Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. In particular, numerous spelling differences between the text and the Appendices were retained. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Page 5, "Moved to Pinkney" is possibly a typo for "Moved to Pinckney". Footnote 3: "St. Helier's" should possibly be "St. Helier". Page 54, "It is not buried liked" should possibly be "It is not buried like". Page 235, "12 M." should possibly be "12 P.M." The index cross-references to "Melilot," "Mist," "Toad," "Nighthawk," "Nuphar," "Aphorisms," "Earth-songs," "Loring's Pond," don't seem to exist. The index entry for Pepin Lake is incomplete. THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU IN TWENTY VOLUMES VOLUME VI MANUSCRIPT EDITION LIMITED TO SIX HUNDRED COPIES NUMBER ---- [Illustration: _Sabbatia (page 264)_] [Illustration: _Thoreau's Boat-landing, Concord River_] THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU FAMILIAR LETTERS EDITED BY F. B. SANBORN ENLARGED EDITION BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY MDCCCCVI COPYRIGHT 1865 BY TICKNOR AND FIELDS COPYRIGHT 1894 AND 1906 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. _All rights reserved_ 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_