Cape Cod (1865) Thoreau
CAPE COD.
BY
HENRY D. THOREAU,
AUTHOR OF "A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS,"
"WALDEN," "EXCURSIONS," "THE MAINE WOODS,"
ETC., ETC.
Principium erit mirari omnia, etiam tritissima,
Medium est calamo committere visa et utilia,
Finis erit naturam adcuratius adlineare, quam alius [si possumus].
Linnæus de Peregrinatione.
BOSTON:
TICKNOR AND FIELDS.
1865.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | The Shipwreck | 1 |
| II. | Stage-coach Views | 16 |
| III. | The Plains of Nauset | 27 |
| IV. | The Beach | 51 |
| V. | The Wellfleet Oysterman | 72 |
| VI. | The Beach again | 93 |
| VII. | Across the Cape | 118 |
| VIII. | The Highland Light | 138 |
| IX. | The Sea and the Desert | 163 |
| X. | Provincetown | 196 |
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
TICKNOR AND FIELDS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
University Press:
Welch, Bigelow, and Company,
Cambridge.
MR. THOREAU'S WRITINGS.
1 vol. 16 mo.
1 vol. 16 mo.
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1 vol. 16 mo.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack.
1 vol. 12 mo.
TICKNOR AND FIELDS, Publishers.
This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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