Journal : autograph manuscript : Walden [Concord], [1845 July-Winter 1845/1846] | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Publication:Collection of Thoreau journals

Genre:diaries

Physical Description:1 volume (approximately 66 pages), bound ; 22.3 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:443221005

Notes:

Companion volume to Walden 1 (MA 1302.8), physically identical and concurrently kept, used primarily for literary drafts for "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" and the lectures on Walden life and Thomas Carlyle. It was probably begun at the same time, or slightly before, MA 1302.8, and finished somewhat earlier during the winter of 1845-1846.--Cf. Broderick

Originally 72 leaves, now 33 leaves. Written on ca. 67 pages paged irregularly 7-140 on 22 pages. Front free endpapers and pages 1-12, 19-26, 37-49, 43-70, 73-80, 105-106, 117-126 and 137-142 excised

With penciled index on the front and back paste-downs

Part of a collection of 39 journals written by Thoreau between 1837 and 1861. The journals are described in 39 individual records

High reserve

With a loose sheet with five blue and brown ink-blot designs