Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Birds and Bees: Essays
The average mechanical work (spelling, construc tion of sentences, writing, etc.) is better under this method than when more time is devoted to the me chanics and less to the thought of composition. I have seen many reports of Burroughs's essays from the pens of children more pleasing and reliable than the essays of some professional reviewers; in these papers I often find the children adding little sugges tions of their own as, Do birds dream? One of the girls says her bird jumps in its sleep. A little ten year old writes, Weeds are unuseful ?owers, and, I like this book because there are real things in it. Another thinks she will look more care fully if she ever gets out into the country again. For the development of close observation and good feeling toward the common things of life, I know of no writings better than those of John Burroughs.
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