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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
MDCCCCVI

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COPYRIGHT 1894 AND 1906 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

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CONTENTS

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]
GENERAL INDEX TO THOREAU'S WORKS[417]

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