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Excursions (1863)
by Henry David Thoreau

Excursions is an anthology of nine essays, all previously published, by Henry David Thoreau. The collection was published posthumously, and includes a biographical sketch by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The copy presented here is the first edition, published in the United States in 1863.

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EXCURSIONS.

BY

HENRY D. THOREAU.

AUTHOR OF "WALDEN," AND "A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS."

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

1863.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Biographical Sketch 7
Natural History of Massachusetts 37
A Walk to Wachusett 73
The Landlord 97
A Winter Walk 109
The Succession of Forest Trees 135
Walking 161
Autumnal Tints 215
Wild Apples 266
Night and Moonlight 307

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by

Ticknor & Fields,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON.

MR. THOREAU'S WRITINGS.


I.

WALDEN.

1 vol. 16mo. Price $1.25.

II.

A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND
MERRIMACK RIVERS.

1 vol. 12mo. Price $1.50.

TICKNOR AND FIELDS, Publishers.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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