<ul> <li>This edition includes the following editor&#39;s analysis:<i> </i><i>Henry David Thoreau, the indomitable environmentalist</i></li></ul><br />Originally published in 1863, &quot;Excursions&quot; is an anthology of several essays by American transcendentalist and environmentalist Henry David Thoreau. These essays represent Thoreau in many stages of his writing career, ranging from 1842 to 1862.<br />The anthology was published posthumously and contains an introduction entitled &quot;Biographical Sketch&quot; in which fellow transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson provides a description of Thoreau.<br /><br />The collection, other than R. W. Emerson&#39;s biography of Thoreau, contains nine of Thoreau&rsquo;s most engaging and popular essays: <i>Natural History of Massachusetts</i>, <i>A Walk to Wachuset</i>t, <i>The Landlord</i>, <i>A Winter Walk</i>, <i>The Succession of Forest Trees</i>, <i>Walking</i>, <i>Autumnal Tints</i>, <i>Wild Apples</i>, and <i>Night and Moonlight</i>.