note
• An Insoluble Problem
• The Cosmic Harmony
• Chance in Animal Life
• CHAPTER V
• Sea-Dogs
• A Live World
• Cosmic Rhythms
• Mosquitoes and Fleas
• CHAPTER VI
• Darwinism and the War
• The Beginnings of Life
• The Change of Climate in Southern California
• CHAPTER VII
• The Robin
• Spendthrift Nature
• All-Seeing Nature
• CHAPTER VIII
• The Weasel
• CHAPTER IX
• Misinterpreting Nature
• CHAPTER X
• Natural Sculpture
• CHAPTER XI
• CHAPTER XII

More by John Burroughs

• Camping with President Roosevelt (1906)
• Wake-Robin (1867)
• Winter Sunshine (1866)
• Birds and Poets (1867)
• Touches of Nature (1869)
• A Bird Medley (1867)
• April (1865)
• Spring Poems (1867)
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