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A CATALOGUE
OF AN EXHIBITION OF FIRST EDITIONS,
ASSOCIATION BOOKS,
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, AND
MANUSCRIPTS OF
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
APRIL 21 TO MAY 22, 1937
AT THE LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
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A CATALOGUE
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MANUSCRIPTS OF
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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APRIL 2i TO MAY 22, I937
AT THE LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
PRICE 75 CENTS




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OF the men of letters who flourished in the New England
of the mid-nineteenth century Nathaniel Hawthorne was
intellectually and emotionally the most American. As his friend
Holmes put it, in a letter here exhibited, "The Yankee mind
has for the most part budded and flowered in pots of English
earth-but you have fairly raised yours as a seedling in the
natural soil." It is this genuineness, this freedom from derivation, that has made his work, particularly the novels and tales
which were created before the years of his European experiences, repeatedly attractive to each new generation of American readers. And it is because the bloom is still upon these
books, and because we hope (and believe) that it will never
disappear, that the Lockwood Memorial Library has arranged
this display of Hawthorne's literary accomplishments. Something of the man, something of the artist, lingers in each of the
books, in each of the letters.
Such a collection could not have been assembled had it not
been for the kindness and.generosity of Mr. W. T. H. Howe, of
Cincinnati and New Yo6rk, who has temporarily parted with
many of his choicest possessions that they may be shown in
this exhibition. To him we again owe a debt which only bibliophiles can fully comprehend. Each of his contributions is
marked by an asterisk in the pages which follow. Those not
so marked are the property of the Library, and are a part of
the munificent gift given by Mr. Thomas B. Lockwood to the
University. Gift-books and Annuals, in which some of Hawthorne's work first appeared, have been purposely excluded.


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FIRST EDITIONS
FANSHAWE, A TALE... BOSTON: I828.*
Original boards, uncut. Written while Hawthorne was a student at
Bowdoin College, and published anonymously at his own expense ($Ioo).
Soon dissatisfied with its quality, he withdrew it from circulation and
destroyed all accessible copies. Only a small number of examples have
survived.
FANSHAWE, A TALE... BosToN: I828.
Rebound in brown cloth.
TWICE-TOLD TALES... BOSTON: I837.*
Bound in full morocco, enclosed in elaborate morocco case. This copy
was Hawthorne's betrothal gift to his fiancee, and carries the inscription
"Miss Sophia A. Peabody, with the affectionate regards of her friend,
Nath. Hawthorne, 1838."
TWICE-TOLD TALES... BosToN: I837.
Rebound in full morocco.
PETER PARLEY'S UNIVERSAL HISTORY, ON THE BASIS OF
GEOGRAPHY... BOSTON: I837. (Two Volumes).
Original cloth. Hawthorne's sister Elizabeth assisted him in the writing
of this book, which in subsequent printings attained a circulation of nearly
a million copies.
PETER PARLEY'S UNIVERSAL HISTORY, ON THE BASIS OF
GEOGRAPHY...BOSTON: I837. (Two Volumes).*
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed "Robert Manning, Jr. from
his Cousin, Nath. Hawthorne."
TIME'S PORTRAITURE. BEING THE CARRIER'S ADDRESS TO
THE PATRONS OF THE SALEM GAZETTE FOR THE FIRST OF
JANUARY, 1838.*
This broadside, written for the local paper which had befriended Hawthorne's work, is one of the rarest of his productions. Only a few copies
have been located.
THE GENTLE BOY: A THRICE-TOLD TALE... BOSTON: I839.
Unbound. This story appeared originally in the Token for 1832, and was
republished in this form at Hawthorne's expense, with an original illustration by Sophia A. Peabody.




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THE SISTER YEARS; BEING THE CARRIER'S ADDRESS, TO
THE PATRONS OF THE SALEM           GAZETTE, FOR THE FIRST
OF JANUARY, I839... SALEM: 1839.
Bound in full morocco. The second of the Carrier's Addresses, printed
this time in pamphlet form instead of in a broadside, as in the previous
year.
GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR: A HISTORY FOR YOUTH... BOSTON:
I84I.
Original cloth.
FAMOUS OLD      PEOPLE: BEING      THE    SECOND    EPOCH    OF
GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR... BOSTON: 184I.
Original cloth.
LIBERTY TREE: WITH THE LAST WORDS OF GRANDFATHER'S
CHAIR... BOSTON: I84I.
Original cloth.
GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR: A HISTORY FOR YOUTH... BOSTON:
I842.*
Original cloth. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Contains, for the
first time, the well-known cut of "Grandfather's Chair."
FAMOUS OLD      PEOPLE: BEING      THE    SECOND    EPOCH    OF
GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR... BOSTON: 1842.
Original cloth. Second edition.
LIBERTY TREE: WITH THE LAST WORDS OF GRANDFATHER'S
CHAIR... BOSTON: 1842.
Original cloth. Second edition, revised.
BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES FOR CHILDREN... BOSTON: 1842.
Rebound in three-quarters morocco.
TWICE-TOLD TALES... BOSTON: 1842. (Two Volumes).
Rebound in full morocco. Second edition. The first volume is a reprint
of the 1837 collection, with one additional story, "The Toll-Gatherer's
Day;" the second volume is made up of tales previously published only
in miscellanies and magazines.


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THE CELESTIAL RAIL-ROAD:... BOSTON: I843.*
Original paper covers.
JOURNAL OF AN AFRICAN CRUISER;... By an officer of the U. S.
Navy... NEW-YORK & LONDON. I845.
Original paper covers. Entirely rewritten by Hawthorne from the notes
of Horatio Bridge.
MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE... NEW YORK: I846. (Two Volumes).
Original paper covers.
MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE... NEW YORK: I846.* (Two Volumes).
Original paper covers. Second issue. Presentation copy inscribed "Robert
Manning, Esq. from the author."
THE CARRIER'S ADDRESS TO THE PATRONS OF THE SALEM
GAZETTE. JANUARY i, I847. Printed by the apprentices.*
Original pamphlet. Probably by Hawthorne, but not authoritatively so.
The style suggests his authorship, and the format is the same as other
"Carrier's Addresses" which were definitely Hawthorne's.
THE SCARLET LETTER, A ROMANCE... BOSTON: I85o.
Original cloth. Signed copy.
THE SCARLET LETTER, A ROMANCE... BOSTON: I85o.*
Original cloth. The Hawthornes' own copy, with inscription on flyleaf in
the author's hand, "Sophia A. Hawthorne." Probably the first one sent
out by the publishers.
THE SCARLET LETTER, A ROMANCE... BOSTON: I85o.*
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed "Elizabeth M. Hawthorne,
from the Author."
THE SCARLET LETTER, A ROMANCE... BOSTON: I850.*
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed "Mrs. Manning, from the
Author."
THE SCARLET LETTER, A ROMANCE... BOSTON: 1850.*
Original cloth. Second edition, with new preface.


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TRUE STORIES FROM HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY... BOSTON:
I85I.
Rebound in full morocco. Contains the three parts of "Grandfather's
Chair" and the "Biographical Stories" originally published in 1841-2.
TWICE-TOLD TALES... BOSTON: I851. (Two Volumes).*
Original cloth. Third edition, the first to contain a portrait of the author.
Each volume inscribed by Hawthorne "Sophia A. Hawthorne," as was
his custom with the family books.
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, A ROMANCE... BOSTON:
I851.
Rebound in three-quarters morocco.
A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS... BOSTON: 1852.
Original cloth. Signed copy.
A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS... BOSTON: I852.*
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed "Una & Julian Hawthorne
with the author's compliments."
THE   SNOW-IMAGE, AND        OTHER    TWICE-TOLD     TALES...
BOSTON: 1852.*
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed "Sophia A. Hawthorne, from
the Author. Christmas, I85I."
THE   SNOW-IMAGE, AND        OTHER    TWICE-TOLD     TALES...
BOSTON: 1852.*
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed "George L. Hillard, with the
Author's regards."
THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE... BOSTON: 1852.*
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed "Wm. Ellery Channing, from
the Author."
LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE... BOSTON: 1852.
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed "Benj. Berry Esq with the
respects of Frank Pierce Concord N. H. Sept. 30, I852."
TIME'S PORTRAITURE. BEING THE CARRIER'S ADDRESS TO
THE PATRONS OF THE SALEM GAZETTE, AND ESSEX COUNTY
MERCURY... [SALEM]: I853.*
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TANGLEWOOD TALES, FOR GIRLS AND BOYS; BEING A SECOND WONDER-BOOK... BOSTON: I853.*
Original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed in the recipient's hand "Rebecca B. Manning, from the Author. I853."
TANGLEWOOD TALES, FOR GIRLS AND BOYS; BEING A SECOND WONDER-BOOK... BOSTON: I853.*
Original cloth. With an autograph letter to Wm. D. Ticknor, referring
to this book.
THE   PHILOSOPHY     OF THE     PLAYS OF     SHAKSPERE     UNFOLDED. By Delia Bacon... BOSTON: I857.
Original cloth. The American edition was made up of sheets imported
from England. For this important book in the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy, Hawthorne wrote the preface as a favor to Miss Bacon, whose
theories he did not accept.
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, A ROMANCE... BOSTON:
I857.*
Original cloth. A late issue. Alfred Lord Tennyson's copy, with his autograph signature on the title-page.
THE MARBLE FAUN: OR, THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI... BOSTON: I860. (Two Volumes).
Original cloth.
OUR OLD HOME: A SERIES OF ENGLISH SKETCHES... BosTON: 1863.
Original cloth.
OUR OLD HOME: A SERIES OF ENGLISH SKETCHES... BosTON: I863.*
Original cloth. Presentation copy from Franklin Pierce, to whom the book
was dedicated.
PANSIE: A FRAGMENT... LONDON: [I864].
Original paper covers.
THE   SNOW-IMAGE: A       CHILDISH   MvllCLE... NEW      YORK:
I864.
Original cloth. First separate publication of this story.


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PASSAGES FROM THE AMERICAN NOTE-BOOKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE... BOSTON: i868. (Two Volumes).
Original cloth.
PASSAGES FROM THE ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS OF NATHANIEL
HAWTHORNE... BOSTON: I870. (Two Volumes).
Original cloth.
PASSAGES FROM THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN NOTE-BOOKS
OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE... LONDON I87I. (Two Volumes).
Original cloth.
SEPTIMIUS FELTON; OR THE ELIXIR OF LIFE... BOSTON: 1872.
Original cloth.
THE DOLLIVER ROMANCE AND OTHER PIECES... BOSTON:
1876.
Original cloth.
FANSHAWE AND OTHER PIECES... BOSTON: 1876.
Original cloth. The first reprinting of Hawthorne's condemned first novel.
DOCTOR GRIMSHAWE'S SECRET. Edited, with preface and notes by
Julian Hawthorne... BOSTON: 1883.
Original cloth.
DOCTOR GRIMSHAWE'S SECRET. Edited, with preface and notes by
Julian Hawthorne... BOSTON: 1883.
Original cloth. Large paper copy.
SKETCHES AND STUDIES... BOSTON: [1883].
Original cloth.
THE GHOST OF DOCTOR HARRIS... NEW YORK: [I900]
Original paper covers. Reprinted from the Nineteenth Century, January,
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MAIN-STREET. With a preface by Julian Hawthorne... CANTON
PENNSYLVANIA 1901
Original boards.
TWENTY DAYS WITH JULIAN AND LITTLE BUNNY... NEW
YORK 1904
Original boards. Only thirty copies of this book were printed. Enclosed
is an autograph letter from Julian Hawthorne to John G. Whittier.
TWENTY DAYS WITH JULIAN AND LITTLE BUNNY... NEW
YORK 1 904*
Bound in full morocco. The only copy printed on vellum.


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ASSOCIATION BOOKS
THE BOOK OF THE CARTOONS. By the Rev. R. Cattermole, B.D....LONDON: I837.
Sophia Hawthorne's copy, with her name on flyleaf.
CHAUCER'S LEGENDE OF GOODE WOMEN. Edited by Hiram
Corson... PHILADELPHIA: 1864.
Presentation copy: "Nathaniel Hawthorne Esq With the compliments of
the Publisher Philada Jan I5 1864."
COLLECTANEA GRAECA MINORA. Edited by Andreas Dalzel...
CANTABRIGIAE, NOV-ANG. I819.
This book was used by Hawthorne in college, and carries his signature
three times on the flyleaves: "Nath: Hawthorne, Salem 1827;" "Nathl
Hathorne Salem Feby I 182I;" "Nathl Hathorne, Salem, March I3th,
1826."
GAMMER GURTON'S PLEASANT STORIES... NEW YORK: 846.
Inscription on flyleaf in Hawthorne's hand: "Una Hawthorne, from E. A.
Duyckinck, Esq. Sept. i9th. 1846."
THE AQUARIUM. By Philip Henry Gosse.. LONDON: 1854.*
Presentation copy: "Julian Hawthorne, from his Father, May 13th,
I856." There is a further note in Julian's writing: "We were living at
Mrs. Blodgett's Boarding-house, in Liverpool, when my father.. gave
me this book. I was nine years and eleven months old then. He died
about eight years afterwards-May I9, 1864. Julian Hawthorne. for
my wife, Edith-Sansalito, California Feb. 22d 1927."
THE NURSERY RHYMES OF ENGLAND, OBTAINED PRINCIPALLY FROM ORAL TRADITION. Collected and edited by James
Orchard Halliwell, Esq..... LONDON: I843.*
Hawthorne's copy, inscribed "Hawthorne" on flyleaf.
THE ANCIENT POEM OF GUILLAUME DE GUILEVILLE ENTITLED   LE PELERINAGE DE L'HOMME COMPARED WITH
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS OF JOHN BUNYAN. Edited by Nathaniel Hill... LONDON 1858
Sophia Hawthorne's copy with inscription on title-page in her husband's
hand "For Sophia Hawthorne."


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ELSIE VENNER: A ROMANCE OF DESTINY. By Oliver Wendel
Holmes... BOSTON: I86I.*
Presentation copy: "Nathaniel Hawthorne from his friend 0. W. Holmes."
ART STUDIES. By James Jackson Jarves... NEW YORK: I86I.
Sophia Hawthorne's copy, with inscription in her husband's hand on titlepage, "Sophia Hawthorne from Edward Silsbee Esq."
POEMS. By James Russell Lowell... BOSTON: I849. (Two Volumes).*
Hawthorne's copies, with inscription on flyleaf of first volume "Nathl
Hawthorne, from the Author." The handwriting is Hawthorne's.
HANNAH     THURSTON: A STORY OF AMERICAN              LIFE. By
Bayard Taylor... NEW YORK: I864.*
Inscription on flyleaf: "To Nathl Hawthorne, with the kind regards of
Bayard Taylor. Dec. I863."
CONSTITUTION OF THE BROOK FARM ASSOCIATION FOR
INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION... BOSTON: I844.
Second edition. Hawthorne's association with the Brook Farm experiment
makes this pamphlet of interest to students of his life.


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MANUSCRIPTS
"THE PIN SOCIETY"*
A fifteen-page autograph manuscript, with nine signatures, of the "Regulations and Proceedings of the Pin Society, Vol. Ist, For June, I820." This
relic of Hawthorne's childhood at Salem is the record of a society into
which he and his sister "conglomerated ourselves... on the 10 day of
June, in the year of our Lord 1820," for the purpose of saving (and eventually of selling) the domestic pin. "Nathaniel Hathorne was chosen
Secretary and Treasurer." The last entry is for August 25, 1820, when
"the Motion was without division agreed to" that there should be no
further meetings.
OUR OLD HOME.*
Two pages of the original manuscript of this book published in I863.
SEPTIMIUS FELTON.*
Three pages of manuscript notes, written on the blank leaves of a letter
to Hawthorne from Ticknor & Fields. They constitute the first plan for
the construction of the novel, later to be called "Septimius Felton."
SEPTIMIUS FELTON.*
Four pages in Hawthorne's hand of an early draft of this posthumously
published novel. In the final version these introductory paragraphs were
not used.
THE DOLLIVER ROMANCE.*
Eight pages of closely-written manuscript, constituting a scenario of this
story which was never finished. The surviving fragments were published
twelve years after Hawthorne's death. It is amusing to notice how for
this composition he has availed himself of the blank spaces in letters which
he has received.
DR. GRIMSHAWE'S SECRET.*
The first fifty-six pages of the published version, in the handwriting of
Julian Hawthorne, who established the text of this novel out of the various
manuscripts left by his father.


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AUTOGRAPH LETTERS
To ROBERT MANNING... SALEM: JULY 27, I8I8.*
A very early letter, written when Hawthorne was fourteen years old to
the uncle who was later to pay his expenses through college. "... All the
family are well, and I hope you are the same... I think I had rather go
to dancing school a little longer before I come to Raymond... I suppose
you have a great many berries, we have very few, the garden I think looks
as well as when you was here though there is not much done to it. I have
written all I can think of. Good bye."
To ROBERT MANNING... BRUNSWICK: FEBRUARY 20, 1821.*
A typical schoolboy note to the uncle who stood in loco parentis: ".... I am
without money, and in debt to my Chum for wood. I wish you would
write me word if you have sent my pantaloons, as they have not arrived.
You complained very much of the shortness of my Letters, but I hope you
will beleive that the occassion of it is not the want of will, but the want of
subject. I would willingly write more if I could find anything to write
about..." The signature has unfortunately become the prey of some
autograph hunter.
To MARIA LOUISA HAWTHORNE... BRUNSWICK: AUGUST II, I824.*
An amusing letter written to his sister during the latter part of his student
days at Bowdoin College. He is very anxious to come home, and begs her
to write him a letter which will be strong enough, when shown to the president, to win his deliverance. "... If you are at a loss for an excuse, say
that Mother is out of health, or that Uncle R. is going a journey on account
of his health, and wishes me to attend him, or that Elizabeth is on a visit
at some distant place and wishes me to come and bring her home. Or
that George Archer has just arrived from sea... Or that some of my
relations are to die or be married, and my presence is necessary for the
occasion. And lastly, if none of these excuses will suit you, and you can
think of no other, write, and order me to come home without any. If you
do not, I shall certainly forge a letter, for I will be at home within a
week..."
To J. L. O'SULLIVAN... BOSTON: MARCH IS, I840.*
O'Sullivan, who had published some of Hawthorne's sketches and articles
in his papers, tried to persuade his friend to relinquish his post in the
Boston Custom House and accept a position in Washington. This letter
explains Hawthorne's unwillingness to comply.
To NATHAN HALE, JR.... [BOSTON]: DECEMBER 5, 1841.*
Hale, who was the grand-nephew of the Revolutionary hero, had sent to
Hawthorne a copy of a magazine in which he was actively interested.
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To SAMUEL COLMAN... CONCORD: SEPTEMBER 27, 1843.*
Hawthorne declines an invitation to contribute more regularly to the
"Boys' and Girls' Magasine." "... If I saw a probability of drawing a
reasonable profit from juvenile literature, I would willingly devote myself
to it for a time, as being both easier and more agreeable (by way of variety)
than literature for grown people. But my experience hitherto has not
made me very sanguine on this point. In fact, the business has long been
overdone. Mr. Abbot and other writers have reaped the harvest; and the
gleanings seem to be scarcely worth picking up...
To [HORACE MANN]... AUGUST 8, 1849.*
Hawthorne was turned out of his position in the Custom House at Salem
when the Democrats went out of power in 1849. He resented his dismissal,
and in this long (but incomplete) letter to his brother-in-law, Horace
Mann, at this time a member of Congress, explains the causes of his
resentment.
To JAMES T. FIELDS...LENOX: JANUARY 12, I85I.*
Fields was Hawthorne's publisher. "... My House of the Seven Gables
is, so to speak, finished; only I am hammering away a little on the roof,
and doing up a few odd jobs that were left incomplete. Then I must read
it to my wife;-and after going over it in that way, I shall know better
what to think of it.  I don't like the title very much. What do you think
of 'Maule's Well.'-? and we might add 'or the House of the Seven
Gables.' This well has not a very strong connection with the story,
though quite sufficient, in my opinion, to justify the title, which, in itself,
and for the glibness with which it rolls out of the mouth, is preferable to
the other..."
To ROBERT CARTER... CONCORD: MARCH I9, 1853.*
Carter, an estimable critic and afterwards editor of Appleton's Journal,
had written to Hawthorne an enthusiastic but critical letter about the
"Wonder Book." This is Hawthorne's reply: "... I see reason in a good
many of the criticisms with which you favor me. Your advice as to introducing people's names is certainly judicious; though the practice is not,
I think, so objectionable in reference to the friends whom a man puts into
his book, as to the greater number whom he is compelled to leave out.
I don't intend to do it any more; and yet it gives a kind of truth to the
page, which, though it might cease to be true in ten years, would perhaps
again have its interest in half-a-century-if the book were ever to be
opened so long hence..."
To COLONEL [EPHRAIM MILLER]... LIVERPOOL: March 3, I854.*
In this letter to an American friend, financial cares are uppermost in his
mind. "... Could you ascertain for me whether the British consul in
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does not, but does he on that part of his revenue which is derived from
fees? If this question could be answered in the negative, I might escape
the necessity of paying my quota towards supporting John Bull in his
set-to with the Czar..."
To GEORGE NICHOLAS SANDERS... LIVERPOOL: JUNE I4, I854.*
Sanders had been appointed temporarily to the U. S. Consulship in London,
an appointment which the Senate afterwards refused to confirm. He was
openly committed to radical ideas, and opened his house to all the revolutionaries of his time, whose views and opinions he circulated. To Hawthorne he sent various circulars and articles, such as those referred to in
this letter: "... I have never seen Mazzini's letter; but as it was addressed
to an English Abolition Society, and seems to have been favorable to their
views, I should have imagined that it would not fail to have a very close
reference to Slavery in the United States. It was certainly pertinent in
you to write the article which you now send me... Now, as to Kossuth's
reply, I do not know but that I ought likewise to be satisfied with that.
Nevertheless... I do not like it well enough to be glad that he has written
it. Is it quite worthy of him?..."
To GEORGE BRADFORD... LIVERPOOL: JULY 26, I854.*
This letter is to one of Hawthorne's closest friends who was to visit him
in Liverpool. "... I don't think I shall be able to make an excursion with
you; for I have been away a good deal, this summer. The whole family
(including Sophia and myself) had an attack of hooping-cough; and the
Doctor recommended change of air, in order to complete the cure. So
(besides making a short tour in North Wales) I carried Mrs. Hawthorne
and the children to the Isle of Man, where they still are, but will probably
return, this week. Do let me persuade you to visit the Isle of Man. It is
the most interesting place I have seen, on this side of the water; and quite
out of the track of American tourists..."
To HENRY BRIGHT... LIVERPOOL: NOVEMBER 22, I854.*
A brief note, declining an invitation for his daughter, Una. Bright was
one of his most intimate English friends, one whom he had met before
the beginning of his consular experiences.
To JAMES BUCHANAN... LIVERPOOL: JANUARY 3I, I857.
A letter, to the President-elect of the United States, recommending Joseph
Hall in a candidacy for office under the new administration.
To B. MORAN... LEAMINGTON: SEPTEMBER 15, I857.*
Hawthorne asks Mr. Moran, of the American Legation in London, to
procure passports for himself and family in preparation for their sojourning
in France and Italy. "... The following is my own description-age (I am
sorry to say) fifty-one;-height, five feet, ten and a half inches;-hair
dark, and somewhat bold;-face, oval;-nose, straight;-chin, round. As
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To ELIZABETH PEABODY... LIVERPOOL: AUGUST 13, I857.*
Mrs. Hawthorne's eldest sister was a source of considerable irritation. This
letter, which is mutilated, is typical of Hawthorne's later attitude towards
her: "...I return this manuscript pamphlet on the Abolition question;
for I do not choose to bother Sophia with it, and yet should think it a pity
to burn so much of your thought and feeling. You had better publish it.
I speak trustingly, though not knowingly, of its merits; for to tell you the
truth, I have read only the first line or two, not expecting much benefit
even were I to get the whole by heart. No doubt it seems the truest of
truth to you; but I do assure you that, like every other Abolitionist, you
look at matters with an awful squint, which distorts everything within
your line of vision; and it is queer, though natural, that you think everybody squints except yourselves. Perhaps they do; but certainly you
do.."
To ELIZABETH PEABODY... LIVERPOOL: OCTOBER 8, I857.*
Another mutilated letter to the troublesome sister-in-law. "... I read
your manuscript Abolition pamphlet, supposing it to be a new production,
and only discovered afterwards that it was the one I had sent back. Upon
my word, it is not very good; not worthy of being sent three times across
the ocean... As you have suggested dropping your correspondence with
Sophia, I hope you will take in good part some remarks which I have often
thought of making on that subject. I entirely differ from you in the idea,
that such correspondence is essential to her peace of mind... it is a
solemn truth, that I never in my life knew her to receive a letter from you,
without turning pale..."
To MRS. WILLIAM WETMORE STORY... VILLA MONTAUTO: SEPTEMBER 29, [I858].*
A letter thanking Mrs. Story for her kindness in procuring lodgings in
Siena for the Hawthorne family, and declining an invitation to dinner
on the day of their arrival. "... Mrs. Hawthorne's weariness has induced
her to employ me as her secretary. I regret it on your account..."
To JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY... BATH: APRIL I, I860.*
Hawthorne replies gratefully to the enthusiastic praise which the eminent
historian had bestowed upon "The Marble Faun." "... Now don't suppose that I fancy the book to be a tenth part so good as you say it is. You
work out my imperfect efforts, and half make the book with your own
imagination, and see what I myself saw, but could only hint at... Are
you never coming back to America? It is dreary to stay away, though not
very delightful to go back. I should be most happy, and so would my wife,
to think that Mrs. Motley, and yourself, and your daughter, were within
our reach; and really you ought to devote yourself in the cause of your
country. It is the worst sort of treason for enjoyable people to expatriate
themselves..."




L O  C K   V 0 0 D     M  E M   0 R I A L     L I B R A R Y
To MRS. H. C. HALL... LONDON: MAY 20, I860.*
A letter written towards the very end of the Hawthornes' European years
to an English friend by whom they had been entertained. "... I trust you
received a copy of my Romance ["The Marble Faun"], which I asked the
Publishers to send you, at its first publication..."
To ROSE HAWTHORNE... WEST BEACH, BEVERLY FARMS: AUGUST
5, I86I.*
Hawthorne had gone, with his son Julian, for a short stay at the seashore,
leaving his wife and daughters at home. "... Tell Mamma that I see no
newspapers, and do not know, at this moment, whether the Rebels have
taken Washington, or what other misfortune may have happened. Almost
every hour, however, I hear the noise of drums, over the water, from
Marblehead or Salem, and very often the thunder of cannon, which sometimes continues for an hour together... Dear Bab, I am very homesick,
and have come to the conclusion that when a person has a comfortable
home of his own, and a good little Bab of his own, and a good great Onion,
and a best Mamma, he had better stay with them than roam abroad.
Thank Heaven, we shall return on Saturday..."
To ELIZABETH DREW BARSTOW STODDARD... CONCORD: JANUARY 26, 1863.*
A letter of sincere congratulation to a fellow novelist on the success of her
first volume, "The Morgesons."
To JAMES T. FIELDS... [CONCORD]: MAY 28, I863.*
A letter to his publisher concerning a correction in "Our Old Home":
"... I think that, as a matter of scanty justice to myself, the line ought
to stand thus-'possessing a happy faculty of seeing my own interest and
the public's.' Even then you see, I only give myself credit for half the
disinterestedness I really felt..."
To ROBERT J. PONEY... CONCORD: SEPTEMBER 28, 1863.*
This letter contains an interesting statement concerning the relationship
of reader to writer: ".. A reader, who can fully understand and appreciate a work, possesses all the faculties of the writer who produces itexcept a knack of expression, by which the latter is enabled to give definite
shape to an idea or sentiment which he and his appreciative reader possess
in common. Thus the advantage on the author's part is but a slight one,
and the more truth and wisdom he writes, the smaller is his individual
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FROM OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES... BOSTON: APRIL 9, I85I.*
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table acknowledges the gift of a copy of
"The House of the Seven Gables." "... I think we have no romancer
but yourself, nor have had any for this long time. The imagination of our
born countrymen has always seemed to me as emaciated as their faces.
I had become so morbidly set in this belief that but for your last two stories
I should have given up hoping and believed that all we were to look for in
the way of spontaneous growth were such languid, lifeless, sexless creations
as in the view of certain people constitute the chief triumphs of a sister
art as manifested among us. But there is rich red blood in Hester, and the
flavor of the sweet fern and the bayberry are not truer to the soil than the
native sweetness of our little Phebe! The Yankee mind has for the most
part budded and flowered in pots of English earth-but you have fairly
raised yours as a seedling in the natural soil..."
FROM HERMAN MELVILLE... [PITTSFIELD]: OCTOBER 25, I852.*
Melville and Hawthorne had several times discussed a story which Hawthorne intended to write. This letter contains several ideas which Melville
wanted to pass on to his friend. It ends on a merry note: "... I don't
know when I shall see you. I shall lay eyes on you one of these days however. Keep some Champagne or Gin for me..."
FROM RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES... LONDON: JUNE 30, [I857]?*
The biographer of John Keats approaches Hawthorne on the subject of
Walt Whitman. "... I wanted... to ask you about an American book
which has fallen into my hands. It is called "Leaves of Grass" and the
author calls himself "Walt Whitman." Do you know anything about him?
I will not call it poetry, because I am unwilling to apply that word to a work
totally destitute of Art, but whatever we call it, it is a most notable and
true book. It is not written 'virginibus puerisque'-but as I am neither
the one or the other, I may express my admiration of its vigorous virility,
and bold natural truth. There are things in it that read like the old Greek
plays. It is of the same family as those delightful books of Thoreau's,
which you introduced me to and which are too little known and valued
here...
FROM JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL... CAMBRIDGE: MAY 24, I863.*
An invitation to visit. ". You shall have a room to yourself nearly as
high and quite as uneasy of access as your tower, and I pledge myself that
my crows, catbirds, orioles, chimbley-swallers and squirrels shall present
you with the freedom of their city in a hollow walnut as soon as you
arrive..."




L O C K    N O O D     M  E M   O R I A L     L I B R A R Y
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW             TO MRS. HAWTHORNE... CAMBRIDGE: JUNE 23, I864.*
After her husband's death, Mrs. Hawthorne gave volumes from his library
to various friends. Longfellow acknowledges the gift: "... I have long
been wishing to write you, to thank you for your kind remembrance in
sending me the volume of Goldsmith; but I have not had the heart to do it.
There are some things that one cannot say; and I hardly need tell you how
much I value your gift, and how often I shall look at the familiar name
on the blank leaf-a name which more than any other links me to my
youth..."
ROBERT BROWNING TO UNA HAWTHORNE... LONDON: JUNE
26, 1872.*
Browning had assisted Hawthorne's daughter in preparing for publication
"Septimius Felton." This letter acknowledges a copy of the book. "... I
was most proud and grateful to be associated with you in that true labour
of love last year,-and am now deeply-shall I say, affected?-by your
caring to mention my insignificant help so kindly in the preface. If one
could, in a manner, deserve such an honor, my admiration for the genius,
and respect for the personal qualities of the great author, would somewhat
excuse my receiving it..."


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