In 'Eye Spy: Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things' by W. Hamilton Gibson, readers are taken on a journey through the beauty of nature, observing flowers and creatures in their natural habitats. Gibson's descriptive prose and detailed illustrations bring the scenes to life, making the reader feel as though they are right there alongside him. This book falls under the genre of nature writing, popular in the late 19th century, which sought to reconnect people with the natural world around them. Gibson's poetic language and keen observations make 'Eye Spy' a delightful read for nature enthusiasts and lovers of descriptive writing.

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Excerpt from Eye Spy: Afield With Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things William Hamiltion Gibson; Initial; Initial. Buttercup Leaves; Three Views of a Helpless Beetle; Down among the Buttercup Leaves; An Adventurous Baby; The Adopted Home; Initial. Fox-fire and Fungus; A Lumionous Fragment; Three Specimens by Day; Three Specimens by Night; A Fox-fire Bugaboo; The Bugaboo by Daylight; Initial. The Figwort; A Flower with Three Welcomes; Sipping the Nectar. Fig. 1; In Flight with Pollen. Fig.2; Transferring the pollen to stigma. Fig.3; Fifth Day - pod Enlarging; Singular Method of Branching and Flowering; Initial About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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At a time when the environment is of growing concern to students and general readers, nature writing is especially meaningful. This book profiles the literary careers of 52 early American nature writers, such as John James Audubon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Caroline Stansbury Kirkland, Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, and Mabel Osgood Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and discusses the writer's life and works. Entries close with primary and secondary bibliographies, and the encyclopedia ends with suggestions for further reading. Global warming, pollution, and other issues have made the environment a topic of constant discussion these days. Many environmental concerns were treated by early American nature writers, who recognized the beauty of the natural world in an age of commercial expansion. Some of the most famous writers of the 18th and 19th centuries wrote about nature, and their works are stylistic masterpieces. At a time when students are being encouraged to read and write about nonfiction, these masterworks of early American nature writing are all the more important. This book gives students and general readers a welcome introduction to early American nature writers.