Contemporary Notices and Reviews of 
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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Daily Alta California (23 September 1854): p. 264

This is a strange book, the history of a philosopher living in the woods, a sort of Robinson Crusoe life. It shows the simplicity with which life can be conducted, stripped of some of its conventionalities, and the whole narrative is imbued with a deep philosophical spirit. Altogether besides being beautifully written, it has an air of originality which is quite taking. We commend it to our readers.

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