whether of business or courtesy, would not excuse him from an answer, which was this:
TO MYRON B. BENTON (AT LEEDSVILLE, N. Y.). CONCORD, March 21, 1862. DEAR SIR,I thank you for your very kind letter, which, ever since I received it, I have intended to answer before I died, however briefly. I am encouraged to know, that, so far as you are concerned, I have not written my books in vain. I was particularly gratified, some years ago, when one of my friends and neighbors said, "I wish you would write another book, write it for me.” He is actually more familiar with what I have written than I am myself.
The verses you refer to in Conway's "Dial," were written by F. B. Sanborn of this town. I never wrote for that journal.
I am pleased when you say that in "The Week" you like especially "those little snatches of poetry interspersed through the book," for these, I suppose, are the least attractive to most readers. I have not been engaged in any particular work on Botany, or the like, though, if I were to live, I should have much to report on Natural History generally.
You ask particularly after my health. I suppose that I have not many months to live; but, of course, I know nothing about it. I may add
that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.
He died May 6, 1862; his mother died March 12, 1872, and his sister Sophia, October, 1876. With the death of his aunt, Maria Thoreau, nearly twenty years after her beloved nephew, the last person of the name in America (or perhaps in England) passed away.
The year of graduation at Harvard University is indicated for such of
the persons mentioned in this Index as were students there.
ABBY and Almira (Mrs. Miner and
Mrs. Small), 182.
Abercrombie, Scotch author, 29.
Abolition convention, 307.
Absence, from Concord, 58, 79-144,
281; in love and friendship, 88,
225.
Absorbing employment, 218, 269,
277, 315, 368.
"Abuse of the Bible," Mrs. Mott's,
115.
Abuse of Marriage, 240, 249.
Academy at Concord, 10, 27, 56.
Academy of Design, New York, 85.
Acclimation, 86, 92.
Accord in Friendship, 66, 177, 242,
308.
Action and Being, 191, 196, 215,
253, 266.
Acton, Mass., 410, 420, 423, 424.
Actual life, 8, 104, 192, 257, 273.
Adams, John, 3.
Adams' Latin Grammar, 28.
Adirondacs, 415, 420.
Admetus, king of Thessaly, 44, 51,
52, 269, 410.
Admiration, 184, 258, 392.
Ado about things, 8, 215, 236.
Adolescentula, E. White, 31, 35.
Adoration of Nature, 42, 75.
Advice, 28, 29, 78, 137, 144, 160, 172,
214, 224.
Eolian harp, 239.
Aerial effects, 105.
Aerial rivers, 67.
Eschylus, translated, 70, 121.
Africa, 233.
Agassiz, Louis, and Thoreau, 149-
157; mentioned, 165, 176, 363, 401.
Age of achievement, 143-219.
Agiocochook, N. H., 44.
Agriculturist newspaper, 127.
Aims in life, xi, 54, 69, 79, 105, 117,
141, 191, 197, 208, 225, 292, 307,
328.
Alabama, 334.
Alcott, A. Bronson (b. 1799, d.
1888), 58, 60, 70, 72, 73-6, 99, 124,
148, 161, 163, 173, 175, 181, 183-5,
189, 228-9, 287, 299, 332, 338, 357,
364, 388, 396, 402, 414, 436, 438,
441, 460; acquaintance with Tho-
reau, 58, 60, 75, 163, 164, 181, etc.;
at home in Fruitlands, 75, 99; in
Boston, 285; in Walpole, 332; in
Concord, at Orchard House, 388,
435; builds Emerson's summer-
house, 161–163; in Concord jail,
60; chosen school sup't, 436; di-
ary of, 348; holds conversations
in Concord, 60, 75, 402; in Eagles-
wood, N. J., 340; in New York,
333, 348; dines with Thoreau, 61;
visits with Thoreau in New Bed-
ford, 357; in Plymouth, 364; in
Brooklyn, 349; describes Walt
Whitman, 349; at Thoreau's fu-
neral, 76; letter from, 460; letter
to, 332.
Alcott, Mrs. A. B., 333, 436.
Alcott, Louisa May, 333, 377, 436.
Alehouse, in New York, 94.
Alexander the Great, ix.
Alfieri, 352.
Allegash, Maine river, 382.
Allen, Phineas, 10.
All for love, 243.
Almshouse (of Concord), 91,175, 400.
Alone in the world, 197.
Alpheus, Grecian river, 109.
America, its commercial spirit, 8, 9;
its Indians, 13-21, 130, 239, 292,
313, 339, 366, 369, 452; mentioned,
321.
Americana, Encyclopedia, 20, 21.
American authors, viii, 20, 27, 51,
57, 59, 61, 68, 76, 80, 94-96, 110,
112, 123, 128, 133, 139, 143, 149,
154, 173, 174, 184, 190, 203, 207,
220, 228, 229, 283, 313, 321, 324, 340,
345, 348, 357, 364, 388, 396, 401,
421, 458, 461.
American bards, 137, 341.
American birds, 14, 23, 26, 31, 34,
48, 88, 184, 227, 270, 409, 425, 434.
American characteristics, 9, 93, 101,
127, 130, 165, 252, 276, 434.
American cities, 81, 93, 130, 225,
335, 348, 397, 401.
American politics, 18, 19, 168, 334,
American privateer, General Lin-
coln, 3.
American Revolution, 11, 414.
Amherst, N. H., 354.
Amanitates Botanicæ, a book, 249.
Anawan, an Indian, 16.
Anchoring a mountain, 376.
Ancients, wisdom of the, 136, 350,
351.
Annihilation Company, 233.
Anti-Sabbath convention, 189.
Anti-slavery meetings, 302, 413, 414.
Anti-Slavery Standard, The, 53, 289.
Appearances, 213, 274.
Apples, Baldwin, 256; Dead Sea,
411; frozen-thawed, 214; of Hes-
perides, 256; planted by Thoreau,
427.
Architecture, Alcott's, 163.
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BABYLON, ancient, 270.
Babylon, N. Y., 121.
Bacon mentioned, 136.
Bacchus, Whitman compared to,
349.
Bag of gold in swimming, 373.
Baldwin apples, 256.
Bangor, Me., 142, 158, 381.
Banks, 194; failures of, 371–373.
Barberries, 187, 211; barberrying,
413.
Bartlett, Dr. Josiah (H. U. 1816),
164, 182, 184, 301.
Bartlett, Robert (H. U. 1836), 68.
Battery, New York, 101.
Battles, 410; in the cloud, 384.
Bay of New York, 125, 336; of
Plymouth, 353.
Beach at Fire Island, 220, 223; at
Staten Island, x, 83, 98, 102; at
Truro, 302, 305, 412.
Beasts, 251, 432.
"Beauties of Ancient English Poe-
try," 77.
"Architecture, Seven Lamps of" Beauty, 239; Emerson's Ode to,
(Ruskin), 374.
Arnica mollis, 389, 390.
Arnold, Benedict, 378, 379.
Arnold, Mr., 396.
Armies, 307, 378, 411.
Arrow-heads, 4, 20, 114.
Art, 112, 374.
Ash-man, is God an? 294.
Ask to see God, 197.
Asnebumskit, 234, 329, 330.
Assabet, the river, vii, 318.
Assawampsett, 313.
Assisting Nature, 314.
Associations: Brook Farm, 372;
Fourierite, 96, 115, 124, 372.
Assyria, 253, 270.
Astor House, New York, 131.
Astor Library, 335.
Astronomy at Cambridge, 159, 164;
at Concord, 159.
Atlantic Monthly, 284, 458.
137-140; Ruskin on, 374.
Beautiful laws, 213.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 340.
Bedfellows, 263, 273.
Beer, small and strong, 168, 178,
179.
Beggars, 344.
Beggar-ticks, 338.
Behemoth, 278.
Bellew, F., an artist. 335.
Bellows, Rev. H. W. (H. U. 1832),
125.
Bemis, George, Concord printer, 19.
Benjamin, Park, 128.
Bennet's account of Middleborough,
313.
Benton, Myron B., 461.
Berkshire, mentioned, 324.
Berries, 25, 133.
Betty's Neck, Middleborough, 313.
Biberg, J. (naturalist), quoted, 249.
Atlantic Ocean, x, 15, 82, 98, 220, Bible, mentioned, 74, 116, 136.
230, 304, 353, 412.
Atlas, the Giant, 292, 418.
Aulus Persius, 3, 189.
Australian Englishman, 393.
Bigelow, Dr. J., 21.
Birney, James G., 333-381.
Birth, spiritual, 254.
Black, Mrs., 97.
Black, Sam (a cat), 32, 36.
Blake, Harrison Gray Otis (H. U.
1835), 189-191, 228, 280, 329; let-
ters from, 190, 209, 251, 281; let-
ters to, 192, 197, 208, 209, 213,
216, 223, 234, 237, 251, 261, 266,
271, 275, 289, 291, 301-308, 316,
326-332, 339-347, 354, 357, 359,
368-378, 385, 389, 409, 413, 415-
425, 428, 443; tours with, 235,
282, 388; visits from, 190, 301,
316.
Blakians, sugar candy, 329.
Blood, Perez, 159, 160, 164.
Blueberries, 25, 429.
Bluebirds, 14, 23, 24, 396, 434.
Bluebird box, 24.
Blue-eyed grass, 42.
Bluffs, in Minnesota, 446.
Body and soul, 198, 218, 257.
Bonaparte, anecdote of, 277.
Bonnets of Quakers, 115.
Books, catalogue of, 69, 73, 311.
Boston, Agassiz in, 149-157; Alcott
in, 228, 285; clubs ridiculed, 401;
"Dial" mentioned, 44, 67, 69–74,
89, 92, 99, 103, 111, 128, 135-139,
141; lectures and lecturers, 154,
227, 228, 231, 413; Miscellany, 99,
103, 122; packet for Cape Cod,
303, 304; publishers, 99, 122, 166,
219, 281, 311, 388, 458.
Botany, Thoreau's skill in, 1, 282,
287.
Botta, Mrs. Anne Lynch, 348.
Bradbury and Soden, publishers,
99, 122.
Bradford, George P. (H. U. 1825),
74, 364.
Bradford, T. G. (H. U. 1822), 20.
Brahma, 210.
Brahmins, 270, 351.
Brattleboro, Vt., 332.
Bread, discourse on, 197-199, 307;
daily, 205; mentioned, 317.
Briars, a field near Walden, 145.
Bride and bridegroom, 240, 249, 354.
Broadway, New York, 83, 101, 335,
341.
Brooklawn, New Bedford, 311, 320.
Brooklyn, N. Y., 82, 339, 346, 348.
Brown, Deacon Reuben, 169.
Brown, John, of Osawatomie, 339,
392, 415, 420; comes to Concord,
414; his capture and execution,
413-415; is eulogized by Thoreau,
414; his companions, 422-424.
Brown, John, Jr., son of preceding,
visits North Elba and Boston, 420.
Brown, Mrs. See Jackson.
Brown, Theo., of Worcester, 287,
301, 331, 335, 342, 345, 358, 368,
389, 406.
Brown, Dr. Thomas, of Edinburgh,
29.
Browne, Sir Thomas, 183.
Brownson, O. A., 4.
Buddhist, 128.
Buffaloes, 14, 17, 130.
Buffum, Arnold, 337.
Bull, E. W. (Concord grape), 436.
Bulwer, Lord Lytton, 31, 34.
Bunsen, works of, 321.
Burnham, a Boston bookseller, 311.
Burning woods, 168, 363, 391.
Burns, Thoreau's grandmother, 6.
Business, remarks on, 8, 127, 186,
204, 206, 372, 410.
Butternuts, in New York, 19.
Buying clothes, 127, 271; a house,
169-172; wood, 294.
CABMEN of New York, 81.
Cabot, J. Elliott (H. U. 1840), 149,
155, 226; letters to, 150-154, 186;
letters from 155, 157, 227.
Cactus, 32, 36.
Caddis-worms, 153.
Cadi, Turkish, 270.
Cage, lion in, 404.
Cake, for journeys, 383.
Calcutta, bishop of (R. Heber), 284.
Calf, the young bunting, 162.
California, 252, 260, 366.
Calling in life, 78, 117, 129, 144, 187,
196, 202, 206, 210, 218, 234, 254,
264.
Calyx, 239; the thalamus or bridal
chamber, 250.
Cambridge, Mass., 4, 7, 10, 52, 77–79,
130, 154, 159, 165, 272, 286, 299,
300, 336, 361, 364; library, 299;
observatory, 159, 164.
Camp, Thoreau's, on Monadnoc,
422.
Camping out, 421, 429, 432.
Canada, mentioned, 259, 297, 324,
378-380, 398, 399; story, 207, 260;
lynx, 427.
Candidates, 17, 19, 168, 232, 254.
Candor, in friendship, 66, 95, 163.
Canoes, 130, 301, 379-882.
Canton, Mass., Thoreau's school at,
4.
Cape Cod, mentioned, 290, 302-305,
366, 367; excursions to, 302, 359,
366, 412.
Cares, 310, 416.
Carlisle, Mass., 17, 19, 160.
Carlton House, New York, 64.
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