''Excursions'' is an 1863 anthology of several

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s by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The anthology contains an introduction entitled "Biographical Sketch" in which fellow transcendentalist

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provides a description of Thoreau. The book, other than R. W. Emerson's biography of Thoreau, contains nine of Thoreau's essays: ''

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'', ''

A Walk to Wachusett "A Walk to Wachusett" is an essay written by Henry David ThoreauHowe, Daniel Walker, ''What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848''. . recounting an excursion he took with a companion, Richard Fuller, from Concord, Massachus ...

'', ''The Landlord'', ''A Winter Walk'', ''The Succession of Forest Trees'', ''

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'', ''Autumnal Tints'', ''Wild Apples'', and ''Night and Moonlight''.

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* * Essay collections Works by Henry David Thoreau {{Anthology-book-stub