Star Papers; Or, Experiences of Art and Nature.
1855 · New York
by Beecher, Henry Ward.
New York: J.C. Derby, 1855. Octavo, brown blind-stamped cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 359 pp. Very Good, with light rubbing to covers and bumped corners. Contents: Letters from Europe -- Ruins of Kenilworth - Warwick Castle; A Sabbath at Stratford-on-Avon; Oxford; The Louvre - Luxembourg Gallers; The Louvre; London National Gallery; Experiences of Nature: A Discourse of FLowers; Death in the Country; Island vs. Seashore; New England Graveyards; Towns and Trees; The First Breath in the Country; Trouting; A Ride; The Mountain Stream; A Country Ride; Farewell to the Country; School Reminiscence; The Value of Birds; Rough Picture from Life; A Ride to Fort Hamilton; Sights from My Window; The Death of Our Almanac; Fog in the Harbor; The Morals of Fishing; The Wanderings of a Star; Book-Stores, Books; Gone to the Country; Dream-Culture; A Walk Among Trees; Building a House; Christian Liberty in the Use of the Beautiful; Nature a Minister of Happiness; Springs and Solitudes; Mid-October Days; A Moist Letter; Frost in the Window; Snow-Storm Traveling. (Inventory #: 00597sc)