The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (1906)/Volume 4

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4150479The Writings of Henry David Thoreau — Volume IV1906Henry David Thoreau


CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE ix
CAPE COD
I. THE SHIPWRECK 8
II. STAGE-COACH VIEWS 19
III. THE PLAINS OF NAUSET 31
IV. THE BEACH 57
V. THE WELLFLEET OYSTERMAN 79
VI. THE BEACH AGAIN 102
VII. ACROSS THE CAFE 129
VIII. THE HIGHLAND LIGHT 150
IX. THE SEA AND THE DESERT 176
X. PROVINCETOWN 212


MISCELLANIES
THE SERVICE: QUALITIES OF THE RECRUIT 277
PARADISE (TO BE) REGAINED 280
HERALD OF FREEDOM 306
WENDELL PHILLIPS BEFORE THE CONCORD LYCEUM 311
THOMAS CARLYLE AND HIS WORKS 316
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 356
SLAVERY IN MASSACHUSETTS 388
A PLEA FOR CAPTAIN JOHN BROWN 409
THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN BROWN 441
AFTER THE DEATH OF JOHN BROWN 45l
LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE 455
INDEX 483

ILLUSTRATIONS

WHITE WATER-LILY, Carbon photograph (page 407) Frontispiece
SUNSET, CHATHAM HARBOR, Colored plate
SUNSET, CHATHAM HARBOR 96
A WINDMILL 84
THE PLAINS OF NAU8ET 40
BEACH BLUFFS, WELLFLEET SHORE 62
SHELLS ON THE BEACH 110