Books by John Burroughs.
WORKS. 12 vols., uniform (including Literary Values, $1.10, net), 16mo, $14.85; half calf, gilt top (Literary Values, $2.20, net), $29.70; half polished morocco (Literary Values, $2.45, net), $32.65.
Wake-Robin.
Winter Sunshine.
Locusts and Wild Honey.
Fresh Fields.
Indoor Studies.
Birds and Poets, with Other Papers.
Pepacton, and Other Sketches.
Signs and Seasons.
Riverby.
Whitman: A Study.
The Light of Day: Religious Discussions and
Criticisms from the Standpoint of a Naturalist.
Each of the above, 16mo, gilt top, $1.25.
LITERARY VALUES. A Series of Literary Essays. 16mo, gilt top, $1.10, net. Postage 9 cents.
A YEAR IN THE FIELDS. Selections appropriate to each season of the year, from the writings of John Burroughs. Illustrated from Photographs by Clifton Johnson. 12mo, $1.50.
WHITMAN: A Study. Riverside Edition. 12mo, $1.50, net.
THE LIGHT OF DAY: Religious Discussions and Criticisms from the Standpoint of a Naturalist. Riverside Edition. 12mo, $1.50, net.
LITERARY VALUES. Riverside Edition. 12mo, $1.50, net. Postage 12 cents.
WINTER SUNSHINE. Cambridge Classics Series. Crown 8vo, $1.00.
WAKE-ROBIN. Riverside Aldine Series. 16mo, $1.00.
SQUIRRELS AND OTHER FUR-BEARERS. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.
LITERARY VALUES
AND OTHER PAPERS
BY
JOHN BURROUGHS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1902
COPYRIGHT 1902 BY JOHN BURROUGHS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published December, 1902
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| [I.] | Literary Values | 1 |
| [II.] | Analogy—True and False | 27 |
| [III.] | Style and the Man | 52 |
| [IV.] | Criticism and the Man | 80 |
| [V.] | Recent Phases of Literary Criticism | 109 |
| [VI.] | “Thou shalt not preach” | 134 |
| [VII.] | Democracy and Literature | 151 |
| [VIII.] | Poetry and Eloquence | 161 |
| [IX.] | Gilbert White again | 168 |
| [X.] | Lucid Literature | 180 |
| [XI.] | “Mere Literature” | 186 |
| [XII.] | Another Word on Emerson | 191 |
| [XIII.] | Thoreau’s Wildness | 197 |
| [XIV.] | Nature in Literature | 203 |
| [XV.] | Suggestiveness | 205 |
| [XVI.] | On the Re-reading of Books | 216 |
| [XVII.] | The Spell of the Past | 232 |
| [XVIII.] | The Secret of Happiness | 244 |
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