1182

BURROUGHS, JOHN

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BURROUGHS, JOHN
<b>1182. JOHN BURROUGHS</b> (1837 - 1921) American naturalist and author of essays and poems concerning nature and outdoor life. A.Ms. (unsigned), 2pp. 8vo., [n.p., n.d.], on collecting, in part: <i>"...I have heard of a collector who boasted of having taken one hundred sets of eggs of the marsh wren in a single day; of another who took in the same day, thirty nests of the yellow-breasted chat; and of still another who claimed to have taken one thousand sets of eggs of different birds in one season. A large business has grown up, under the influence of this collecting craze...</i>". Several rusted paper clip impressions, light soiling, else very good.<b> $50-75</b>