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10/05/2026

10/05/2026

Jo and Beth. “With her head in Jo’s lap, while the winds blew beautifully over her, and the sea made music at her feet.”

Illustration by Hammatt Billings from LITTLE WOMEN, PART SECOND, by Louisa May Alcott

10/04/2026

"Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim gray sands with light,
Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night,
Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight."

-W.B. Yeats, "The Stolen Child"

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Artwork by Kseniia Boko

10/04/2026

Spirits of The Old Manse tours are almost back! Join the Manse on October 23-25th for these special tours, and visit the Manse to explore the once-home of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his ancestors, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and more!

10/03/2026

The New York castle that helped inpsire F. Scott Fitzgerald's GREAT GATSBY is going up for auction. View the rooms and read some of the castle's history in the Concierge Auctions link below:

OHEKA CASTLE, 135 WEST GATE DRIVE, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743

10/03/2026

Find peace as you step into the page of William Ellery Channing’s THOREAU: THE POET NATURALIST and a passage about Henry David Thoreau dreaming.

10/01/2026

Thanks to Austen In Boston: A Jane Austen Book Club for this true story :-)

10/01/2026

Still time to register for virtual and in-person attendance at the Concord Museum's talk tonight, "Thoreau and the Philosophy". Co-sponsored by the Thoreau Alliance, the event invites you to "Join the editors and essayists of Thoreau & Philosophy for a conversation exploring Thoreau as one of America’s most profound philosophical thinkers. Beyond his literary and naturalist legacy, Thoreau’s work engages philosophical questions that remain deeply relevant today, shaping conversations about ethics, freedom, society, and the environment. Together, the panelists share how situating Thoreau in a philosophical context allows one to more fully appreciate the depth of his thought. "

click their link below to register for Free virtual attendance.

Thoreau Farm - Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau The Thoreau Society

Join the editors and essayists of Thoreau & Philosophy for a conversation exploring Thoreau as one of America’s most profound philosophical thinkers. Beyond his literary and naturalist legacy, Thoreau’s work […]

10/01/2026

From Louisa May Alcott’s short story, “Skipping Stones” (found in LULU’S LIBRARY, VOL. 3).

”The squirrels called to one another as they raced about,

‘Here's a nut, there's a nut;
Hide it quick away,
In a hole, under leaves,
To eat some winter day.
Acorns sweet are plenty,
We will have them all:
Skip and scamper lively
Till the last ones fall.’”

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Art by Marjan van Zyle

10/01/2026

Happy 158th anniversary to the publication of Louisa May Alcott’s LITTLE WOMEN: OR, MEG, JO, BETH, AND AMY, which was published on September 30, 1868. A month later, Louisa wrote in her journal, “Saw Mr. N[iles] of Roberts Brothers [publishers], and he gave me good news of the book. An order from London came in…. And more called for.”