H. D. Thoreau, The Maine Woods, "The Allegash and East Branch," §3; Sarah Orne Jewett, A Country Doctor, ch. 18

H. D. Thoreau, The Maine Woods, "The Allegash and East Branch," §3; Sarah Orne Jewett, A Country Doctor, ch. 18

Episode 30 continues our reading from "The Allegash and East Branch," wherein Thoreau wakes in the night to discover "phosphorescent wood," which delights him; following a re-cap of Nan's adventures with George Gerry on the river, we then eavesdrop upon "A Serious Tea-Drinking" at Mrs. Fraley's in ch. 18 of A Country Doctor.

H. D. Thoreau, The Maine Woods, "The Allegash and East Branch," §2; Sarah Orne Jewett, A Country Doctor, ch. 17

In Episode 29, we venture further up Moosehead Lake with Thoreau and Joe Polis to camp and do a bit of botanizing at Mount Kineo, which rises on a peninsula within the lake. We then continue with Nan's visit to Dunport in chapter 17 of A Country Doctor.

H. D. Thoreau, The Maine Woods, "The Allegash and East Branch," §1; Sarah Orne Jewett, A Country Doctor, ch. 16

Episode 28 introduces the third, final essay of Thoreau's The Maine Woods, "The Allegash and East Branch," then continues Jewett's A Country Doctor with its 16th chapter, in which Nan acquaints her Dunport aunt and a new friend with her vocational plans.

H. D. Thoreau, The Maine Woods, "Chesuncook," §7; Sarah Orne Jewett, A Country Doctor, ch. 15

In Episode 27 (2.15) we conclude "Chesuncook," the second of three essays in The Maine Woods, where Thoreau stirringly expresses how an ecological regard for the wild may promote the health of a democracy. The episode's second half is devoted to chapter 15 of Jewett's novel, in which Nan finally becomes acquainted with her aunt during an extended visit to Dunport.

H. D. Thoreau, The Maine Woods, "Chesuncook," §6; Sarah Orne Jewett, A Country Doctor, ch. 14

In this episode, Thoreau tries to determine from several Native Americans in a Maine camp what some of the Abenaki place names mean; then, in ch. 14 of A Country Doctor, we move to Dunport and make the acquaintance of Nan's aunt, Miss Anna Prince.