Contemporary Notices and Reviews of 
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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Providence Daily Journal (11 August 1854): p. 1

The author of this book, having his own ideas about life, built him a shanty on the banks of Walden Pond, in Concord, Mass., and lived there upon the labor of his hands for more than two years. This book is the story of his life; and as the incidents were not remarkably stirring, he has filled up the pages with his philosophy, which is shrewd and eccentric; and, altogether, the book is worth reading, which is saying a good deal in these times. 

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