Weeks later than expected, spring arrives at the old mansion in Concord, and Hawthorne throws open his study window. He records the greening moss, the returning birds, buds on the orchard trees and the stir of new life, and turns the season into a meditation on the spirit’s power to renew itself.
A short nature sketch from Mosses from an Old Manse, for readers of Thoreau and Emerson. Download the free EPUB.