1904. Volume Ten of Twenty-Three, Riverby Edition. John Burroughs emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. Contents: Biographical and Personal; His ruling Ideas and Aims; His Self-Reliance; His Relation to Art and Literature; His Relation to Life and Morals; His Relation to Culture; His Relation to His Country and Times; His Relation to Science; His Relation to Religion. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.