, 1873-06-14
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SteGtclacs.'s And AScptitnas EoltOn,''
13y Nathaniel Hawthorne.


13y Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Tho lolicato fauoica and vivid and graceful
descriptions of tllia talented author aro known
10 all cultured roadcrp. Ills productions nro
beyond praiao. Tho word-picturoa which ho
rainss aro auch ns 10 bring tho Huboot boforo ,ls
almost In itp roality. The tenderness with
which he to'lchoa porsons or things etlrs
sympathetic chord III our own hearts, calling
forth similar feeling Of admiration, lovo, or
reverence to his owl. tn this Holootlon OF
sketches, tlero aro 60 many boautfes that re-
Wow which ehoull embrace thom might cover
nearly au many pagcB a8 the book itsolf.
In tho chaptor entitled 'Cona,ilnr Expert
oncoa," lo mentions many interesting incidonts,
and tonches upon sorao eccentric characters
describing, also. his own position, feelings, aud
experience as oonH,ll.
In tnu account Of Ills visit to Warwick, tho au-
thor spoal<s Of tho clarity Of tho Earl of LoiceH
tor in providing homo for twelve old men who
1avo bocu soldiers The description Of tho hos
pital aid ita inmates is quito minute. 1t is
almost supcrfuoub to aay that 1t Ia most pleas
ingsy glvon Ho speaks Of Miss Dacon with tho
consideration which ho fools to 10 duo to her
eal1lostncss, her talonta, and nor womanhood,
and describes lor manners and idcas aH OK
proBaod to him.
Tho "pilgrlmago to Old Boston" doubtloas
contains Horno information to many OF ua. Tho
nano is derived FROM tho Church Of st.
Botolpha, and has been Shortened in the
courRo Of timo, from st. Botolph'a Town
to Boston. It WAS from this place
that many OF tho settlers Of onr own Boston
came, nnd from 1t tAat tho nano was takon. Tho
Rsv. ATr. Cotton, our first Boston 1ninistor, wae,
previously minister In old Doston.
The account Of the visit to tho antiquary who
.rt,o, Tn rr7rfrr M M
bracing descriptions Of many. strange things
He had in his rosseseion quilt Of finest work.
mnnship, embroidered by tho hands Of Mnry,
Quocn OF Scots; also. piece Of embroidery by
tho Queen Of Otahete. presented By her to
Capt. Cook; tho waist-coat Of Quoon Elizaboth's
Lord BurloigA; = u,arrlage-medal Of tho First
Napoleon, ono Of the only forty-flyo ever eer1ioR
n tho;m Hsa waa T "a seerot-pook Of Qneoa
Elizabeth, in manuscript. written, for. aught I
over, It proved to contain, not secrets Of State,
but recipes for dishes, drinks, medicines, washes,
nnd all such mattors Of 1ousowifory, among
which NO were mortified by ths tlto 9f1no of m 11e
never doubted that Bloody Queen Boas might
often hnvo had occasion for such recipe, but
wondered ut her frankness, and at hor attending
tcal way. The truth is, wo have road a1niss, and
lon, sort OF whitlow,-not Follow" 80
In tho church thoro is s,on chapel which
tS oca9od to Mr. ooton Thom sho inhabitants s.
Of this Boston seem to regard as the founder Of
tho American Boston, Firo hundred pounds
Boston, for this object In the description Of
tho church aro mentioned, 'tho soats formerly
appropriated to tho monks, which were 80 con-
trysd ss to tumble down With
Our noted battlefield derived its name from
the Dunker Hl near old Boston.
In speaking Of tho rhamos Tunnel, the author
must necessarily study upon some use to which
using it for prisoners Of State, and speaks OF
how much pleasautor it would have
boon for Sir Waitor R. nalos It, than 7,lds his
% ho might st'Ase have interviewed eonsenial spir
its among the "shadoB Of tho old mighty men
who 'might have risen from thor still pro
founder a6odes md joined him in tho dim cor
statelness Of nlion,-tollng him in melapchol.
tones, grand, but always melancholy, Of til
creator ideas and purposes which their most 70
nownoa performances so imperfeetly c4r1iet i
nre mentioned aa among those in whom Raloiel
might have found congenial friends. But, In th
timo OF Raleigh, the author remembers tia
digious aud wasteful expenditure Of tallow-ceu
dies to illuminate tho tunnel sufficiently to die
corn even a ghost"
In tho sketch called "outsido Glimpses o
English Poyorty," he speaks Of the "eabl
snow-lakes Of bituminous coal" with which n
urc all Of l1s quite fainilnr.
Tho book includes descriptions OF {! viait t
stratfofd-on- Avon. the ? Duke OF Marlborough'
Greenwich Park, Westminster Abbey, and man
other points Of interest, soma Of which have ot
ten beon described boforo, but which derive.
new charm In tho tenderness, grace and roalit
ts1,ie f},nvr $ro1n thp 0f HnwfIHruf
His exceedingly retiring disposition Is We
known, md his modosty is shown oven tn hi
writing. Instead Of saying that the party re
coiyed civility from tho Boston bookseller, m
acknowledging the samo as favor to himself
name Of ono membor Of our part,
4e SLOWED US l., greatt :? courtesy, s eto: :
II inabued with lifo and sontimont, is vo1
pleasing, as: meanwhile the tower Of s
botolpi'a looked ib,e!nignantly down; and
nlr; Cotton, two or three hundred years ago, IN
telling me to degcllbo its venerable height, IN
the town beneath it, to tho people Of the Amer
can city," "rho next morning wore lowosin
many consecutive days Of Storm He aays,
describing tho poets' Corner in Weatnlinst
Abbey, "A poets ghost is the only one th'
survives for Lis fellow-morta1s." "Ishe shad'
tho statesman, tho warrior, or the monarch thI
survives, but the dogpisod poet, whom they In,
fed with thefr crumbs, and to whom they on
ali that they now gro or haye,-a nano."
His account Of his visit to Leigh Hunt ia
good that NO can almost sec tle "baautitul o
man" and one feels o personal acquaintance At
Affection. for him, mover experienced betoI
Speaking Of tho English midsummer weathe
be aays: "Nght, If there be any such seasol
hangs down transparent veil, through wlie
the bygone dry beholis ito sueoe1aor.' 1t N.
be aoberly affirmed Of the more northern par
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