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Collected essays and poems / Henry David Thoreau.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of America ; 124Publication details: New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, c2001.Description: xiv, 703 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1883011957 (alk. paper)
  • 9781883011956 (alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Selections. 2001
LOC classification:
  • PS3042 2001
Contents:
Essays. Aulus Persius Flaccus -- The service -- Natural history of Massachusetts -- A walk to Wachusett -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- Dark ages -- A winter walk -- The landlord -- Paradise (to be) regained -- Homer. Ossian. Chaucer : extracts from a lecture on poetry read before the Concord Lyceum, November 29, 1843 by Henry D. Thoreau -- Herald of freedom -- Wendell Phillips before Concord Lyceum -- Thomas Carlyle and his works -- Civil disobedience -- Walking -- A Yankee in Canada -- Love -- Chastity & sensuality -- Slavery in Massachusetts -- Life without principle -- Autumnal tints -- A plea for Captain John Brown -- Martyrdom of John Brown -- The last days of John Brown -- The succession of forest trees : an address before the Middlesex (Mass.) Agricultural Society -- Wild apples -- Huckleberries -- Poems.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Essays. Aulus Persius Flaccus -- The service -- Natural history of Massachusetts -- A walk to Wachusett -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- Dark ages -- A winter walk -- The landlord -- Paradise (to be) regained -- Homer. Ossian. Chaucer : extracts from a lecture on poetry read before the Concord Lyceum, November 29, 1843 by Henry D. Thoreau -- Herald of freedom -- Wendell Phillips before Concord Lyceum -- Thomas Carlyle and his works -- Civil disobedience -- Walking -- A Yankee in Canada -- Love -- Chastity & sensuality -- Slavery in Massachusetts -- Life without principle -- Autumnal tints -- A plea for Captain John Brown -- Martyrdom of John Brown -- The last days of John Brown -- The succession of forest trees : an address before the Middlesex (Mass.) Agricultural Society -- Wild apples -- Huckleberries -- Poems.