Word: thoreau
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Atlantic Monthly--"The close of the Victorian Epoch," by T. W. Higginson '41, "Journal," by H. D. Thoreau...
Afternoon Meeting.--"The Seabirds of the Oregon Coast," W. L. Finley (60 minutes); exhibition of lantern slides, W. L. Bailey (15 minutes); illustrated readings from Thoreau's journals, H. W. Gleason (45 minutes); "Experiments With Nesting Boxes," E. H. Forbush (15 minutes); "The Cormorants of Great Lake," T. G. Pearson (15 minutes...
...most striking parts of the book is the discussion of Calvinism and Unitarianism. The philosophy of these two movements, with their relations to history, and their literary results, have nowhere else been so carefully studied. On the other hand, Professor Wendell fails to understand Thoreau and Emerson. Grouping Thoreau with Alcott under the lesser men of Concord is clearly a lapse of judgment. The subject of transcendentalism is also handied in a somewhat superficial manner. The spirit of Emerson is also missed, perhaps because of over-emphasis on the "Yankee" element in Emerson. Mr. John J. Chapman...