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Burroughs, John. Far and near. [**]$1.50. Houghton.
“My life has gone on, my love of nature has continued, my habit of observation has been kept up, and the combined result is another collection of papers dealing with the old, inexhaustible, open-air themes.” So says Mr. Burroughs. The “far” scenes described are those in “green Alaska” and Jamaica. The “near” pictures are of the wild life around his home on the Hudson river. Nearly half of the book is devoted to an account of his Alaskan trip in 1899 as a member of the Harriman expedition. The only heretofore unpublished essay of the group is that in which he tells how he lost February and found August in Jamaica. Mr. Burroughs’s northern soul however, takes little pleasure in nature in her tropical aspect. He “cannot make love to her there.” She “has little winsomeness or tenderness. She is barbaric; she is painty and stiff; she has no sentiment; she does not touch the heart.”
“Humdrum, undistinguished style. It is kindly wholesome stuff.”
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[*] “He records impressions however slight and incidents however trivial, but it is all done with that charming double gift of his for seeing everything as if for the first and only time, and of making others see it in the same way.” F. M. Colby.
| + + | Bookm. 20: 475. Ja. ‘05. 190w. |
“The records of far journeys in this new book may not add greatly to his reputation, but they serve the gracious purpose of showing us an old friend in new surroundings.”
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| + | N. Y. Times. 10:5. Ja. 7, ‘05. 300w. | |
| R. of Rs. 30: 757. D. ‘04. 100w. | ||
| + + | Spec. 94: 223. F. 11, ‘05. 300w. |
[*] Burroughs, John. [Ways of nature.] [**]$1.10. Houghton.