The real John Burroughs : personal recollection and friendly estimate / by William Sloane Kennedy ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929, author.

Contributor:

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969, former owner.

Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929, inscriber.

Funk & Wagnalls Company, publisher.

Walt Whitman Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.

Burroughs, John.

Penn Provenance:

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones (former owner) (inscription) (Whitman Collection copy)

Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929 (autograph) (Whitman Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 250 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : New York ... : London : Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1924.

Contents:

General traits

Boyhood

In Washington and at Riverby

Reminiscences

As letter writer

Studies of English birds

Some mistakes of Burroughs

The battle of the naturalists

Some later writings

Philosopher and scientist

Literary critic and stylist

Last days

Final estimate

Appendixes: I. Two favorite poems of John Burroughs [Spring twilight, by E. R. Sill, and April rain, by Robert Loveman] ; II: Burroughs as a young magazinist : An article in the Atlantic Monthly on "Expression" ; "Walt Whitman and his drum taps."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Whitman Collection copy has 2 paper slips with manuscript notes in pencil laid in.

Whitman Collection copy purchased by the Penn Libraries in 1944 from Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague.

Whitman Collection copy has manuscript inscription ("To Mrs Frank J. Sprague of New York City and Sharon Conn. with sentiments of deepest respect from her friend Wm. Sloane Kennedy") on front free endpaper.

Other Format:

Online version: Kennedy, William Sloane, 1850-1929. Real John Burroughs.

OCLC:

476505