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Henry
David Thoreau's Essays, in Collections
as outlined
in episode seven of the video series, Studying Thoreau.
Here's a spreadsheet that shows
which essays are found in which volumes.
Click on titles or
photos to reach purchase links.
Classic Collections, in mostly chronological
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Excursions
(1863): [9 essays]
Thoreau, Henry David. Excursions. Boston: Ticknor &
Fields, 1863. Also includes Ralph Waldo Emerson’s
biographical sketch of Thoreau, which had been published in
the August 1862 issue of The Atlantic Monthly.
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Yankee / Reform (1866):
[9 essays]
Thoreau, Henry David. A Yankee in Canada, with
Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers. Boston: Ticknor &
Fields, 1866. Also includes the five essay-chapters that
make up A Yankee in Canada, as well as (by mistake?)
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay, “Prayers.” |
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Excursions (1893):
[9 essays]
Thoreau, Henry David.
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Volume IX: Excursions.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1893. Includes the
five essay-chapters of A Yankee in Canada. Also
includes “May Days” and “Days and Nights in Concord:” two
unique collections of entries from Thoreau’s journal,
gleaned from days in Mays, and then from days in Augusts and
Septembers. |
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Miscellanies (1893):
[11 essays]
Thoreau, Henry David. The Writings of Henry David
Thoreau. Volume X: Miscellanies. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Company, 1893. Also includes Emerson’s
biographical sketch of Thoreau, as well as an index to the
set. plus “The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus,” “Translations
from Pindar,” and 10 poems. |
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Cape
Cod and Miscellanies (1906): [11
essays]
Thoreau, Henry David.
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Volume 4: Cape Cod and
Miscellanies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company,
1906. Of course: also includes the full text of Cape
Cod. |
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Excursions and Poems
(1906): [9 essays]
Thoreau, Henry David.
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Volume 5: Excursions
and Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1906.
Includes the five essay-chapters of A Yankee in Canada,
as well as "The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus,"
"Translations from Pindar" and 22+ poems. |
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Portable (1947, 1962, et.
al): [6 essays]
Bode, Carl, ed. The Portable Thoreau. New York:
Penguin Books, 1947, 1962, et. al. Also includes A
Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and Walden;
parts of The Maine Woods, A Yankee in Canada,
and Cape Cod; some Journal entries; and 18 poems.
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Portable (2012): [6 essays]
Cramer, Jeffrey S., ed.
The Portable Thoreau. New York: Penguin Books, 2012.
Also includes Walden; parts of A Week on the
Concord and Merrimack Rivers, The Maine Woods,
and Cape Cod; some Journal entries; some
Correspondence; and 21 poems. |
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Reform Papers (1973):
[11 essays]
Thoreau, Henry David.
Reform Papers. (The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)
Edited by Wendell Glick. Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 1973. These contents are the same as Higher
Law (2004). |
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Higher Law (2004):
[11 essays]
Glick, Wendell, ed.
The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform.
With an introduction by Howard Zinn. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 2004. These contents are the same as
Reform Papers (1973).
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Early Essays and
Miscellanies (1975): [8
common essays]
Thoreau, Henry David.
Early Essays and Miscellanies. (The Writings of
Henry D. Thoreau) Edited by Joseph J. Moldenhauer, Edwin
Moser, and Alexander C. Kern. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1975. Contains a total of 53 essays.
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Excursions (2007):
[8 essays]
Moldenhauer, Joseph J., ed.
Excursions. (The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Also
includes the five essay-chapters of A Yankee in Canada. |
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Dover
(1993):
[5
essays]
Thoreau, Henry David.
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. (Dover Thrift
Editions) New York: Dover Publications, 1993, 2016.
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Library of America (2001):
[26
essays]
Thoreau, Henry David.
Collected Essays and Poems. (Library of America)
Edited by Elizabeth Hall Witherell. New York: Literary
Classics of the United States, 2001. Also includes the
five essay-chapters of A Yankee in Canada. |
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Autumnal Tints. Applewood Books, 1996. 62 pp. Paperback. |
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Wild Apples. Applewood Books, 1862 (reprint). 20 pp. Paperback. |
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Winter Walk. Applewood Books. Hardcover, 20 pp. |
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Friendship. Publishers and dates vary. Is actually the
"Wednesday" chapter of A Week on the Concord and
Merrimack Rivers.
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