By A. BRONSON ALCOTT.
_CONTENTS._
BOOK I.--PRACTICAL.--The Garden. Recreation. Fellowship. Friendship.
Culture. Books. Counsels.
BOOK II.--SPECULATIVE.--Instrumentalities. Mind. Genesis.
Metamorphoses.
"This book of practical and speculative essays invites us to the
sunshine, the delightful atmosphere, 'the cool retreats,' and the
quiet of the country."--_Cincinnati Chronicle._
"Like 'Walden,' it will be bought and read, year by year, by the
select few for whom it was written."--_Hartford Courant._
"This book addresses us in a tone of remarkable serenity and repose,
strangely contrasting with the lively bustle of the age and land we
live in."--_New York Times._
"The moral qualities of Mr. Alcott have probably more to do with
the secret of his influence than his peculiar mental endowments.
Every page of his writings evinces a singularly pure and unworldly
character. They appear more like leaves torn from some fragrant
antique volume, than the products of this competitive, rapacious age.
They transport us to some peaceful island beyond the reach of the
ambitions and rivalries of the day. He lives in a serene atmosphere,
free from all secular perturbations. No earthly stain discolors the
spotless whiteness of his soul. It is no wonder that he is listened
to in speechless reverence by an esoteric circle, and that his words
are clothed with an authority beyond the power of gaudy rhetoric or
purely intellectual demonstration."--_New York Tribune._
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