Essays

After the Death of John Brown

• Mr. Thoreau’s Remarks (1860: Echoes of Harper’s Ferry)
• After the Death of John Brown (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Anacreon

• Anacreon (1843: The Dial)

Aulus Persius Flaccus

• Aulus Persius Flaccus (1840: The Dial)

Autumnal Tints

• Autumnal Tints (1862: The Atlantic Monthly)
• Autumnal Tints (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Civil Disobedience

• Resistance to Civil Government (1849: Æsthetic Papers)
• Civil Disobedience (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Dark Ages

• Dark Ages (1843: The Dial)

Died. . . Miss Anna Jones

• Died. . . Miss Anna Jones (1837: Yeoman’s Gazette)

Herald of Freedom

• Herald of Freedom (1844: The Dial)
• Herald of Freedom (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Homer. Ossian. Chaucer

• Homer. Ossian. Chaucer (1844: The Dial)

The Landlord

• The Landlord (1843: The United States Magazine and Democratic Review)
• The Landlord (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

The Last Days of John Brown

• The Last Days of John Brown (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Life Without Principle

• Life Without Principle (1863: The Atlantic Monthly)
• Life Without Principle (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Natural History of Massachusetts

• Natural History of Massachusetts (1842: The Dial)
• Natural History of Massachusetts (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Night and Moonlight

• Night and Moonlight (1863: The Atlantic Monthly)
• Night and Moonlight (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Paradise (to be) Regained

• Paradise (to be) Regained (1843: The United States Magazine and Democratic Review)
• Paradise (to be) Regained (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

A Plea for Captain John Brown

• Lecture (1860: Echoes of Harper’s Ferry)
• A Plea for Captain John Brown (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Prayers

• The essay “Prayers” was included by the editors of A Yankee in Canada with Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866) in error, although it did contain the text of Thoreau’s poem, “Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf.” The essay, written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, was originally published without attribution in The Dial (July 1842). The error was corrected in Miscellanies (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894).

Resistance to Civil Government see Civil Disobedience

The Service

• The Service (1902: The Merrymount Press, Boston)
• The Service (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Sir Walter Raleigh

• Sir Walter Raleigh (1905: The Bibliophile Society)

Slavery in Massachusetts

• Slavery in Massachusetts (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)
• Slavery in Massachusetts (Digital Thoreau version: with reader comments)

The Succession of Forest Trees

• The Succession of Forest Trees (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Thomas Carlyle and His Works

• Thomas Carlyle and His Works (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

A Walk to Wachusett

• A Walk to Wachusett (1843: The Boston Miscellany)
• A Walk to Wachusett (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Walking

• Walking (1862: The Atlantic Monthly)
• Walking (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)
• Walking (Digital Thoreau version: with reader comments)

Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum

• Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

Wild Apples

• Wild Apples (1862: The Atlantic Monthly)
• Wild Apples (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)

A Winter Walk

• A Winter Walk (1843: The Dial)
• A Winter Walk (1906: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)