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Thornton Waldo Burgess. Now I Remember: Autobiography of an Amateur Naturalist
Now I Remember: Autobiography of an Amateur Naturalist
Table of Contents
CHAPTER. 1
Striped Whales
CHAPTER. 2
When the Herring Ran
CHAPTER. 3
Growing Up
CHAPTER. 4
A Touch of Nostalgia
CHAPTER. 5
Sand Dollars
CHAPTER. 6
Out in the World
“Get a good man. That can wield a good pen; Let him advertise for you, Tho’ it cost you a ten!”
’Twas the Pilgrim’s chosen leader, Man of valor and of might; Straight descended from Hugh Standish, He whom England made a knight. Kneeling there beside the water. Long he quaffs the laughing rill; Feels with each refreshing swallow. Strange new life within him thrill ’Til, all weariness forgotten, Home he quickly wends his way, Thinking of the maid Priscilla. And the message sent that day. For though stout of heart and dauntless, Ever ready for a foe, He has proved a craven coward— Feared to face a woman’s “No.”
CHAPTER. 7
A Boy’s Letters to His Mother
CHAPTER. 8
A Momentous Decision
Whatever is, is right they say. Mayhap the saying’s true, But when the is has double way. Which is is right to do?
CHAPTER. 9
Mug-up and Foghorn
CHAPTER. 10
Small but Vital
CHAPTER. 11
I Become an Author
CHAPTER. 12
On My Own
CHAPTER. 13
An Idea Is Born and Sold
CHAPTER. 14
A Great Naturalist Becomes a Friend
CHAPTER. 15
Happy Jack Does His Bit
CHAPTER. 16
On the Air
CHAPTER. 17
The Caterpillar Parade
CHAPTER. 18
A Precarious Seat
CHAPTER. 19
Pickled Snakes and Singing Mice
CHAPTER. 20
The Last of His Race
CHAPTER. 21
On the Labrador
CHAPTER. 22
I Tell a Story
CHAPTER. 23
Teaching and Taught
CHAPTER. 24
How to Write a Story
CHAPTER. 25
Inspiration
CHAPTER. 26
Peter Goes to Court
CHAPTER. 27
Aunt Sally
CHAPTER. 28
“Eyesight Is Mental After All”
God bless the birds and animals. Protect them with thy might. From wintry storms and hunger, and from danger day and night. Oh heal the little broken wing and ease the racking pain; Oh heal the little injured foot and make it well again. Protect the birds and animals from lasting ice and snow; Teach man to cease his cruelty and tenderness to show. God bless the birds and animals and comfort to them bring. I ask it in the name of him who loved each living thing
CHAPTER. 29
Somewhere
CHAPTER. 30
The Fullness of Joy
CHAPTER. 31
Dead but Living
CHAPTER. 32
The Aura of Greatness
CHAPTER. 33
Thrills Never Repeat
CHAPTER. 34
Always in Debt
Troubles come to one and all, Be they big or be they small
When things go bad and life is rough. Advantage lies in being tough
However hard may fall the rain. The sun is sure to shine again
On earth below, in Heaven above. The one most precious thing is love
CHAPTER. 35
From My Scrapbooks
Zounds to Europe’s game of Grab-it! Tell me, first, of Peter Rabbit! Read me, from my favorite paper, Jerry Muskrat’s latest caper; Skip Herr Goebbels’s line of bunk; Tell me, how is Jimmy Skunk? Rather than of Russia’s snatch, News I yearn of the Briar Patch! Mighty though the Finn’s dismay, My concern’s for Sammy Jay! Reddy Fox and Mrs. Reddy— They’re the Reds I go for steady
With open mind go on your way, And add to knowledge every day
