vii ILLUSTRATIONS SABBATIA Carbon photograph (page 264) Frontispiece THOREAU'S BOAT-LANDING, CONCORD RIVER Colored plate HENRY D. THOREAU, FROM THE RICKETSON MEDALLION (page 263) 1 CONCORD BATTLE-GROUND 24 WALDEN WOODS 122 THE HOSMER HOUSE 154 THOREAU'S BOAT-LANDING, CONCORD RIVER 236 FROM THE SUMMIT OF MONADNOCK 370 JOURNAL By Henry David Thoreau CONTENTS INTRODUCTION xix CHAPTER I. 1837 (Æt. 20) Opening of the Journal-Quotations from Goethe-Ducks at Goose Pond-The Arrowhead-With and Against the Stream-Discipline-Sunrise-Harmony-The World from a Hilltop-Hoar Frost-Measure-Thorns-Jack Frost-Druids- Immortality Post-The Saxons-Crystals-Revolutions-Heroes-The Interesting Facts in History. 3 CHAPTER II. 1838 (Æt. 20-21) The Saxons-Hoar Frost-Zeno, the Stoic-Small Talk-Old Books-Greece- Goethe-Homer-A Sunday Scene-What to Do-Composition-Scraps from a Lecture on Society-The Indian Axe-Friendship-Conversation-The Bluebirds-Journey to Maine-May Morning-Walden-Cliffs-Heroism-Divine Service-The Sabbath Bell-Holy War-The Loss of a Tooth-Deformity-Crickets-Sphere Music-Alma Natura-Compensation-My Boots-Speculation-Byron-Fair Haven-Scraps from an Essay on Sound and Silence-Anacreon's Ode to the Cicada-Anacreontics. 25 CHAPTER III. 1839 (Æt. 21-22) The Thaw-The Dream Valley-Love-The Evening Wind-The Peal of the Bells- The Shrike-Morning-The Teamster-Fat Pine for Spearing-Terra Firma in Society-The Kingdoms of the Earth-The Form of Strength-My Attic- Sympathy-Annursnack-The Assabet-The Breeze's Invitation-The Week on the Concord and Merrimack-The Walk to the White Mountains-The Wise Rest- Æschylus-Growth-Despondency-Linnæus-Bravery-Noon-Scraps xi from a Chapter on Bravery-Friendship-Crickets. 71 CHAPTER IV. 1840 (Æt. 22-23) The Fisher's Son-Friends-Poetry-A Tame Life-Æschylus-Truth-Duty-Beauty lives by Rhymes-Fishes-Muskrats-The Freshet-Important Events- Ornithology-Inward Poverty-Wild Ducks-The World as a Theatre for Action- Rain-Farewell, Etiquette!-War-The Beginning of the Voyage on the Concord and Merrimack-The Boat-End of the Journal of 546 Pages-Reflections-A Sonnet to Profane Swearing-Down the Concord-The Landscape through a Tumbler-Likeness and Difference-A Drum in the Night-The Inspired Body- Dullness-The Yankee Answer-Greek Philosophers-Rhythm and Harmony- Evening-Paradox-Sailing-A Stately March-Effort the Prerogative of Virtue-The True Poem-Sunrise-A Muster-The Great Ball-Fishing and Sporting-The Golden Mean-Grecian History-The Eye-True Art-Necessity- Dress-Bravery. 110 CHAPTER V. 1841 (Æt. 23-24)