Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . would not sell it to him. I think theplan surprised her, and have heard shesmiled: but he produced his wallet, gaveher the pistareen, and went his wayrejoicing with the book, which remain-ed in his small library. The fact that he bought Foxs book,and buying a book meant a good dealto him, even though he only paidtwenty cents for it, that fact, showsthat Thoreau had a great interest inthe place. If you will read it over or even lookup the references to it among his collect-ed works, you will easily see what theattraction was to Thoreau in o
Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . would not sell it to him. I think theplan surprised her, and have heard shesmiled: but he produced his wallet, gaveher the pistareen, and went his wayrejoicing with the book, which remain-ed in his small library. The fact that he bought Foxs book,and buying a book meant a good dealto him, even though he only paidtwenty cents for it, that fact, showsthat Thoreau had a great interest inthe place. If you will read it over or even lookup the references to it among his collect-ed works, you will easily see what theattraction was to Thoreau in our land. And he found much in our land, many times more than we can find at one glance. For, he is one of those rare souls who profited most because -47-
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