Fresh Fields

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Fresh Fields is by John Burroughs, and a list headed John Burroughs's Books names, among others, Fresh Fields, Birds and Poets, with Other Papers, and Locusts and Wild Honey. The text describes how, from the top of Harbledown hill, the cathedral suddenly broke upon the party as it did upon the footsore and worshipful pilgrims centuries ago. The text says that on a walk the party passed several of the famous cherry orchards of Kent.

The text speaks of a quiet splendor, almost grandeur, about Grasmere vale, such as the writer had not seen elsewhere. The text says the scenery was sombre, with but two colors, green and brown, verging on black. The text mentions shoals of dolphins occasionally seen during brilliant torrid days, leaping and sporting, and apparently racing with the vessel.

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John Burroughs

John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an American essayist and farmer from New York's Catskills who published more than two dozen books on birds, seasons, and country life. A friend of Whitman, Roosevelt, and Edison, he was among the most widely read naturalists of his day.