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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Editor: David Widger
Release date: November 11, 2018 [eBook #58273]
Most recently updated: May 2, 2019
Language: English
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU ***
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
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TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
WALDEN
and
ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
by Henry David Thoreau
CONTENTS
Wild Apples.
By Henry David Thoreau
CONTENTS
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THE
HISTORY OF THE APPLE-TREE. THE WILD APPLE. THE CRAB. HOW THE WILD APPLE GROWS. THE FRUIT, AND ITS FLAVOR. THEIR BEAUTY. THE NAMING OF THEM. THE LAST GLEANING. THE "FROZEN-THAWED" APPLE. |
A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS
By Henry D. Thoreau
CONTENTS
C A P E C O D
By Henry D. Thoreau
Illustrated By Clifton Johnson
1908
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE MAINE WOODS
By Henry D. Thoreau
CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTORY NOTE | ix | |
| KTAADN | 3 | |
| CHESUNCOOK | 93 | |
| THE ALLEGASH AND EAST BRANCH | 174 | |
| APPENDIX | ||
| I. TREES | 329 | |
| II. FLOWERS AND SHRUBS | 330 | |
| III. LIST OF PLANTS | 335 | |
| IV. LIST OF BIRDS | 347 | |
| V. QUADRUPEDS | 349 | |
| VI. OUTFIT FOR AN EXCURSION | 350 | |
| VII. A LIST OF INDIAN WORDS | 351 | |
| INDEX | 359 | |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| SNOWBERRY, Carbon photograph (page 227) | Frontispiece |
| MOOSEHEAD LAKE, FROM MOUNT KINEO, | Colored plate |
| MAINE WILDERNESS | 88 |
| PINE TREE, BOAR MOUNTAIN | 134 |
| SQUAW MOUNTAIN, MOOSEHEAD LAKE | 184 |
| MOOSEHEAD LAKE, FROM MOUNT KINEO | 194 |
| MOUNT KINEO CLIFF | 298 |
EXCURSIONS AND POEMS
By Henry D. Thoreau
CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTORY NOTE | xi | |
| EXCURSIONS | ||
| A YANKEE IN CANADA | ||
| I. | CONCORD TO MONTREAL | 3 |
| II. | QUEBEC AND MONTMORENCI | 20 |
| III. | ST. ANNE | 40 |
| IV. | THE WALLS OF QUEBEC | 69 |
| V. | THE SCENERY OF QUEBEC; AND THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE | 85 |
| NATURAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS | 103 | |
| A WALK TO WACHUSETT | 133 | |
| THE LANDLORD | 153 | |
| A WINTER WALK | 163 | |
| THE SUCCESSION OF FOREST TREES | 184 | |
| WALKING | 205 | |
| AUTUMNAL TINTS | 249 | |
| WILD APPLES | 290 | |
| NIGHT AND MOONLIGHT | 323 | |
| TRANSLATIONS | ||
| THE PROMETHEUS BOUND OF ASCHYLUS | 337 | |
| TRANSLATIONS FROM PINDAR | 375 | |
| POEMS | ||
| NATURE | 395 | |
| INSPIRATION | 396 | |
| THE AURORA OF GUIDO | 399 | |
| TO THE MAIDEN IN THE EAST | 400 | |
| TO MY BROTHER | 403 | |
| GREECE | 404 | |
| THE FUNERAL BELL | 405 | |
| THE MOON | 406 | |
| THE FALL OF THE LEAF | 407 | |
| THE THAW | 409 | |
| A WINTER SCENE | 410 | |
| TO A STRAY FOWL | 411 | |
| POVERTY | 412 | |
| PILGRIMS | 413 | |
| THE DEPARTURE | 414 | |
| INDEPENDENCE | 415 | |
| DING DONG | 417 | |
| OMNIPRESENCE | 417 | |
| INSPIRATION (QUATRAIN) | 418 | |
| MISSION | 418 | |
| DELAY | 418 | |
| PRAYER | 418 | |
| A LIST OF THE POEMS AND BITS OF VERSE SCATTERED AMONG THOREAU'S PROSE WRITINGS EXCLUSIVE OF THE JOURNAL | 420 | |
| INDEX | 423 | |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| APPLE BLOSSOMS, Carbon photograph (page 294) | Frontispiece |
| WILD APPLE TREE, Colored plate | Plate |
| MONTREAL FROM MOUNT ROYAL | 98 |
| MOUNT WACHUSETT FROM THE WAYLAND HILLS | 134 |
| THE OLD MARLBOROUGH ROAD | 214 |
| FALLEN LEAVES | 270 |
| WILD APPLE TREE | 300 |
FAMILIAR LETTERS
By Henry David Thoreau
CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | |
| I | |
| YEARS OF DISCIPLINE | |
| SKETCH OF THOREAU'S LIFE FROM BIRTH TO TWENTY YEARS | 3 |
| LETTERS TO HIS BROTHER JOHN AND SISTER HELEN | 11 |
| EARLY FRIENDSHIP AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH EMERSON AND HIS FAMILY | 34 |
| STATEN ISLAND AND NEW YORK LETTERS TO THE THOREAUS AND EMERSONS | 68 |
| II | |
| THE GOLDEN AGE OF ACHIEVEMENT | |
| CORRESPONDENCE WITH C. LANE, J. E. CABOT, EMERSON, AND BLAKE | 120 |
| III | |
| FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS | |
| THE SHIPWRECK OF MARGARET FULLER | 183 |
| AN ESSAY ON LOVE AND CHASTITY | 198 |
| MORAL EPISTLES TO HARRISON BLAKE OF WORCESTER | 209 |
| ACQUAINTANCE AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH DANIEL RICKETSON OF NEW BEDFORD | 237 |
| EXCURSIONS TO CAPE COD, NEW BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, AND NEW JERSEY | 254 |
| EXCURSIONS TO MONADNOCK AND MINNESOTA | 364 |
| LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH | 395 |
| APPENDIX: LETTERS TO ISAAC HECKER AND CALVIN H. GREENE | 403 |
| GENERAL INDEX TO THOREAU'S WORKS | 417 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| SABBATIA Carbon photograph (page 264) | Frontispiece |
| THOREAU'S BOAT-LANDING, CONCORD RIVER | Colored plate |
| HENRY D. THOREAU, FROM THE RICKETSON MEDALLION (page 263) | 1 |
| CONCORD BATTLE-GROUND | 24 |
| WALDEN WOODS | 122 |
| THE HOSMER HOUSE | 154 |
| THOREAU'S BOAT-LANDING, CONCORD RIVER | 236 |
| FROM THE SUMMIT OF MONADNOCK | 370 |
JOURNAL
By Henry David Thoreau
CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION | xix |
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CHAPTER I. 1837 (At. 20) Opening of the Journal-Quotations from Goethe-Ducks at Goose Pond-The Arrowhead-With and Against the Stream-Discipline-Sunrise-Harmony-The World from a Hilltop-Hoar Frost-Measure-Thorns-Jack Frost-Druids-Immortality Post-The Saxons-Crystals-Revolutions-Heroes-The Interesting Facts in History. |
3 |
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CHAPTER II. 1838 (At. 20-21) The Saxons-Hoar Frost-Zeno, the Stoic-Small Talk-Old Books-Greece-Goethe-Homer-A Sunday Scene-What to Do-Composition-Scraps from a Lecture on Society-The Indian Axe-Friendship-Conversation-The Bluebirds-Journey to Maine-May Morning-Walden-Cliffs-Heroism-Divine Service-The Sabbath Bell-Holy War-The Loss of a Tooth-Deformity-Crickets-Sphere Music-Alma Natura-Compensation-My Boots-Speculation-Byron-Fair Haven-Scraps from an Essay on Sound and Silence-Anacreon's Ode to the Cicada-Anacreontics. |
25 |
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CHAPTER III. 1839 (At. 21-22) The Thaw-The Dream Valley-Love-The Evening Wind-The Peal of the Bells-The Shrike-Morning-The Teamster-Fat Pine for Spearing-Terra Firma in Society-The Kingdoms of the Earth-The Form of Strength-My Attic-Sympathy-Annursnack-The Assabet-The Breeze's Invitation-The Week on the Concord and Merrimack-The Walk to the White Mountains-The Wise Rest-Aschylus-Growth-Despondency-Linnaus-Bravery-Noon-Scraps from a Chapter on Bravery-Friendship-Crickets. |
71 |
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CHAPTER IV. 1840 (At. 22-23) The Fisher's Son-Friends-Poetry-A Tame Life-Aschylus-Truth-Duty-Beauty lives by Rhymes-Fishes-Muskrats-The Freshet-Important Events-Ornithology-Inward Poverty-Wild Ducks-The World as a Theatre for Action-Rain-Farewell, Etiquette!-War-The Beginning of the Voyage on the Concord and Merrimack-The Boat-End of the Journal of 546 Pages-Reflections-A Sonnet to Profane Swearing-Down the Concord-The Landscape through a Tumbler-Likeness and Difference-A Drum in the Night-The Inspired Body-Dullness-The Yankee Answer-Greek Philosophers-Rhythm and Harmony-Evening-Paradox-Sailing-A Stately March-Effort the Prerogative of Virtue-The True Poem-Sunrise-A Muster-The Great Ball-Fishing and Sporting-The Golden Mean-Grecian History-The Eye-True Art-Necessity-Dress-Bravery. |
110 |
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CHAPTER V. 1841 (At. 23-24) Routine-Stillness-Seriousness cutting Capers-Wealth is Power-A Dream-Suspicion-Resistance-Rough Usage-Trust in God-Journalizing-The Snow on the Pitch Pines-A Team coming out of the Woods-The Tracks of a Fox-Chasing a Fox-End of the Journal of 396 Pages-Repetition-Weight-Sincerity-The Etiquette of Keeping One's Seat-The Human Voice-Swiss Singers-Costume-The Value of the Recess in a Public Entertainment-Assisting Nature-Prophecy-The Geniality of Cold-Recognition of Greatness-Victory and Defeat-The Lover's Court-The Measure of Time-My Journal-The Industriousness of Vice-Overpraising-Silence-True Modesty-The Helper and the Helped-A Poor Farm-Bronchitis-A Good Book-The Leisure of Society and Nature-The Grandeur of the Storm-Music-Friends-The Care of the Body-The Best Medicine-Life-Diversion and Amusement-Composition-The Sound of a Horn-Boarding-Thoroughfares of Vice-Reproof-An Interpretation of Emerson's "Sphinx"-Homeliness in Books-Aubrey-The Loneliness of our Life-Seriousness-Magnanimity-Moral Reflections in a Work on Agriculture-Tea-Kettle and Cow-Bell-Plowing-Eclipsing Napoleon's Career-The True Reformer-Seeing-Friendship's Steadfastness-The Gods side with no Man-A Profane Expression-The Silence of the Woods-The Civilization of the Woods-The Oppression of the House-Shoulders-Approaching a Great Nature-The Use of a Cane-Wachusett-Navigation-The Pine-Westward Ho!-The Echo of the Sabbath Bell heard in the Woods-Books-The Laws of Menu-A Vermonter-The Moon through a Telescope-Immemorial Custom-An Unchangeable Morning Light-The Book of the Hindoos-History and Biography-The Form of a Mountain-Art and Nature-The Strains of a Flute-Earnestness-Afternoon-Various Sounds of the Crickets-The Work of Genius-The Idea of Man in the Hindoo Scripture-The Hindoo's Conception of Creation-Taste and Poetry-The Austerity of the Hindoos-The Only Obligation-Seines in the River-Moonlight the Best Restorer of Antiquity-A Poem to be called "Concord"-A Boat floating amid Reflections-Poetry-Directions for setting out Peach Trees and Grape-Vines-Experience at the Harvard Library-The English Poets-Saxon Poetry-Character-The Inward Morning-Music and Character-The Form of the Wind-Ancient Scotch Poetry-My Redeeming Qualities-The Smoke from an Invisible Farmhouse-Latent Eloquence-Ghosts-Sacred Forests-Thoughts of a Life at Walden-The Rich Man-The Trade of Life-True Greatness-Chaucer-Snowflakes-Books of Natural History. |
173 |
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CHAPTER VI. 1842 (At. 24-25) Good Courage-The Church the Hospital for Men's Souls-Chaucer-Popped Corn-The Literary Style of the Laboring Man-Sir Walter Raleigh-Calmness-The Perfume of the Earth-Unhealthiness of Morality-Music from a Music-Box-Raleigh's Faults-Man's Puny Fences-The Death of Friends-Chaucer the Poet of Gardens-Character and Genius-The History of Music-Chaucer's Way of Speaking of God-My Life-Dying a Transient Phenomenon-The Memory of Departed Friends-The Game of Love-A New Day-The Eye-Originality of Nature-Raleigh-The Most Attractive Sentences-Law and the Right-An Old Schoolmate-Carlyle's Writing-The Tracks of the Indian-The Stars and Man-Friendship-The Roominess of Nature-The Exuberance of Plain Speech-Action and Reflection-Common Sense in Very Old Books-Thoughts like Mountains-Insufficiency of Wisdom without Love-I am Time and the World-My Errand to Mankind-Two Little Hawks and a Great One-Flow in Books-Nature's Leniency toward the Vicious-Intercourse-A Fish Hawk-Poetry-Lydgate's "Story of Thebes"-Humor-Man's Destiny-The Economy of Nature. |
308 |
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CHAPTER VII. 1845-1846 (At. 27-29) The Beginning of the Life at Walden-A House in the Catskills-The Vital Facts of Life-Relics of the Indians-Auxiliaries and Enemies of the Bean-Field-Therien, the Canadian Woodchopper-A Visit from Railroad Men-Life of Primitive Man-Wild Mice-The Written and the Spoken Language-The Interest and Importance of the Classics-The Fragrance of an Apple-The Race of Man-The Mansions of the Air-Echo-"The Crescent and the Cross"-Carnac-The Heroic Books-Screech Owls-Bullfrogs-Nature and Art-Childhood Memories of Walden Pond-Truth-John Field, a Shiftless Irishman, and his Family-A Hard and Emphatic Life-Language-Plastering the House-Primitive Houses-The Cost of a House-The Romans and Nature-Jehovah and Jupiter-Some Greek Myths-Difficulty of Getting a Living and Keeping out of Debt-The Fox as an Imperfect Man-Reading suggested by Hallam's History of Literature-The Necessaries of Life-A Dog Lost-Therien and the Chickadees-The Evening Robin-The Earth as a Garden-A Flock of Geese. |
361 |
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CHAPTER VIII. 1845-1847 (At. 27-30) The Hero-At Midnight's Hour-Wordsworth-Dying Young-The Present Time-Exaggeration-Carlyle's Discovery that he was not a Jackass-Longevity-Life and Death of Hugh Quoil, a Waterloo Soldier-Quoil's Deserted House-Old Clothes-Former Inhabitants of the Walden Woods-The Loon on Walden Pond-Ducks and Geese-The Pack of Hounds-An Unsuccessful Village-Concord Games-Animal Neighbors-Carlyle's Use of the Printer's Art-Northern Slavery-Brister and Zilpha-Making Bread-Emerson and Alcott-A Rabbit-A Town Officer. |
403 |
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CHAPTER IX. 1837-1847 (At. 20-30) Friends-The Loading and Launching of the Boat-Gracefulness-On the Merrimack-The Era of the Indian-Fate of the Indian-Criticism's Apology-Life-Suspicion-The Purple Finch-Gower's Poetry-Light-Indian Implements-Success in Proportion to Average Ability-Kindness-Fog-The Attitude of Quarles and his Contemporaries towards Nature-The Mystery of Life-Three-o'clock-in-the-Morning Courage-A Recent Book-Museums-Some Old English Poets-Our Kindred-Friendship-Skating after a Fox-To a Marsh Hawk in the Spring-The Gardener-A Fisherman's Account at the Store-Finny Contemporaries-Marlowe-Thaw-Modern Nymphs-Living by Self-Defense-The Survival of the Birds-The Slaughter-House-The Tragedy of the Muskrat-Carlyle not to be Studied-The Subject of the Lecture-The Character of our Life-The Sovereignty of the Mind-Cooperation. |
438 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| WHITE VIOLETS, Carbon photograph (page 304) | Frontispiece |
| VIEW FROM ANNURSNACK HILL Colored plate | Colored plate |
| HENRY DAVID THOREAU IN 1854, FROM THE ROWSE CRAYON IN THE CONCORD PUBLIC LIBRARY | 1 |
| FROST CRYSTALS AT THE MOUTH OF A HOLE IN A BANK | 22 |
| VIEW FROM ANNURSNACK HILL | 84 |
| TREES REFLECTED IN THE RIVER | 140 |
| WINTER LANDSCAPE FROM FAIRHAVEN HILL | 296 |