02727cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000370012624500320016326400510019530000470024633600260029333700260031933800360034550000310038150801800041252015300059253400690212265300190219165300200221065300210223085600640225185600430231599900190235878129UtSlPG20260610134818.0mcr n260607r20261927utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a27022666  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPN1 aGrover, Edwin Osgood,d1870-196514aThe nature lover's knapsack 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-03-07  aTim Miller, chenzw, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"The nature lover's knapsack" by Edwin Osgood Grover is an anthology of nature poetry written in the early 20th century. It gathers lyric poems that celebrate the open road, wild places, and the seasons, aiming to be a pocket companion for walkers, campers, and lovers of the outdoors. The selections span many English and American poets and are organized by themes such as travel, gardens, trees, the sea, and sky.

The opening of this anthology presents front matter, a personal dedication, and a brief essay, “On Knapsack Carrying,” in which the editor likens life’s essentials to treasures we carry—memories of sky, sea, hills, and birds—then invites readers to “walk afield with the poets.” He explains that the book is a friendly guide rather than a reference, favors lyric poems, and acknowledges permissions and influences before laying out a detailed thematic contents list. The first section, “The Lure of the Road,” launches with verses of wanderlust and escape from city life (Masefield, Shepard, Garland, Driscoll, Towne, O’Reilly, Whitman, Service, and others), celebrating travel, camping, fishing, and the call of wild places. It then turns to “Green Things Growing,” a bright sequence on gardens, rain, dandelions, grass, and birds that blends delight with quiet spiritual reflection, and finally begins “The Kinship of the Trees,” where trees are personified as companions and teachers, deepening the book’s reverent, outdoor mood. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1927  aEnglish poetry  aAmerican poetry  aNature -- Poetry4 uhttps://archive.org/details/natureloversknap00grov/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78129  c118849d118849