, 1881-06-17
HAWTHORNE TO A FRIEND,
His Hooks. 0ne or gElA Habits, Some
&sEtt. ullI IaNrIuG n lSuIIsu.

His 1S0oka. One or gEl% ITat,ltH, Some
GEtt, nnd tsuyinG n House.
Iur7cr fur .inty contains l0i9 and fresh
letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne. II * nh-
dressed tu William II. Pile. Atr. Pike WIS
fur many years Collector nf tic Fort nr
Salem, aud 'tfS acquaintance Will The great
rol,lancer legal, early and tl mol cI',sr until
hU died. Tlle letter wns written from l.rI,ux,
AlusS., Oh .1nly:l, lSl, and, IN part, Is as fnl-
lows:
DEAR PIKE: sllonlti have written to you
long since, acknowledging tic rrceiut vi
yotlr gin, and III a,lswer to your letter. but
have been very busy With my pcu. As to tho
Rfn, cannot speak Dr its HlmlLiy, for thu
bottle ims not yet heel, opcl,s,I, md will
probnbIy ru,uu!n cttrlseu III cbItl weather.
wten mean lU tnko MI occasional SIP.
rpAlly tllnilk yUil fur 1t. however; 'lUr cotlltE
l help sllGllttng Il tuW quiet tears uyGt tint
which was so nsulcsly split ly tho exl'rrss-
'rhe ,nost Important news l,aye 10 tell yom
III yUn tayt mt R'rGa'ty l,uhr,i lD Is tllnt we
hare utlnt1iGr tatEltter, NOW ahDtf 1lH,ilills
oil. Sht' Ii very bright mud healthy child.
and neither more nor less llnim'olnn ta,l la-
est hi her thNn lid I,I ts o!lIor children nj.
the sAtlu mgr, frnnl the ru1Sl,crAslnI, tfnt size
Is ~ bt tllu daughter ut MY uge.-tl'c r0in-
fnrt tat leas' 20 It Is 10 lc !lnpcG| of my tEe-
clinllE years.
l}y the way, II contlnne to prosper rs
heretofore III the literary inr, sl!t sun, h..
Il, a contlitloll to buy II Place; an!t II you
should lrar of me, my worth from 81 ,'An to
1 FL nc. T's shSS ~" w"'I %1s III" # Il Y' 81 % ~ IL ~ sa 4
cnass, Or Mt ali events will! rasy arcpss totlle
yrr. Very Iiti1s lanl wnnl'I suit my pstrpls.
| h'lt ! want g1nl nt!se. with spare enough
n1ss' si' rsSs I''a Me W' 5 t%' sat f i, y ny f%ii i 1T
h0lne uM!nig these hills, nna SHOULD nut Ike
to consider myself permanently ar1tlH! llnre
Why lid yon INT eXprnss yn1r opninn ht
"l'lle lImlse Of tile seyeI Gablrs,' ,whirh =!
| GGAt yuu? ] SUPPOSE ynH MPrB afraid Df
hurting my Feelings hy !ttsanprtvaI, but ys't.
liuttl not have beplI. sllunl rcel'isr triell,-
ty re,lsnre with Just ny n,l!cll eql,ui!ini'y. NJ
Il It we're praise; though, certainly. ! hat
rather yul! would !lke tho tnok tlun mt. AT
any rate, It aas sold t'teiy, ald srcnss tn tItve
pleased Il E0nl many peOple hitter tl,nM this
ntller. AMI | Mi,!at chhfrSs that myself mn
nlilnng tho i,.tnber. II Is Inort Characteristic
me to write, illan thu "Srarlet l:ttter'''. was.
! WHEN wrftn another runinth:p. ] shall tails,
the community for n subject. mud shall give
sn,ne Of my axmrlenrrs anu observations at
".seyen Cables, have wrilton Il l,nns 1or
children, which Is 70 be put to press im'nc'
NJ Receiving your lie letter wrote E, - !,onE
tlla Swedish Language, III, bas not toll ule
wllcther or m jln. ti,l su. i askell lin tn
semi them to the Manson l[ois1 1T snlel1l
wish yosl Ilnd rather undertaken Latin, ot
French, 0r German, nr 1ll,lted nlMi,st any
ytiIer la1lginE', Il, which there would l,!lyt
been H. ,.lure extensive anl attnlnnb!a |itpra
ture tlnn Il, tlle Swedish. But II " itrn'
ant to be II ,Iteas,lrn anil Improvement Il
yourself, the eItt Is attaincd. You will never
fear fyOu SEQ That ta'se frsnd's privilege
70 srnalS plainly, llInkt tha Impression, q,
llopa y0,l would. II Will not ln your fault
however, but tic fau1t Of circumstances
Your Hover wns not destined to blnol !,
this world. hopu 10 aca lis g!0ry In ths
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