the Thoreau Log.
13 November 1851. Concord, Mass.

Thoreau writes in his journal:

  To Fair Haven Hill.

  A cold and dark afternoon, the sun being behind clouds in the west . . .

  The mountains are of an uncommonly dark blue . . .

  I see snow on the Peterboro hills, reflecting the sun . . .

  Just spent a couple of hours (eight to ten) with Miss Mary Emerson at Holbrook’s . . .

(Journal, 3:110-115)

Thoreau writes in his journal on 14 November:

  I met a man yesterday afternoon in the road who behaved as if he was deaf, and I talked with him in the cold in a loud tone for fifteen minutes, but that uncertainty about his ears, and the necessity I felt to talk loudly, took off the fine edge of what I had to say and prevented my saying anything satisfactory.
(Journal, 3:116)

Log Index

Log Pages

Donation

$