JOHN BURROUGHS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/08/1889 - HFSID 87110
Sale Price $545.00
Reg. $650.00
JOHN BURROUGHS
John Burroughs sends an autograph letter of thanks for the
sketch.
Autograph Letter Signed: "John Burroughs," 1½p, 5x8, separate
sheets. West Park, New York, 1889 June 8. To Mrs. Lypoldt. In
full: "I have read your sketch with much pleasure, tho' I cannot say that
I look upon the picture with the same pleasure. The latter I do not think a
success. I do not see as you have made any blunders, unless it be in rating my
work too highly. The sketch is well done. You have certainly made the most of
your materials & you have my best thanks." Born on his family's farm
in Roxbury, New York on April 3, 1837, Burroughs, who died on a train returning
from California (March 29, 1921), would be buried there on April 3, 1921, on
what would have been his 84th birthday. American naturalist John
Burroughs (1837-1921) was a prolific nature writer, penning over 243 essays on
his association with birds, resulting in his nickname, "John o' Birds". A
friend of Walt Whitman, Burroughs also wrote Notes on Walt Whitman as
Poet and Person (1867), the first Whitman biography. In all, he
penned 441 essays that were collected in 23 volumes. These works include
Birds and Poets (1877), Literary Values (1902), Ways of
Nature (1905) and Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt (1907). Usual
folds, mounting remnants on verso, pages glued together at top left corner, else
fine.
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