WRITINGS OF H. D. THOREAU. His power of observation seemed to indicate additional senses. He saw as with microscope, heard as with ear-trumpet; and his memory was a photographic register of all he saw and heard. - R. W. EMERSON. Their enchantment never palls upon the sense: they charm the reader into love of the scene, if not of the writer, and fill his memory with sweet and pleasant images of the beauty and mystery of Nature. - GEORGE RIPLEY, in New York Tribune. WALDEN: Or Life in the Woods. 12mo, $1.50. A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS. 12m0, $1.50. EXCURSIONS IN FIELD AND FOREST. With a Biographical Sketch by R. W. EMErson. 12m0, $1.50. CONTENTS: Biographical Sketch by R. W. EMERSON; Natural History of Massachusetts; A Walk to Wachusett; The Landlord; A Winter Walk: The Succession of Forest Trees; Walking; Autumnal Tints; Wild Apples; Night and Moonlight. THE MAINE WOODS. 12m0, $1.50. CONTENTS: Ktaadn; Chesuncook; The Allegash and East Branch. CAPE COD. 12mo, $1.50. CONTENTS: The Shipwreck; Stage Coach Views; The Plains of Nauset; The Beach; The Wellfleet Oysterman; The Beach again; Across the Cape; The Highland Light; The Sea and the Desert; Provincetown. LETTERS TO VARIOUS PERSONS, to which are added a few Poems. 12mo, $1.50. A YANKEE IN CANADA. With Antislavery and Reform Papers. 12m0, $1.50. The first part of this book describes a trip to Canada. The second part comprises Slavery in Massachusetts; Prayers; Civil Disobedience; A Plea for Capt. John Brown; Paradise (to be) Regained; Herald of Freedom; Thomas Carlyle and his Works; Life without Principle; Wendell Phillips before the Concord Lyceum; The Last Days of John Brown. EARLY SPRING IN MASSACHUSETTS. From the Journal of HENRY D. THOREAU. 12mo, gilt top, $1.50. For sale by Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers, HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., BOSTON, MASS. |