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title: 'Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1911-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Devotional (General)'
- 'Meditation'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 23'
- 'Psalms 42'
- 'John 7'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1911-little-rivers-a-book-of-essays-in-profitable-idleness
---

# Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness

Van Dyke's essays celebrate little rivers, fishing, and quiet communion with nature—meditative, devotional reflections on solitude, friendship, and memory.

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