The
Biographical
Sketch by Emerson which prefaced the latter
appears in the first volume of the present edition.
appears in the first volume of the present edition.
Thoreau - Excursions and Poems
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
In Twenty Volumes
VOLUME V
Manuscript Edition
Limited to Six Hundred Copies
Number ----
[Illustration: _Apple Blossoms (page 294)_]
[Illustration: _Wild Apple Tree_]
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
EXCURSIONS AND POEMS
Boston and New York
Houghton Mifflin and Company
MDCCCCVI
Copyright 1865 and 1866 by Ticknor and Fields
Copyright 1893 and 1906 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE xi
EXCURSIONS
A YANKEE IN CANADA
I. CONCORD TO MONTREAL 3
II. QUEBEC AND MONTMORENCI 20
III. ST. ANNE 40
IV. THE WALLS OF QUEBEC 69
V. THE SCENERY OF QUEBEC; AND THE
RIVER ST. LAWRENCE 85
NATURAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS 103
A WALK TO WACHUSETT 133
THE LANDLORD 153
A WINTER WALK 163
THE SUCCESSION OF FOREST TREES 184
WALKING 205
AUTUMNAL TINTS 249
WILD APPLES 290
NIGHT AND MOONLIGHT 323
TRANSLATIONS
THE PROMETHEUS BOUND OF AESCHYLUS 337
TRANSLATIONS FROM PINDAR 375
POEMS
NATURE 395
INSPIRATION 396
THE AURORA OF GUIDO 399
TO THE MAIDEN IN THE EAST 400
TO MY BROTHER 403
GREECE 404
THE FUNERAL BELL 405
THE MOON 406
THE FALL OF THE LEAF 407
THE THAW 409
A WINTER SCENE 410
TO A STRAY FOWL 411
POVERTY 412
PILGRIMS 413
THE DEPARTURE 414
INDEPENDENCE 415
DING DONG 417
OMNIPRESENCE 417
INSPIRATION (QUATRAIN) 418
MISSION 418
DELAY 418
PRAYER 418
A LIST OF THE POEMS AND BITS OF VERSE
SCATTERED AMONG THOREAU'S PROSE
WRITINGS EXCLUSIVE OF THE JOURNAL 420
INDEX 423
ILLUSTRATIONS
APPLE BLOSSOMS, _Carbon photograph (page 294)_ _Frontispiece_
WILD APPLE TREE, _Colored plate_
MONTREAL FROM MOUNT ROYAL 98
MOUNT WACHUSETT FROM THE WAYLAND HILLS 134
THE OLD MARLBOROUGH ROAD 214
FALLEN LEAVES 270
WILD APPLE TREE 300
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The "Excursions" of the present volume follow the arrangement of the
volume bearing that title in the Riverside Edition, which differed
somewhat as to contents from the "Excursions" collected by Thoreau's
sister after his death, and published in 1863 by Messrs. Ticknor &
Fields.
The Biographical Sketch by Emerson which prefaced the latter
appears in the first volume of the present edition.
"A Yankee in Canada," which here, as in the Riverside Edition, is made
the first of the series of Excursions, was formerly published in a
volume with "Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers. " Thoreau made this
excursion to Canada with his friend Ellery Channing, and sent his
narrative to Mr. Greeley, who wrote him regarding it, March 18, 1852:
"I shall get you some money for the articles you sent me, though not
immediately. As to your long account of a Canadian tour, I don't know.
It looks unmanageable. Can't you cut it into three or four, and omit
all that relates to time? The cities are described to death, but I
know you are at home with Nature, and that _she_ rarely and slowly
changes. Break this up, if you can, and I will try to have it
swallowed and digested. " Thoreau appears to have taken Greeley's
advice, and the narrative was divided into chapters. But after it had
been begun in _Putnam's_ in January, 1853, where it was entitled
"Excursion to Canada," the author and the editor, who appears from
the following letter to have been Mr. G. W. Curtis, disagreed
regarding the expediency of including certain passages, and Thoreau
withdrew all after the third chapter. The letter is as follows:--
NEW YORK, January 2, 1853.
FRIEND THOREAU.
Images of the original pages are available through
Internet Archive. See
http://archive. org/details/writingsofhenryd05thorrich
Transcriber's note:
Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
In Twenty Volumes
VOLUME V
Manuscript Edition
Limited to Six Hundred Copies
Number ----
[Illustration: _Apple Blossoms (page 294)_]
[Illustration: _Wild Apple Tree_]
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
EXCURSIONS AND POEMS
Boston and New York
Houghton Mifflin and Company
MDCCCCVI
Copyright 1865 and 1866 by Ticknor and Fields
Copyright 1893 and 1906 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE xi
EXCURSIONS
A YANKEE IN CANADA
I. CONCORD TO MONTREAL 3
II. QUEBEC AND MONTMORENCI 20
III. ST. ANNE 40
IV. THE WALLS OF QUEBEC 69
V. THE SCENERY OF QUEBEC; AND THE
RIVER ST. LAWRENCE 85
NATURAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS 103
A WALK TO WACHUSETT 133
THE LANDLORD 153
A WINTER WALK 163
THE SUCCESSION OF FOREST TREES 184
WALKING 205
AUTUMNAL TINTS 249
WILD APPLES 290
NIGHT AND MOONLIGHT 323
TRANSLATIONS
THE PROMETHEUS BOUND OF AESCHYLUS 337
TRANSLATIONS FROM PINDAR 375
POEMS
NATURE 395
INSPIRATION 396
THE AURORA OF GUIDO 399
TO THE MAIDEN IN THE EAST 400
TO MY BROTHER 403
GREECE 404
THE FUNERAL BELL 405
THE MOON 406
THE FALL OF THE LEAF 407
THE THAW 409
A WINTER SCENE 410
TO A STRAY FOWL 411
POVERTY 412
PILGRIMS 413
THE DEPARTURE 414
INDEPENDENCE 415
DING DONG 417
OMNIPRESENCE 417
INSPIRATION (QUATRAIN) 418
MISSION 418
DELAY 418
PRAYER 418
A LIST OF THE POEMS AND BITS OF VERSE
SCATTERED AMONG THOREAU'S PROSE
WRITINGS EXCLUSIVE OF THE JOURNAL 420
INDEX 423
ILLUSTRATIONS
APPLE BLOSSOMS, _Carbon photograph (page 294)_ _Frontispiece_
WILD APPLE TREE, _Colored plate_
MONTREAL FROM MOUNT ROYAL 98
MOUNT WACHUSETT FROM THE WAYLAND HILLS 134
THE OLD MARLBOROUGH ROAD 214
FALLEN LEAVES 270
WILD APPLE TREE 300
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The "Excursions" of the present volume follow the arrangement of the
volume bearing that title in the Riverside Edition, which differed
somewhat as to contents from the "Excursions" collected by Thoreau's
sister after his death, and published in 1863 by Messrs. Ticknor &
Fields.
The Biographical Sketch by Emerson which prefaced the latter
appears in the first volume of the present edition.
"A Yankee in Canada," which here, as in the Riverside Edition, is made
the first of the series of Excursions, was formerly published in a
volume with "Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers. " Thoreau made this
excursion to Canada with his friend Ellery Channing, and sent his
narrative to Mr. Greeley, who wrote him regarding it, March 18, 1852:
"I shall get you some money for the articles you sent me, though not
immediately. As to your long account of a Canadian tour, I don't know.
It looks unmanageable. Can't you cut it into three or four, and omit
all that relates to time? The cities are described to death, but I
know you are at home with Nature, and that _she_ rarely and slowly
changes. Break this up, if you can, and I will try to have it
swallowed and digested. " Thoreau appears to have taken Greeley's
advice, and the narrative was divided into chapters. But after it had
been begun in _Putnam's_ in January, 1853, where it was entitled
"Excursion to Canada," the author and the editor, who appears from
the following letter to have been Mr. G. W. Curtis, disagreed
regarding the expediency of including certain passages, and Thoreau
withdrew all after the third chapter. The letter is as follows:--
NEW YORK, January 2, 1853.
FRIEND THOREAU.
