CONTENTS

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.

APPENDIX.

PART I. STUDENTS' AND INQUIRERS' LETTERS

Student Life—Explanations and Answers to Objections—Letter on Social
Equality—Religious Views.