8 9 3 f o 1 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 Walden Idonotproposetowriteanodeto dejection,buttobragaslustilyas chanticleerinthemorning,standingonhisroost, ifonlytowakemyneighborsup. —Page81 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T 8 9 3 f o 2 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T 8 9 3 f o 3 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 Walden H E N R Y D . T H O R E A U A F U L L Y A N N O T A T E D E D I T I O N EditedbyJeffreyS.Cramer YaleUniversityPress NewHavenandLondon 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T 8 9 3 f o 4 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 EdwardEmerson’smaponp.151courtesyofthe ThoreauSociety(RaymondAdamsCollection)andthe ThoreauInstituteatWaldenWoods Copyright©2004byYaleUniversity. Allrightsreserved. Thisbookmaynotbereproduced,inwholeorinpart, includingillustrations,inanyform(beyondthat copyingpermittedbySections107and108oftheU.S. CopyrightLawandexceptbyreviewersforthepublic press),withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublishers. DesignedbySoniaShannon. SetinAdobeGaramondtypebyTsengInformation Systems,Inc. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Thoreau,HenryDavid,1817–1862. Walden:afullyannotatededition/HenryD. Thoreau;editedbyJeffreyS.Cramer. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences(p.)andindex. isbn0-300-10466-9(alk.paper) 1.Thoreau,HenryDavid,1817–1862—Homesand haunts—Massachusetts—WaldenWoods. 2.Wildernessareas—Massachusetts—WaldenWoods. 3.Naturalhistory—Massachusetts—WaldenWoods. 4.WaldenWoods(Mass.)—Sociallifeandcustoms. 5.Authors,American—19thcentury—Biography. 6.Solitude. I.Cramer,JeffreyS.,1955– II.Title. ps3048.a2c73 2004 818'.303—dc22 2004009596 Acataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromthe BritishLibrary. Thepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelinesfor permanenceanddurabilityoftheCommitteeon ProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevityofthe CouncilonLibraryResources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T 8 9 3 f o 5 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 to my parents Russ and Flo Cramer Thoughtheparentscannotdeterminewhetherthe childshallbemaleorfemale,yet,methinks,it dependsonthemwhetherheshallbeaworthy additiontothehumanfamily. —Thoreauinhisjournal,23November1852 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T 8 9 3 f o 6 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T 8 9 3 f o 7 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 Contents listofillustrations ix preface xi acknowledgments xiii introduction xv walden Economy 1 WhereILived,andWhatILivedFor 78 Reading 97 Sounds 108 Solitude 125 Visitors 135 TheBean-Field 150 TheVillage 162 ThePonds 168 BakerFarm 194 HigherLaws 202 BruteNeighbors 214 House-Warming 228 FormerInhabitants;andWinterVisitors 246 WinterAnimals 262 ThePondinWinter 273 Spring 289 Conclusion 309 bibliography 327 notesonthetext choiceofcopytext 335 textualnotesandemendations 335 end-of-linehyphenation 341 index 345 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T 8 9 3 f o 8 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T 8 9 3 f o 9 t e e h s / N E D L A W / u a e r o h T 7 1 1 7 Illustrations DaguerreotypeofHenryDavidThoreau xv DetailfromH.F.Walling’smapofConcord xix DetailfromHerbertGleason’smapofConcord xxi FromthetitlepageofWalden,firstedition xxvii EdwardEmerson’smaplocatingThoreau’sbeanfield 151 Thoreau’ssurveyof WaldenPond 278 Illustrations ix 7 1 : 2 1 7 1 . 6 . 4 0 0 2 g n e s T