, 1876-07-01

,etwcet, l3ld and 1901 y. G.; md that It's ,oct-
historian drew Inspiration fit,m tllu ettc tI ~
tl,c memory n a. vn!ar wns yet fresh III l.ft
hcarers' minds. Tic general result II, rs tho
nlitllor thinks, tn thr0w hack the time III tho
fall Of the Trt'}an Capital pcrreptib'y, but byn M
whlcl. anclcnt argument a,pl opinion ranged,
Altogether, The work makes very valuable
addition To classical snuwfcllge; aid, II the
rta.'cr cn',nnt assent To a|t tho arguments, he
NIT thnt flood Of light llns been poured on
subject, an1 broad wny opened by the uut'sor
for some future literary tiseoycrrr.
HAWTHORNE.
FAES1lAwE; AND OTHER PIECES. 1ly FA.
TifASigL HAWTHORNE. lUmo.+ PIP. 243. Dos
ton: Jnmcs II. Osgood 4 Co.
TIE DnLL1tEn ROMANCE; AND OTHER
pp. I'LL. 1}osioii; Jn,ncs il. osgooi 4 Co.
After completing llis students course 1t bow
don, Hawthorne lived for the bettcr part uf ten
or twelve ycasa, with his mother anl sisters, IN
Salem, doyotng his days to the practice of 1T
craturc. In tic solitude pf Ills roofl, with.louts
must often lbcltct l,c sat aud troocl over tito
fauces that VIC may believe came thick anu fnst
from his tccmtng brain, md, weighing ntul trying
them to test tllofr value, trained himself IN tic
nrt Of clluosiny the l,cst, and giving them tho
most adequate expression. During this period
of sca,clifng self-cxa.nsnntloi,,- ,,-sluubtless tw
most profitable, though the least |rnluct!yr, Of
IFS cxiste1,ec,-thc fncp!cnt novelist tried Ills
'prcut!cc.las,l iu the construction Of various
sketches and tnlcs, that gropct1 their wny into
notice through the colunls Of local periodicals.
It WAS III this term OF his novltfate that
Hawthorne produced his first llctlon,-a work
60 little known that even It's name Is unfamiliar.
II wns crude compared with the finished cun1po-
eittons that noon and ever nftcr followed It !;
ati1, wI,cn Its author had finally developed
higher order Of workmanship, ic 50 diligently
strpvc to cut down this wayn,arlz which, isclus-
ell tic lower plume from which lie llatl risen,
that nut nDovc hulf-lozcn copics rc1alfctl III
existence. III orlc sense It scclEs wrong lonu
to Hawthorne to giyc renewed pub'Iefty to n
book which Je regarded aa all represent
alton Of his gchtl,s; and, IN another, It seems
charity to his atInircrs, who loui upon every
scrap from hts pen rs d precious possession,
yielding some possible ray of light for a clearer
understanding Of tho interior mechanism a,ld
movement Of tts mind.
"FanBhawe " was written In 1923, when IInw-
tllornc was A years Of agc 1t lad no Tidu cir
culatton III the beginning, md WINS, In later
years, 30 successfully suppressed that very few
ings ulonc nyc ever fallen In with It. Published
In style uniform with the "Littlc C!asaIc''
editfpn uf Hawthorne, there Ii now an oppor,,l-
nifty for the world to learn from u TINT. In his
iany another gifted writer of the same expert
cncc. Undoubtedly Ills genius WIS Of loIticr
type than most; but NJ undoubtedly II was
owing ta the toiiso1no and patient discipline to
he was enabled to giyc it that cx1nfs'tcls-pcr-
feet utteEanee which has brcn tho wonder ulltl
the delight uf the lllost critical readers.
With y HFans1lawc" arc bntlnsl II number OF
and @ With the fragments 'oi "Thc Dolivcr
Rpu,allcc,r found AMONG l1aWtoruef6 postl,u-