The Library of Congress's General Collection and Rare Book Division include many volumes of nature essays, a literary genre which flourished in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and contributed much to the cultural climate from which the American conservation movement developed. After consulting works included in the Conservation Collection, readers who have direct access to the Library, or to other major research libraries, might wish to look at titles such as those on the list below. They might also wish to consult some of the titles on three other Additional Resources lists, "Scenic and Wilderness Travel Literature, c.1850-1920", "Popular Ornithology, c.1850-1920", and "Juvenile Nature Literature and Nature Pedagogy, c.1850-1920."
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Abbott, Charles C. Clear skies and cloudy. Philadelphia and London, J.B. Lippincott company, 1899.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A13
LCCN: 98-821
Abbott, Charles C. The freedom of the fields. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott co., 1898.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A17
LCCN: 13-10044
Abbott, Charles C. Outings at odd times. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1890.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A22
LCCN: 05-42238
Abbott, Charles C. Recent rambles; or, in touch with nature. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company, 1892.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A23
LCCN: 04-30229
Abbott, Charles C. Upland and meadow: a Poaetquissings chronicle. New York, Harper & brothers, 1886.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A25
LCCN: 11-23659
Abbott, Charles C. Waste-land wanderings. New York, Harper & brothers, 1887.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A26
LCCN: 11-23477
Abbott, Charles Conrad. In nature's realm. Trenton, N.J., Albert Brandt, publisher, 1900.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A2
LCCN: 00-4946
Abbott, Charles Conrad. Notes of the night, and other outdoor sketches. New York, The Century co., 1896.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A215
LCCN: 13-10043
Abbott, Charles Conrad. The rambles of an idler. Philadelphia and London, George W. Jacobs & company, [1906].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A225
LCCN: 06-23559
Adams, John Coleman. Nature studies in Berkshire. New York and London, G.P. Putnam's sons, 1899.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.A27
LCCN: 99-2378
Bignell, Effie. My woodland intimates. New York, The Baker & Taylor company, [1902].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B49
LCCN: 03-5772
Buckham, James. Afield with the seasons. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & co., publishers, [1907].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B86
LCCN: 07-23873
Burroughs, John. Birds and bees and other studies in nature. Boston, New York and Chicago, Houghton, Mifflin & company, [1896].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B92 1896
LCCN: 04-13850
Burroughs, John. A bunch of herbs and other papers. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, [1896].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B923
LCCN: 05-42323
Burroughs, John. Far and near. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1904.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B925
LCCN: 04-30580
Burroughs, John. Field and study. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1919.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B927
LCCN: 19-6434
Burroughs, John. Fresh fields. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1885.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B93
LCCN: 12-18408
Burroughs, John. Leaf and tendril. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1908.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B937
LCCN: 08-11501
Burroughs, John. Locusts and wild honey. Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company, 1879.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B94 1879
LCCN: 05-2474
Burroughs, John. Nature near home and other papers. Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, [1919].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B945
LCCN: 23-10095
Burroughs, John. Pepacton. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1881.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B95 1881
LCCN: 12-18409
Burroughs, John. Riverby. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1894.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B96
LCCN: 12-31069
Burroughs, John. The summit of the years. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1913.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B972
LCCN: 13-22803
Burroughs, John. Time and change. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1912.
LC CALL NUMBER: PS1224.T6 1912
LCCN: 12-25134
Burroughs, John. Under the apple-trees. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1916.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B973
LCCN: 16-11728
Burroughs, John. Wake-robin. New York, Hurd and Houghton, 1871.
LC CALL NUMBER: QL676.B96
LCCN: 05-21547
Burroughs, John. Ways of nature. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1905.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B975
LCCN: 05-32706
Burroughs, John. Winter sunshine. New York, published by Hurd and Houghton, 1876.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B98 1876
LCCN: 07-36023
Burroughs, John. The wit of a duck and other papers. Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, [1913].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B985
LCCN: 19-13233
Burroughs, John. A year in the fields: selections from the writings of John Burroughs: with illustrations from photographs by Clifton Johnson. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1896.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.B99 1896
LCCN: 13-18935
Clark, Francis E. The gospel of out of doors. New York, Association press, 1920.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.C5
LCCN: 20-9999
[Cooper, Susan Fenimore, publishing as "A Lady"]. Rural hours. New York, George P. Putnam, 1850.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.C77
LCCN: 04-30235
Curtis, Olin Alfred. The mountains and other nature sketches. New York and Cincinnati, The Abingdon press, [1920].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.C87
LCCN: 20-8914
Davis, William T. Days afield on Staten Island. [New York, L.H. Biglow & co., 1892].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.D26 1892
LCCN: 04-30234
Eaton, Walter Prichard. In Berkshire fields. New York and London, Harper & brothers, publishers, [1920].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.E3
LCCN: 20-18686
Flagg, Wilson. The birds and seasons of New England. Boston, James R. Osgood and company, 1875.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.F57
LCCN: 06-28819
Flagg, Wilson. Halcyon days. Boston, Estes and Lauriat, publishers, 1881.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.F58
LCCN: 15-3221
Flagg, Wilson. Studies in the field and forest. Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1857.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH104.5.N4F5
LCCN: a14-927
Flagg, Wilson. The woods and by-ways of New England. Boston, James R. Osgood and company, 1872.
LC CALL NUMBER: SD381.F56
LCCN: 05-40105
Gibson, W. Hamilton. Pastoral days; or, memories of a New England year. New York, Harper & brothers, 1908.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.G44
LCCN: 09-74
Gibson, W. Hamilton. Strolls by starlight and sunshine. New York, Harper & brothers, 1891.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.G47
LCCN: 04-12894
Gibson, William Hamilton. Happy hunting-grounds: a tribute to the woods and fields. New York, Harper & brothers, 1887.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.G42
LCCN: 10-34341
Gray, William. Camp-fire musings: life and good times in the woods. New York, A.D.F. Randolph & co., 1894.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.G8
LCCN: 09-2655
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Out-door papers. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
LC CALL NUMBER: PS1927.O7 1863
LCCN: 26-21921
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. The procession of the flowers, and kindred papers. New York, Longmans, Green, and co., 1897.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.H5
LCCN: 12-5104
Huston, Paul Griswold. An old-fashioned sugar camp and other dreams of the woods: a book of the seasons. Chicago, New York, [etc.], Fleming H. Revell company, [1903].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.H895
LCCN: 03-26381
Kenyon, James B. Remembered days. New York, Eaton & Mains, [1902].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.K37
LCCN: 02-29012
Kirkham, Stanton Davis. East and west: comparative studies of nature in eastern and western states. New York and London, G.P. Putnam's sons, 1911.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.K6
LCCN: 11-5387
Kirkham, Stanton Davis. In the open: intimate studies and appreciations of nature. San Francisco and New York, Paul Elder & company, [1908].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.K62
LCCN: 08-24897
Lazell, Frederick John. Some autumn days in Iowa. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Ioway club, 1906.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.L33
LCCN: 07-496
Lazell, Frederick John. Some spring days in Iowa. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch press, 1908.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.L35
LCCN: 09-100
Lazell, Frederick John. Some summer days in Iowa. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch press, 1909.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.L36
LCCN: 09-29332
Lazell, Frederick John. Some winter days in Iowa. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The Torch press, 1907.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.L38
LCCN: 08-1465
Lunt, Horace. Across lots. Boston, D. Lothrop company, [1888].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.L91
LCCN: 05-42243
Lunt, Horace. As the wild bee hums. Cincinnati, The Editor publishing company, 1899.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.L93
LCCN: 00-59
Lunt, Horace. Short cuts and by-paths. Boston, D. Lothrop company, [1891].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.L95
LCCN: 05-42242
Packard, Winthrop. Wild pastures. Boston, Small, Maynard and company, publishers, [1909].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.P2
LCCN: 09-16426
Packard, Winthrop. Wildwood ways. Boston, Small, Maynard and company, publishers, [1909].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.P23
LCCN: 09-29596
Packard, Winthrop. Wood wanderings. Boston, Small, Maynard and company, publishers, [1910].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.P24
LCCN: 10-19939
Packard, Winthrop. Woodland paths. Boston, Small, Maynard and company, publishers, [1910].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.P25
LCCN: 10-11751
Quayle, William A. Beside Lake Beautiful. New York and Cincinnati, The Abingdon press, [1914].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.Q2
LCCN: 14-15049
Quayle, William A. In God's out-of-doors. Cincinnati, Jennings & Pye, [1902].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.Q24
LCCN: 02-27500
Quayle, William A. The prairie and the sea. Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham; New York, Eaton and Mains, [1905].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.Q26
LCCN: 06-741
Robinson, Rowland E. In New England fields and woods. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1896.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.R69
LCCN: 09-2653
Scoville, Samuel. Everyday adventures. Boston, The Atlantic monthly press, [1920].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.S4
LCCN: 20-19518
Serl, Elmer Willis. The fraternity of the fields. New York, The Neale publishing company, 1914.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.S46
LCCN: 14-17858
Sharp, Dallas Lore. The face of the fields. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1911.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.S48
LCCN: 11-5205
Sharp, Dallas Lore. Where rolls the Oregon. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1914.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.S514
LCCN: 14-11164
Sharp, Dallas Lore. Wild life near home. New York, The Century co., 1901.
LC CALL NUMBER: QL81.S53
LCCN: unk83-29349
Shaw, Lloyd. Nature notes of the Pikes Peak region. [Colorado Springs], Apex, [1916].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.S56
LCCN: 17-865
Skinner, Charles M. Nature in a city yard: some rambling dissertations thereupon. New York, The Century co., 1897.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.S72
LCCN: 09-2654
Thompson, Maurice. My winter garden: a nature-lover under Southern skies. New York, The Century co., 1900.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.T47
LCCN: 00-5597
Thoreau, Henry D. Walden; or, life in the woods. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1854.
LC CALL NUMBER: PS3048.A1 1854 (Rare BK Coll)
LCCN: 15-2573
Thoreau, Henry D. A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers.... New and revised edition. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1868.
LC CALL NUMBER: F72.C5T5 (Rare BK Coll)
LCCN: 08-14409
Thoreau, Henry D., John Burroughs, John Muir, Bradford Torrey, Dallas Lore Sharp, and Olive Thorne Miller. In American fields and forests. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1909.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.I3
LCCN: 09-13942
Torrey, Bradford. The clerk of the woods. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1903.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.T63
LCCN: 03-22540
Torrey, Bradford. Field-days in California. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1913.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.T635
LCCN: 13-1989
Torrey, Bradford. The foot-path way. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1892.
LC CALL NUMBER: QL676.T72
LCCN: 09-12161
Torrey, Bradford. Nature's invitation: notes of a bird-gazer north and south. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1904.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.T66
LCCN: 04-26926
Torrey, Bradford. A rambler's lease. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1889.
LC CALL NUMBER: QL676.T74
LCCN: 09-12160
Torrey, Bradford. Spring notes from Tennessee. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1896.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.T67
LCCN: rc01-1282
Torrey, Bradford. A world of green hills: observations of nature and human nature in the Blue Ridge. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1898.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.T69
LCCN: 98-1095
Townsend, Charles Wendell. Sand dunes and salt marshes. Boston, Dana Estes & company, publishers, [1913].
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.T7
LCCN: 13-15302
Whittemore, H.W. A blueberry pasture and other outdoor sketches made in New Hampshire. [N.p.], The Tufts College press, 1910.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.W5
LCCN: 10-8394
Wright, Mabel Osgood. The friendship of nature: a New England chronicle of birds and flowers. New York and London, Macmillan and company, 1894.
LC CALL NUMBER: QH81.W8
LCCN: 12-40310