Thoreau writes in his journal:
P.M.—To Fringed Gentian Meadow over Assabet and to Dugan Desert. I find the mud turtle’s eggs at the Desert all hatched . . .
Rochester, N.Y. Walden is reviewed in the Rochester Daily American.
Portland, Maine. The Portland Transcript prints a notice of Walden and an excerpt of the “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” chapter.
