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I. INTRODUCTION : THE PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED, i 



II. A RICH POOR MAN AND A POOR RICH ONE . 6 

 III. SOME EXPERIMENTS IN LIVING ON NEXT TO 



NOTHING A YEAR 16 



IV. THE SORT OF LIFE WE LEAD .... 26 



V. WHAT MY CRITICS WILL SAY .... 40 



VI. HOME 50 



VII. DETAILS AND DOLLARS MY GARDEN . . 65 



VIII. WITH FISH-LINES AND NETS .... 90 



IX. WE GO A-FlSHING 105 



X. MY BEES 127 



XL " DEAD TREES LOVE THE FIRE " . . . 145 

 XII. THE LIFE WORTH LIVING HENRY DAVID 



THOREAU 163 



XIII. WHAT WE LOSE AND WHAT WE GAIN . . 191 

 XIV. THE DANGERS OF CUTTING LOOSE FROM 



TOWN DRUDGERY 229 



