Thoreau's Late Career and "The Dispersion of Seeds" is a study of Thoreau¿s recently published manuscript The Dispersion of Seeds that explores how Thoreau reconciled empiricism and transcendentalism, blending science and poetry, in the work of his later career, after Walden. The book includes a photograph of Thoreau¿s Main Street house and a treatment of the scarlet oak leaf image from the essay ¿Autumnal Tints,¿ among other attractions.