CONTENTS 



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I. THE PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED . . i 

 II. A RICH POOR MAN AND A POOR 



RICH ONE ..... 7 

 III. SOME EXPERIMENTS IN LIVING ON 



NEXT TO NOTHING A YEAR . . 18 



IV. THE SORT OF LIFE WE LEAD . . 28 



V. WHAT MY CRITICS WILL SAY . . 43 



VI. HOME 54 



VII. DETAILS AND DOLLARS MY GARDEN 70 



VIII. WITH FISH-LINES AND NETS . . 96 



IX. WE GO A-FlSHING . . . .112 



X. MY BEES ...... 135 



XI. " DEAD TREES LOVE THE FIRE " . 153 

 XII. THE LIFE WORTH LIVING HENRY 



DAVID THOREAU . . . -171 



XIII. WHAT WE LOSE AND WHAT WE GAIN 200 

 XIV. THE DANGERS OF CUTTING LOOSE 



FROM TOWN DRUDGERY . . 241 



