Nature
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Science
- Nature's Poetic Voices
- Essays on Nature and Reflection
- Nature's Tales for Young Explorers
The Pirate Shark
Seventeen year old Mart Judson joins the crew of the yacht Seamew as its wireless operator. They are bound from San Francisco for waters off…
The Natural History
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
In the Wilderness
These eight essays about Charles Dudley Warner’s visit to the Adirondacks cover a broad range of topics, all with more or less of his dry hu…
Our Vanishing Wild Life
Our Vanishing Wild Life is a passionate call to action from William T. Hornaday, a pioneering conservationist, who confronts the alarming de…
Book of Monsters
“Book of Monsters” by David and Marian Fairchild was published in 1914. Riveting descriptions of spiders and insects, from the perspective o…
The Book of Clever Beasts
A humorous book, hitting off the many writers who have returned to nature and made intimate friends in the Animal World. The author describe…
Birds and All Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, stori…
The Banana
Bananas are the most popular fruit in the world according to the BBC. In this book we see how this fruit that is grown in limited areas of t…
Literary Pilgrimages of a Naturalist
Noted American Naturalist, Winthrop Packard, who gave us such titles as “Woodland Pastures,” “Wood Wanderings,” and “Wildwood Ways,” now tak…
I Am A Cat
These are the first two chapters of Natsume Sōseki's masterpiece, "I Am A Cat" (Wagahai wa Neko de Aru). It is recognized as a lan…
Flowers of the Farm
"To-day we are at Willow Farm again, and I want to show you some of the flowers that grow there. I do not mean those which Mrs. Hammond…
Walking
This was originally titled "The Wild" and is a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum. "Walking" is an e…
Present Day Gardening
A meticulously written treatise on the structure, care and cultivation of orchids. This book benefits both the orchid obsessed and the amate…
Birds
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…
Birds and All Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
Spiders
The mental capacity of spiders; web architecture; spiders that live under water, even though they need air to breath; spiders that mimic ant…
Birds and All Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
The Wild Unmasked
Frank Howard Atkins (pen name F. St. Mars) tells in highly dramatic fashion the survival stories of several animals (and insects!) of the wi…
Pierrot, Dog Of Belgium
This 1915 novella was published as the First World War raged. "Belgium lies bleeding. Across her level, lush meadows the harsh-shod h…
Birds and All Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…