New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-13

storr which olterat,ons were not carried into tn
Second part. 1t results from tins that the HILL ~
Script presents various apparent lnconsislcncios. ~
transcrbng the work for the press these lne9nssI
ent SEN ences and passages have been T'thulaMn
from the text and inserted III the appehu,A vi, -,
few unimportant instances, omit Ell aitose,nioi.
I'm other respects the text is printed as the autuoI
left il, with the exception OF me mines " .,ao
characters In the manuscrlpt eacn S tE to
six different names. This difficulty has Deeh lhe' ny
bestowing npon each of the dTamatls persona lIo
name which last Identified MN 20 ' me vonwe
mind and keeping him to 1t throughout lhe Volun;;
The story as a story. IS complete as III stahuS II
has beginning. middle ana an emu: Ihelc 70 FL hv
break in the narrative, and the legitimate cohCIu-
sion is reached .
10 say that the story is complete as work OF art
would be quite another matter 1t lacks paiahcc
and proportion. Some characters and incidents are
portrayed with minute elaboration; otheI5 perhaps
not less important, are merely sketched IN outhc'
Beyond a doubt ii was the au nor puTpose 10 10
write the entire work from the hrst p e 10 o s,,
enlareing il. deepening IT, adjoining IL WIZ go
kind of spiritual and physical beauty, anu IL
out moral worthy of tie noble materials. nIr
these last TRANSPORTING touches 20 Aladdlhs toN,tl
were never to be- given; and he mas departed, tlh
ING with hIm his Wonderful Lamp. Nevertheless
there is great spendor IN the structure as We M ME-
it, The character of old Dr. Grlmshawe ana the PIC
ture of his surroundings are hardly surpassed III
vigOT By anything their author has ploduceu' uiin
the dusllv vision of the secret chamber winch sehds
q mysterious shIveT through the tale seems 10 pe
UNI que even in Hawthorne "
There have been included in this volume photo
NAL manuscript Of " iT. GTimshawe." selected az
random, upon which those ingenious persons whose
cOnvlc ions are in advance OF iheIf INSTRUCTION. ulo
cordially invited 10 try their teeth; Tor II mas Decu
maintained that Mr. Haw.hOrne's handwriting was
singulaIly lcgiblc. The present writer possesses
specimens of Mr.. HawthornGs ChlTOgAphy at E I'r
Gus ages from bOyhOoi until day or two before Ms
death. Like the handwriting OF most men IL Was
at its best between the twcntyi ana TIE iortlein
years OF life and III some instances II ~ Il % N"
bly, beautiful type of penmaushp But rs
time went on il dctcriOrated, ana WINE u
course retaining It's elementary charac-
teiistics If became less and less easy 10
read especially in those writings which were III
tended solely for his own ,rusal. As with 0tler
men Of sensitive Orga liZatlon, TIE hO0u OF ,Iig
hour, q good or q bad pen, ready or ObstIucieu
flow of thought, would All be reilec cd IN the lorna
ton OF The written letters and words. IN the man
uscIipt of the frag nentary sketch whch mas Just
been published III Il magazlue winch Is written III
an ordinary cOmmOuplacc-bOo with ruled page,
and in which the author had not yet become pos
srssod with the shirt OF the story and characters,
The handwriting is deliberate and clear. H. the
manuscript of DR.. GrimshaWeS secret" Oh
the other hand, which was written almost mi
mcdiatcly after the other, but on unruied paper,
and when the writer's Imagination was warm anu
eager the ChrCgrJVhy is for the most part com
pac mass of minute uanped hcroglypmcs, hardly
TO be dcciUlcied by flashes OF Inspiration. Inc
matter is not, in Itself % Importance, ana is alluded
to here ONLY As having been brought forward III
connection with O'Aer msinuatlons, win the hoIce
of which ii seems unnecessary to soil these pages
Indeed were | otherwise disposed, DR.. Grlmsha"e
himself would take the words out of my mouth MS
speech far more poignant and eloquent than mine
In dlsmssng this episode. Will take the hDer' To
observe thai il appears To Indicate Il spirit IN our
age less sccpilcal than is commonly suppOScd-be-
lief in miracles beng still possible, provided only
the miracle be a scanGalOus one.
Mr.. Hawthorne SAYS in conclusion that the Ms
came iuio his possession about eight years ago and
that he then had no intention of publishing it. He
packed it away and did not it again Sntil last
Summer, when he unpaoEed 1t III this city aud fin
ished The perusal of IT, He found it practically
complete and resolved TO publish it, The story "a
longer than The Scarlet Letter" s to be brought
out by OsgoOd. and will appear in 12mo of 3S4
paccS. .