The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-12-24
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I'osthumous Novel.

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absence of such exterior testimony. the mere
publication Of the work would suffice to settle
the question Of authorship for no intelligent
person who has read The Scarlet Letter can
fail to recognize not only in the point Of view
and method Of composition. but in every sem
tcnce and almost every epithot. the masters
hand,
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n,i5,la ANA an md M. II ia olso cer.oi,
@hn. ne rorords historical construction ,boro
are breaks in the narrative. and there ia
much in ina erst chanters of cardinal mo-
mont 70 the dramatic ,1o,ivc Of thc tale that
the last chapters do not exnlain. In short nl
though tho manuscript would in any cireum
stances have had Il profound interest for those
who nre nblo To nnprocioto its detached Int in
numcrablo proofs of artistic excellcnce II
couId not hovn been ,n,de accountable to tho
general reader without the most careful edltins
on the part of thu authors son. We do not.
indeed. hesitate 10 say that the tale would have
been greatly improved ia cohnrnnce and intel
Eligibility had Mr. Julian Hawthorne permitted
himself not only to strike out and ri zee together
but to rewrite considerable sections OF the
first part, and to insert in the second part
calculations which, from the point of view of
Structure, are indispensable. But while we
are losers by it, we cannot but respect the feel
Ing of fllial reverence which has strictly con-
fined him to the negative task of excelsior and
rcadJustmcnt. and which has withheld him
from placing any positive additions of his own
II" matter how useful and desirable they might
seem to the reader. in juxtaposition with
ms fathers composition. That the instincts of
the son have overpowcred tho impulse Of the
hfust Is manifest on many page but even
%l'nih 'i.e limits imposed 10y his se!i-restraint
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