Henry David Thoreaus Journal was his lifes work the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks the workshop where he developed his books and essays and a project in its own rightone of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment the revolving seasons and the changing self. It is a treasure trove of some of the finest prose in English and for those acquainted with it its prismatic pages exercise a hypnotic fascination. Yet at roughly seven thousand page