Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-29

OF the room. Though the latter Is scarcely
twelve feet square, . stuoco cornice rams
around its ceiling edge heavy enough for a
lord mayors banqueting hall Two win
dows Of extraordinary size admit light, air
and a rugged sort Of perspective Of ancient
warehouses and storage buildings on the
opposite side of Back Goree.
More curious than all else is a pine cup
board standing between the fireplace and
the side wall. Il extends from the floor 20
the ceiling In the top are a few close
shelves. In the bottom Is "A cubbyhole,
formerly used ~ a temporary safe. just
above this are several secret drawers. their
outer edges made in itnifatiOn Of narrow
mOlding-ribbed paneling. Above these
Is a complex series Of ledger racks, pro
tected by little falling doors And still
above are sliding panels concealing a mar
velous nest Of pigeonholes. This was the
author Hawthorne's repository Of manu-
scripts OF personal correspondence. Of his
quaint, genial and often grimly satiric
English Notes" and of countless odds and
ends Of half created imsgeries, observations
and literary suggestions and skeleton
plots; all secret, sacred aud priceless TO a
writer a. 10 a maiden are the sweet trihing
tokens Of a first romantic love This rars
old cupboard is now a receptacle for Office
sweepings and an ignoble but useful coal
bin.
Innumerable pictures Of Hawthorne in
his changeful moods, as he sat at his desk
beneath the windows Of this little Office.
come i~nvoluntarily into the visitors mind
Whether at work upon many Of the most
characteristic personal letters he ever
penned; romping with his children. who
often descended like three uproariou- in
FAINT Grlces upon him. in charge of the
bright faced wife or the uucompr1mi~.ug.
but every faithful maid, Fanny. listen
ing demureiy 70 shipmaster-' yarns. or
pretending 20 solemuly inspect sailors
broken heads when his own was turned
away, quarreling in kindly rivalry az Oh
jurgatiou with lis loyal friend. Bright
over the merits and dement's Of the people.
policies and Institutions of their respective
cOuntrie--ior Hawthorne was American
20 the core and back again-or still brood
ing alone with vagarous %fancies. The light
from the strange old window tops must
have played about his head there with an
actual Rembrandt effect. bright as when
the spiritual windows Of memory open
upon the man Hawthorne, his tender life
and his surprising worth aud work.
Hawthorue's genuine haunts in England
were few, and be travelled over old ground
with the t1udest .read. II. Nicholas
churchyard. the rare bakers shop. where
such excellent bread and butter and cheese
could be eaten standing. Sandheys, where
he went % visit Bright; old Ormskirk, but
a few miles away; Southport and the out
lying sand duues between 10 and Blundell.
sands, nearer the city; the ancient Liver
pool market, still standing. Chester, which
he revisited frequently; Dingle. "a plet,
ant domain on the banks Of the Mersey:"
Eastman, but a few miles distant and re-
corded by him as the finest old English
village be had seen, and particularly the
venerable church Of 81. Andrews az Beb-
bington, built IN 100, were his most IA
miliar haunts for the four years OF his con
sularship in England. 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 20 refresh his mind when
he should finally get a good ready 70 write.
In all the English Notes" the really
charming bits are chiefly where be speaks
Of himself, and not Of the thing he has
come 70 see. The little hooks near Liver.
pool, when he stole away 10 them alone
or when be had his family on foot for an
outing with him, are where we find the
man at his nappiest and best
Undoubtedly Hawthorne's chief haunt
In Liverpool was the then and at present
new and old book store, noted among bibli-
ographers and owned by Mr.. Henry Young,
at u "a Castle street. Mr.. Young.
now a very old man, gave me some inter
esting rccOllectiOns OF the novelist:
my first recollection Of Mr.. Hawthorne
is Of a dark haired. retiring and most gen.
tlemanly looking man who walked into
my shop and without a word to anybody
or fTnm any ona ~ him Vra1aaHaN o.. L.
tigate the books. In a little time be took
from a shelf an uncut copy Of Don
QuiXOte,' ia two volumes, illustrated by
Tony J~OhannOt, asked me the price. paid
the money and requested that the books
be sent 10 Mr.. Hawthorne. at the Ameri- I
consulate
Then he began coming almost daily.
after a long time growing somewhat "a
miliar. He would inquire much about
books, but usually more for information
than for purchase. The late Henry A.
Of Liverpool. a wealthy dilletant.
author Of The English Flower Garden
the intimate friend Of the late Lord
H|OugLtOn tkichard MOnckton Milnesl. 10
whom he introduced Hawthorne, was his
single warm friend anu cCnfdant in Eng
and. They frequently called together, and
made Use Of a little uook in the rear Of the
mop, 10 winch 70 Namln anu discuss
looks. and this sCOn came 10 be- known a.
he Hawthorne Corner Mr.. Hawthorne
ave Bright lie complete manuscript Of
Transformation CMarble FauuD. He had
very richly bound. and il remains in the
'ossession Of the Bright family here TO this
Some little time after It's publication by
smith & Elder, a leading London pub
isher came 70 me and said he understood
hat Hawthorne was a customer Of mine.
te wished me 20 ascertain If any portion
4 Transformation was written Ia Eng
and, or, rather, If the whole Of il was not
in Italy; in which latter case he
rould mercilessly republish il, 10 defiance
Z the English copyright. giving asNhis
eason that Americans pirated the pubica-
ions OF bis house, aud that be wished TO
erve any one Of them be could with the
anne sauce. | refused the commission +,
bruptly. and shortly after, on again meet
* Hawthorne, | mentioned the matter 70
Inn He seemed much amused and said.
him the larger portions OF the book
'ere written IN Italy and that a portion
'as written in England. that they are
retty well mixed. but that he Il welcome
hnd out which IL which II he can, and
} republish those portions which satisfy