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"Hardly a man takes a half hour's nap after dinner, but when he wakes
he holds up his head and asks, 'What's the news?' as if the rest of mankind had stood
his sentinels."
----Walden
Announcements of the publication of Thoreau Edition volumes, upcoming events of
interest, and new features of this Web site will appear here. Project and Web site awards are listed and described on our awards page.
Journal 7: 1853-1854: Our latest volume can be ordered now from Princeton University Press.
Online Journal Transcript: This comprises transcripts of the sixteen manuscript volumes Thoreau kept from September 3, 1854, through his last entry on November 3, 1861. Transcribed, unedited versions of Thoreau's
manuscript Journal volumes 18 (September 3, 1854 - May 12, 1855), 19 (May 13, 1855 - January 3, 1856), 20 (January 4 - April 23, 1856), 21 (April 23 - September 6, 1856), 22 (September 7, 1856 - April 1, 1857), 23 (April 2 - July 31, 1857), 24 (July 31 - November 25, 1857), 25 (November 25, 1857 - June 4, 1858), 26 (June 4 - July 8, 1858), 27 (July 9 - November 9, 1858), 28 (November 9, 1858 - April 7, 1859), 29 (April 8 - September 21, 1859), 30 (September 22, 1859 - February 13, 1860), 31 (February 15 - July 22, 1860), 32 (July 23 - November 22, 1860), and 33 (November 23, 1860 - November 3, 1861) can be viewed by visiting the Online Journal Transcript page.
Walden Anniversary Paperback Series: In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Walden, Princeton University Press has released a paperback series of five Thoreau Edition texts with new introductions: Cape Cod (introduced by Robert Pinsky), The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform (introduced by Howard Zinn), The Maine Woods (introduced by Paul Theroux), Walden (introduced by John Updike), and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (introduced by John McPhee).
We the People: The Thoreau Edition has been designated a National Endowment for the Humanities "We the People" project because of the importance of Thoreau's writings in American history and culture.
Find a Quotation: Find the context of your favorite Thoreau quotation in this database.
Gleason Exhibit: The Concord Free Public Library offers a Web version of the exhibit "'Yours for the Conservation of Natural Beauty': The Landscape Photography of Herbert Wendell Gleason." |
