the Thoreau Log.
27 December 1854.

Nantucket, Mass. Thoreau writes in his journal:

  To Nantucket via Hyannis in misty rain . . .

  Captain Edward W. Gardiner (where I spent the night) thought there was a beach at Barnegat similar to that at Cape Cod . . .

  At Ocean house I copied from William Coffin’s Map of the town (1834) this: 30, 590 acres including 3 isles beside.

(Journal, 7:91-92)

New Bedford, Mass. The New Bedford Evening Standard reviews Thoreau lecture of 26 December:

  We are compelled to omit from want of room, our notice of the lyceum lecture last evening, by Mr. Thoreau of Concord. His subject was “Getting a Living.” The lecture displayed much thought, but was in some respects decidedly peculiar.
(“What Shall It Profit“)

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