Saturday, August 9, 2014

"Walden" published.

August 9

Wednesday --To Boston.

"Walden" published. Elder-berries. Waxwork yellowing.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, August 9, 1854

"Walden" published. See August 9, 1853 ("I trust, too, that I am maturing some small fruit as palatable in these months, which will communicate my flavor to my kind."); ;August 18, 1853 (“[N]ow is the season of fruits; but where is our fruit?”);  March 28, 1854 ("Got first proof of "Walden.””); June 17, 1854 (“The  season of small fruits has arrived. We are a little saddened, because we begin to see the interval between our hopes and their fulfillment.”)

August 9. See A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau,  August 9



A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau
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out-of-doors, in its own locality.”
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