Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF EMERSON'S THEORY OF MEN AND NATURE, 1826-1836 -- II. EMERSONIAN CORRESPONDENCE AS SET FORTH IN NATURE AND THE EARLY ESSAYS, 1836-1844 -- III. THOREAU, THE MOUNTAIN-CLIMBER -- IV. WHITMAN ON THE OPEN ROAD -- V. TRANSCENDENTAL CORRESPONDENCE IN WIDER PERSPECTIVE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Backmatter