- The Calypso Borealis excerpted from The Life and Letters of John Muir: Muir's moving account of his long search for, and final discovery of a rare woodland flower. This was his first published writing.
- The Earthquake, from Our National Parks (1901): Muir revels in an earthquake in Yosemite, just as he does any other storm!
- Mount Ritter: A mountain-climbing classic.
- The Water-Ouzel, Chapter 13 of The Mountains of California by John Muir (1894): One of the finest animal biographies ever written.
- Wild Wool from Steep Trails (1918): Muir's reflections on why animals are not made "for man."
- A Wind Storm in the Forests: Chapter 10 of The Mountains of California by John Muir (1894): Muir's exciting adventure atop a Douglas fir during a wind-storm.
- A Parable of Sauntering by Albert W. Palmer: Including a conversation with John Muir showing how Muir hated "hiking" - both the word and the thing. (Excerpted from The Mountain Trail and Its Message (1911) .
- Letters to the botanist Sir Joseph Hooker: From the Kew Gardens Archives