The ways in which a man's style may be said to offend against simplicity : autograph manuscript essay : [Cambridge, Mass.], [1835 Nov. 27].

Part of a collection of autograph poems, essays, and letters written by or to Thoreau. Items in the collection are described in 37 individual records (MA 920.1-37).
The date is based on a list,"Themes given out by Prof. Channing to the Class of Harvard University. From Sept. 1834 to Sept. 1837," kept by William Allen, Thoreau's classmate and friend. Cf. Moldenhauer and Moser, p. 311.
Written as an assignment for Edward Tyrrel Channing's rhetoric course at Harvard.