| INTRODUCTION |
| I |
| YEARS OF DISCIPLINE |
| SKETCH OF THOREAU'S LIFE FROM BIRTH TOTWENTY YEARS | [3] |
| LETTERS TO HIS BROTHER JOHN AND SISTERHELEN | [11] |
| EARLY FRIENDSHIP AND CORRESPONDENCEWITH EMERSON AND HIS FAMILY | [34] |
| STATEN ISLAND AND NEW YORK LETTERS TOTHE 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 OFWORCESTER | [209] |
| ACQUAINTANCE AND CORRESPONDENCE WITHDANIEL RICKETSON OF NEW BEDFORD | [237] |
| EXCURSIONS TO CAPE COD, NEW BEDFORD,NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, AND NEWJERSEY | [254] |
| EXCURSIONS TO MONADNOCK AND MINNESOTA | [364] |
| LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH | [395] |
| APPENDIX: LETTERS TO ISAAC HECKER ANDCALVIN H. GREENE | [403] |