6 Frederick Law Olmsted 



I 8 5 I : Farming and writing. Visited A. J. Downing at 

 Newburgh. 



1852: Published Walks and Talks of an American Farmer 

 Feb. 18 in England. (G. P. Putnam & Co., New York.) 



Dec. 1 1 Started on Southern tour. 



1853: Letters to the New York Times began, giving his 

 Feb. 16 impressions of the "Seaboard Slave States." 

 (Published as a book of that title, 1856.) 



Nov. 10 "Fredk. and John started on their journey to 

 Mexico and CaHf ornia. ' '—J . O. (Frederick again 

 as correspondent for the Times. Letters edited 

 with the help of his brother and pubHshed as a 

 book A Journey in Texas y 1857-) 



1854: Frederick considered settling in Texas, but re- 

 turned, traveHng on horseback from New Orleans 

 to Richmond. Home summer of 1854. (Trip 

 home published as A Journey in the Back Country, 

 i860.) 



1855- With George William Curtis, went into partner- 

 1856: ship with Dix and Edwards in publishing business. 

 Edited Putnam's Magazine. Publishing business 

 failed, leaving Olmsted and Curtis liable for con- 

 siderable amount of bad debts. 



1856: Sailed with sister Mary in "Arabia" for Europe, 

 Feb. 13 mainly on publishing business. Spent greater 

 part of time in London, but travelled also on con- 

 tinent in Italy and Germany. Mar. 1 2 , proceeding 

 from London to Paris with American Envoy's 

 dispatches. 



