Thoreau writes in his journal:
8 A. M.—To Walden and Cliffs . . . (Journal, 5:119-121).
Concord, Mass. William Ellery Channing writes to Ralph Waldo Emerson:
If we come out flat-footed, & call our book C. W. [Emerson proposed that Channing prepare a compilation of selected Concordian writings under the title “Country Walking.”] as you propose, & then put in characters like yours, and A’s [Amos Bronson Alcott] & T’s &c, everyone will know (victim & all) who it is.
(Studies in the American Renaissance 1990, 209-210)
