Reveries of a Bachelor or A Book of the Heart is a book by American author Donald Grant Mitchell, published in 1850 under the pseudonym Ik Marvel. In the text, the author theorizes on boyhood, country life style, marriage, travel, and dreaming.
A reverie is an irregular train of thought or abstract musing, and Mitchell writes on four different themes:
The first two reveries were originally published in 1849 in the magazine Southern Literary Messenger and in 1850 the four essays were published in book format to great public acclaim.[1]
It was one of poet Emily Dickinson's favorite books.[2]