Excerpt from The Frederic Gallatin, Jr. Collection of Books on Ornithology: To Be Sold by Order of the Estate of Theodore N. Vail First edition. A copy of great association interest, with the follow ing inscription on fly-leaf, in the hand of the author: When I was trying to decide upon a name for this vol. I went to Walt Whitman with a list of names that had occurred to me and asked his advice. He looked over my list and when he saw the name 'wake-robin' he said quickly 'that's your title, ' and that clinched me. John ...
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Excerpt from The Frederic Gallatin, Jr. Collection of Books on Ornithology: To Be Sold by Order of the Estate of Theodore N. Vail First edition. A copy of great association interest, with the follow ing inscription on fly-leaf, in the hand of the author: When I was trying to decide upon a name for this vol. I went to Walt Whitman with a list of names that had occurred to me and asked his advice. He looked over my list and when he saw the name 'wake-robin' he said quickly 'that's your title, ' and that clinched me. John Burroughs, Dec. 7. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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