chapter 1   economy           5
chapter 2   where i lived, and what i lived for             82
chapter 3   reading           100
chapter 4   sounds            112
chapter 5   solitude           130
chapter 6   visitors           141
chapter 7   the bean-field           156
chapter 8     the village           169
chapter 9   the ponds           176
chapter 10  baker farm           203
chapter 11  higher laws           212
chapter 12  brute neighbors           225
chapter 13  house-warming            239
chapter 14   former inhabitants and winter visitors            256
chapter 15  winter animals            271
chapter 16   the pond in winter            282
chapter 17   spring            298           
chapter 18    conclusion            319
chapter 19   on the duty of civil disobedience            333