Chapter I: Front Matter

BROOK FARM

HISTORIC AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS

BY

JOHN THOMAS CODMAN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BROOK FARM MOVEMENT

Transcendentalism; Explained by Mr. Ripley,--The Proposition,--Members of the Transcendental Club--The first Persons at the Community--Constitution and Laws; Articles of Agreement--Description of Mr. Ripley, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Dwight, Mrs. Ripley, Mr. Dana, Mr. Bradford, Hawthorne and Others.

CHAPTER II.

THE SECOND DEVELOPMENT

Thoughts on Reorganization--Fourier on Social Code--Mr. Ripley's Action--Progress of Society--Theories by Fourier, etc.--Closing of the Transcendental Period--Reorganization, and the Industrial Period.

CHAPTER III.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND DESCRIPTIONS

Departure from Boston, and Arrival at the Farm--Description of the Place--Attica--Personal Occupations, etc.--The Wild Flowers.

CHAPTER IV.

THE INDUSTRIAL PERIOD

Descriptions of Members: The "General,"; Ryckman, Blake, Drew, Orvis, Cheevers--William H. Charming, and Albert Brisbane,--S. Margaret Fuller--Ralph W. Emerson--Theodore Parker and Mr. Ripley's Joke.

CHAPTER V.

THE RUSH AND HUM OF LIFE AND WORK

Many Visitors--An Odd Visitor--The Groups and Series, etc.--The Workshop--My first Spring--Death and Funeral--The Amusement Group, Dances, Walks and first Summer.

CHAPTER VI.

THE "HARBINGER," AND VARIOUS SUBJECTS

The _Harbinger_ Published; Editors and Contributors, Its Characteristics and Effect--The Industrial Phalanx--The Phalanstery--A Financial Report--The Grahamites, and their Table--John Allen and Boy--The Visitation of Small-pox.

CHAPTER VII.

MY SECOND SPRING

Resumption of Building--The Crowded Conditions--Gardener's Department--Prince Albert--Jumping the Brook--Retrenchment--The Doves--The Gardener--The Position of Woman in Association--The Right to Vote--The Wedding--Lizzie Curson--Our Young Folks.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE DRAMA AND IMPORTANT LETTERS

The Play in the Shop--The Associative Movement--Rev. Adin Ballou's Letter--Mr. Brisbane's, and Mr. Ripley's Letters--Mr. Pratt's Departure--The Great Party--Cyclops.

CHAPTER IX.

SOCIAL, AND PARLOR LIFE

Meetings in Boston, etc.--Two Lady Friends--Music at the Eyry--Consciousness of Self--The Great Snow Storm--C. P. Cranch's Imitations.

CHAPTER X.

FUN ALIVE

Fun at the Phalanx--Ripley's Quotation--On Punning--The Robbery, and the Waiting Group.

CHAPTER XI.

THE GREAT CATASTROPHE

The Last Dance, and the Fire--The _Harbinger's_ Account of It--Feeding the Firemen--The Morning after the Fire.

CHAPTER XII.

SUMMING UP AND REVERIES

The Bearings of the Association and its Occupations--Slanders of the New York Press--Definition of the Associationists Position toward Fourier--Forebodings at the Farm--Personal Reveries.

CHAPTER XIII.

THE FIRST BREAK

Peter's Departure--Mr. Dwight at the Association Meeting--Practical Christians--The Solidarity of the Race--Mr. Ripley's _Harbinger_ Article.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE DEPARTURES AND AFTER LIVES OF THE MEMBERS

Breaking up--Ripley's Poverty, after Life and Death--Mr. Pratt; Mr. Dana; Mr. Dwight, and various Persons--William H. Charming--A. Brisbane--C. Fourier--Letters of Approval.

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