Contemporary Notices and Reviews of 
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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"New Publications"
Boston Herald (29 August 1854): p. 2, col. 3.

Mr. Thoreau lived the life of a philosopher, in a house built by his own hands in a picturesque out-of-the-way spot, for the space of two years and a half.  In the volume before us, he has described his mode of building and living, in detail, but has mixed up his philosophical and ethical theories with these descriptions in a very original manner. Mr. Thoreau is a transcendentalist, and has evidently read and heard Theodore Barker [sic].  His book is a readable and interesting one. 

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