The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Familiar letters. Sketch of Thoreau's life from birth to twenty years ; Letters to his brother John and sister Helen ; Early friendship and correspondence with Emerson and his family ; Staten Island and New York letters to the Thoreaus and Emersons ; Correspondence with C. Lane, J. E. Cabot, Emerson, and Blake ; The shipwreck of Margaret Fuller ; An essay on love and chastity ; Moral epistles to Harrison Blake of Worcester ; Excursions to Cape Cod, New Bedford, New Hampshire, New York, and New Jersey ; Excursions to Monadnoc and Minnesota ; Last illness and death

by Henry David Thoreau