Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-26

splaying is at once reversed in an outward
and upward angle, a window treatment l
have never previously seen, the latter odd
arrangement having almost the effect OF sky
lights In admitting to room the upper,
and almost zenith light from the sky. The
glasses are cut in narrow panes, the sashes
are slender and hung on all but slender
hinges, and quaint little cross section,
necessary to the unusual outer opening at
the top, is adapted to both the purposes of
ventilation and antique ornament.
A QUEER PIECE OF FURNITURE.
More curiousthan all else is a pine cup
board standing between the fireplace and
the side wall 1t extends from the floor to
| the ceiling. In the top are a few close
shelves In the bottom is a cubbvhole, for
merly used as a temporary safe. Just above
this are several secret drawers, their outer
edges made in imitation of narrow, molding-
ribbed paneling Above these is complex
series of ledger racks, protected by little
falling doors. And still above are sliding
panels, concealing a marvellous nest of
pigeonholes This was the author Haw-
thOrne's repository of manuscripts, of per-
sonal correspondence of his quaint, genial
and often grimly satiric "English Notes.
and of countless.odds and ends of half Gre
ated imageries, observations and literary
suggestions and skeleton plots. This rare
old cupboard is now a receptacle for Office
sweepings, and an. ignoble, but useful, coal
bin
Hawthorne genuine haunts iu England
were few. st. Nicholas churchyard; the
rare bakers shop where such excellent
bread and butter and cheese could be eaten
standing; Sandheys, where he went to visit
Bright; old Ormskirk, but few miles away;
Al AI--s- i
tween it and Bundell-eands nearer the city;
the ancient Liverpool market, still stand
ing; Chester, which is revisited frequently;
Dingle, "a pleasant,dunain on the banks of
the Mersey;" Eastman, a.few miles distant
and recorded bv him as "the finest old
English village" he had.seen; and particu-
larly the
VENERABLEsCHURCH,OF ST. ANDREWS
at Bebbington, built in 100; were his most
familiar haunts'for thesfour years of his con-
sulship in EnglandA Of course in this
time he visited the lake district, Wales, the
Isle of Man, Scotland and London spar
ingly. But he seemed to write of them all
as though merely to refresh his mind when
he should finally get a goodr to write
Undoubtedly Hawthorne s. chief haunt in
Liverpool was the then and at present new
and old book store, noted among bibliog-
raphers and owned by Henry Young. Mr..
Young, now a very old man, gave me some
interesting recollections,of the novelist:
'tNIv first recollection of Mr.. Hawthorne
is of dark haired retiring and most gen.
tlemanlv looking man. who walked into nv
shop, and without a word to anybody or
from anyone to him.; proceeded to investi-
gate the books. In little time he took
from a shelf an uncut copy of Don
Quixote, in two volumes, illustrated by
Tony Johannot, asked me the price, paid |
the money and requested that the books be |
sent TO 'Mr. Hawthorne. at the American |
consulate.
''Then he began. coming almost daily, |
after long time growing somewhat famil- |
lar He would inquire much about books, |
but usually more for information than for |
purchase.
oUESTIoNtoF COPYRIGHT.
"Soon after the publication of 'Transforma-
ton, leading London publisher came to me
and said he understood that Hawthorne was
q customer of mine. He wished me to as
certain if any portion of Transformation
was written in England or rather, if the
whole of it was not written in Italy; in
which latter case he would mercilesslv re-
publish it, in defiance of the English copy
right, giving as his reason that Americans
pirated the publications of his house, and
that he wished 10 serve any one OF tnem ne
could with the same sauce. 1 refused the
commission abruptly, and shortly after, on
again meeting Hawthorne, L mentioned the
matter to him. He seemed much amused
and said, tell him the larger portions of the
book were written in Italy and that por-
ion was written in England that they are
pretty well mixed, but that he iG welcome
O find out which is which, if he can, and to
'epnblish those portions which satisfy
lin.
The Hawthorne home at Rock Park is
still pleasant, flower embowered English
but the old Duke street Oliver
oooD boarding house of good Mrs. Blod-
yett-ever famous in literary history as the
lream of home by proxy-in which the
longest lived in England, is
low merged into stuffy warehouse in an
lncient and unsavory quarter of the Liver
pool of to-day. EDGAR,L. WAKEMAN.
SHERMAN-Interview with Senator Sher-