No Englishman did more in the nineteenth century to advance the
literary reputation of Henry David Thoreau than Henry S. Salt. A
biographer and literary critic as well as a remarkable reformer,
Salt participated broadly in his era's movements for social change,
abandoning his mastership at Eton in the 1880s to devote himself to
causes including socialism, vegetarianism, animals' rights,
conservation, and prison reform.
In 1890 Salt published the initial version of Thoreau's Life.
With the help of American friends, he revised the book and
published it anew six years later. The present volume is the third
version of the biography, completed in 1908 but never published in
Salt's lifetime.
Combining a concise narrative of Thoreau's life with a
perceptive treatment of his ideas and writings, Salt's work stands
as a penetrating study of Thoreau that stresses his distinctive
individuality. Through an astute analysis of the text and a concise
biography, the editors illustrate Salt's growth as a scholar and
his changing views on Thoreau and Thoreau's philosophy.
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