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The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers
John Burroughs
A duck outwits a naturalist, a porcupine registers pure astonishment, and a downy woodpecker goes about its clever business. John Burroughs gathers short essays on animal intelligence and behavior, written with his gentle, watchful charm. Small observations that reward slow reading. Sit awhile with a master of the quiet nature essay and his sharp-eyed creatures.
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24 chapters
- 1THE WIT OF A DUCK
- 2AND OTHER PAPERS
- 3JOHN BURROUGHS
- 4HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
- 5CONTENTS
- 6JOHN BURROUGHS
- 7I THE WIT OF A DUCK
- 8II AN ASTONISHED PORCUPINE
- 9III HUMAN TRAITS IN THE ANIMALS
- 10IV THE DOWNY WOODPECKER
- 11I
- 12II
- 13III
- 14V A BARN-DOOR OUTLOOK
- 15VI WILD LIFE IN WINTER
- 16VII BIRD LIFE IN WINTER
- 17VIII A BIRDS' FREE LUNCH
- 18IX BIRD-NESTING TIME
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