The Writings of John Muir
Volume 1
"The Story of my Boyhood and Youth" and "A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf"

PUBLISHERS' NOTE

THIS uniform edition of John Muir's Works is published by arrangement with his family and with Professor William Frederic Bade, who at their request acts as supervising editor of Mr. Muir's published and unpublished writings, and who has written the general Introduction which follows. The completeness of the edition is made possible by the kind cooperation of the Century Company, who have permitted the inclusion of the two books published by them, The Mountains of California and The Yosemite. Most of the illustrations are from photographs by Mr. Herbert W. Gleason, who has tramped with Mr. Muir in the Sierra and has visited many other places described in these volumes, from the Wisconsin farm which was Muir's first American home to the California ranch where he spent his last
years.

• Introduction
• The Story of my Boyhood and Youth
  • Chapter I. A Boyhood in Scotland
  • Chapter II. A New World
  • Chapter III. Life on a Wisconsin Farm
  • Chapter IV. A Paradise of Birds
  • Chapter V. Young Hunters
  • Chapter VI. The Ploughboy
  • Chapter VII. Knowledge and Inventions
  • Chapter VIII. The World and the University
• A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. Kentucky Forests and Caves
  • Chapter II. Crossing the Cumberland Mountains
  • Chapter III. Through the River Country of Georgia
  • Chapter IV. Camping among the Tombs
  • Chapter V. Through Florida Swamps and Forests
  • Chapter VI. Cedar Keys
  • Chapter VII. A Sojourn in Cuba
  • Chapter VIII. By a Crooked Route to California
  • Chapter IX. Twenty Hill Hollow

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