the Thoreau Log. 4 June 1841. Concord, Mass. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes to Caroline Sturgis Tappan: Mary Russell is here & Henry Thoreau, not to mention occasional flights of fanatical birds—of croaking or prophesying song (The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2:403). Log Index Log Pages Select... 1817-1832183318341835183618371838183918401841184218431844184518461847184818491850185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862