Excursions is an 1863 anthology of several essays by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The anthology contains an introduction entitled "Biographical Sketch" in which fellow transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson provides a description of Thoreau. The book, other than R. W. Emerson's biography of Thoreau, contains nine of Thoreau's essays: Natural History of Massachusetts, A Walk to Wachusett, The Landlord, A Winter Walk, The Succession of Forest Trees, Walking, Autumnal Tints, Wild Apples, and Night and Moonlight. - (summary from Wikipedia.org)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Biographical Sketch by R.W. Emerson - Part I
24:10 - Chapter 2
Biographical Sketch by R.W. Emerson - Part II
22:37 - Chapter 3
Biographical Sketch by R.W. Emerson - Part III
16:01 - Chapter 4
Natural History of Massachusetts - Part I
25:27 - Chapter 5
Natural History of Massachusetts - Part II
24:43 - Chapter 6
Natural History of Massachusetts - Part III
18:49 - Chapter 7
A Walk to Wachusett - Part I
22:40 - Chapter 8
A Walk to Wachusett - Part II
23:27 - Chapter 9
The Landlord
22:30 - Chapter 10
A Winter Walk - Part I
28:22 - Chapter 11
A Winter Walk - Part II
23:03 - Chapter 12
The Succession of Forest Trees - Part I
29:29 - Chapter 13
The Succession of Forest Trees - Part II
20:24 - Chapter 14
Walking - Part I
27:12 - Chapter 15
Walking - Part II
24:47 - Chapter 16
Walking - Part III
28:35 - Chapter 17
Walking - Part IV
21:41 - Chapter 18
Autumnal Tints - Part I
23:29 - Chapter 19
Autumnal Tints - Part II
22:40 - Chapter 20
Autumnal Tints - Part III
22:44 - Chapter 21
Autumnal Tints - Part IV
26:53 - Chapter 22
Wild Apples - Part I
25:48 - Chapter 23
Wild Apples - Part II
25:21 - Chapter 24
Wild Apples - Part III
24:25 - Chapter 25
Night and Moonlight
23:34