Thoreau checks out The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes & Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, atlas and volume 1 by Charles Rollin, Homeri Ilias cum brevi annotatione curante C. G. Heyne, volume 1, and The Canterbury tales of Chaucer; with an essay on his language and versification, an introductory discourse, notes and a glossary by Tho. Tyrhitt, Esq., volumes 1, 2, and 5 from Harvard College Library.