My Garden Acquaintance
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The narrator recalls White’s Natural History of Selborne as a book in his father’s library. The account describes the book's outdoor observations through views, the movements of birds and insects, and the collecting of specimens. The narrator describes the author as a little elated by an acquaintance with a tame brown owl, rather than boasting of fine society.
The robins drive away blue-jays that used to build in the pines, using constant attacks and annoyances. The pewee is described as the first bird to call in the morning, adding a slender whistle during early summer. The pewee becomes so familiar that the bird often pursues a fly through the open window into the narrator's library.
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- Author
- James Russell Lowell
- Reading time
- About 35 minutes
- Pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Classics
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