At periods for nearly fifty years
after his death, various works have been compiled from this _Journal_. The
volumes published under the titles, _Early Spring in Massachusetts_ (1881),
_Summer_ (1884), _Winter_ (1887), _Autumn_ (1892), and _Notes on New
England Birds_ (1910) were not arranged by him in their present form.
Editors searched his _Journal_ for entries dealing with the same season or
type of life, and put these in the same volume. Sometimes, as, for
instance, in _Winter_, paragraphs separated by an interval of nineteen
years in composition become neighbors. In spite of the somewhat fragmentary
nature of these works, lovers of Thoreau become intensely interested in
them. His _Journal_ in the form in which he left it was finally published
in 1906, in fourteen volumes containing 6811 printed pages. He differs from
the majority of writers because the interest in his work increases with the
passing of the years.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS.--Thoreau's object was to discover how to live a
rich, full life with a broad margin of leisure. Intimate companionship with
nature brought this secret to him, and he has taught others to increase the
joys of life from sympathetic observation of everyday occurrences.
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