John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10461 Appendix John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 10461 |
| AUTHOR: | Appendix |
| QUOTATION: | The woods are full of them! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Alexander Wilson, in the Preface to his “American Ornithology” (1808), quotes these words, and relates the story of a boy who had been gathering flowers. On bringing them to his mother, he said: “Look, my dear ma! What beautiful flowers I have found growing in our place! Why, all the woods are full of them! “ |