Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. But a still more singular peculiarity marked the volume of 1873. As its printing went on, the publisher (mr. Niles) con sulted me in regard to it, finding Mr. Charming not always responsive to his suggestions; and finally said to me, for the author's information, that the volume was about fifty pages smaller than he had expected to make it. Could not Mr.