Books by Mr. Torrey.


FRIENDS ON THE SHELF. 12mo, $1.25,net. Postage extra.

NATURE’S INVITATION. 16mo, $1.10, net.Postpaid, $1.21.

THE CLERK OF THE WOODS. 16mo,$1.10, net. Postpaid, $1.20.

FOOTING IT IN FRANCONIA. 16mo, $1.10,net. Postpaid, $1.19.

EVERYDAY BIRDS. Elementary Studies.With twelve colored Illustrations reproducedfrom Audubon. Square 12mo, $1.00.

BIRDS IN THE BUSH. 16mo, $1.25.

A RAMBLER’S LEASE. 16mo, $1.25.

THE FOOT-PATH WAY. 16mo, gilt top,$1.25.

A FLORIDA SKETCH-BOOK. 16mo, $1.25.

SPRING NOTES FROM TENNESSEE.16mo, $1.25.

A WORLD OF GREEN HILLS. 16mo, $1.25.

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
Boston and New York.


FRIENDS ON THE SHELF



FRIENDS ON THE SHELF

BY
BRADFORD TORREY

“I must get back to my friends on the shelf”
Edward FitzGerald

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1906


COPYRIGHT 1906 BY BRADFORD TORREY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published October 1906


CONTENTS

William Hazlitt 1
Edward FitzGerald 43
Thoreau 89
Thoreau’s Demand upon Nature 131
Robert Louis Stevenson 151
A Relish of Keats 195
Anatole France 227
Verbal Magic 275
Quotability 289
The Grace of Obscurity...

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