Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-08

around IT, ceiling edge heavy enough Tor a
lord mayors hanquotiug hall Two win.
dows Of extraordinary size admit light u'i
and rugged sort Of pcupectit Of ancisrt
warehouse and storage buildings on the
opposite side Of Rack Gorce.
More curious than all olse Is pine cup.
b1iul standing between the fireplace aud
the side wall It extends FROM tle h0or 10
the ceiling In the top are a few close
shelves In tho bottom is o cuhhyh0le,
formerly used ~ a temporary safe. just
above this are several secret drawers thoii
outer edges made In Imitation VI narrow,
moldIng ribbed pancling Aboyu these
isa complex series Of lelgcr racks pro
tectcd by itisle falling doors Aud st.ll
above aru sliding panels couccliug q mar
yelous nest Of pigcnnhoicl. This was tue
author litwthorfc's repository Of manu-
scripts OF personal coucs pondcucs, OF DIS
qialnt. genial aud often nimly sntirc
"Englhh Notc.. /" and Of couuJlcs. odd, aud
ends of halfcrcatod imapries 1l.r,yatiuus
aud literary suggcstious aud skrloiol
plots. nii sccrtt. sacred aud priceless tn
Sritor a. to o. maiden arr the sweet trin.ug
tokens ~ % lirst romantic love This mri
old cupboard is now receptacle for Office
awceplugs aud 40 .snobla bat useful coal
bin.
lnnumcrnblc plcturos Of Hawthorne in
biz chpugtiul moods, az be slt no bis desk
beneath the Windows Of this little office,
come inyuuntarily into the visitors mint
Whether at work upon many VI tho most
characteristic personal letters no ever
uenucl; rnmping with his children, who
oftcu descended likc three upro,rIous 100.
FAINT Graccs upon him, To- Charge OF the
bright FACED wife or the uncumprUm. sing.
but every faithful maid. Fanny listen.
ing dcmurcly TO shlpmnstcr' yarns. ~
pretending 10 soicmnly inspect Eui1rf
broken head. when his own NHs turned
away, qunrclIug In kindly rivalry Of Ole.
iursnilOn with his loyal friend, Bright,
over tho merits and dement's Of the people,
policies aud Institutions " thrlr respective
countries-for Hawthorne WIS American
TO tho rotc and hHck aghu-or 9TH brood.
ing alone with yagaruus fnncles. the light
from the hinure old window tops must
have PLAYED about his head theirs with ln
actual Rembrandt effect, bright a. when
tho spiritual windows 81 memory OrHu
upon th, man Hawthorne, h.. tender ifi
aud hls surprising worth aud work
Hawth1rne'a genuine haunts in ENGLAND
were TOW, and he Travelled over old fruuud
with the flndest tread g. Nicholas
chufohynri. The rare bakers shop, who're
such excellent bread and butter aud cheese
I could b. eaten standing. Sgudhcys whrra
/ be- went % wilt Bright; old Ormskirk. lut
icw mile. away Southport and the ont.
Wing sand dunes between it and Blurlp.l.
sands, nearer the oityi tho ancient Liver
[ pool market. still standing Chester. which
I be- revisited frequently; Dlug.r, % pleas.
nni domain on tho banks Of tho MCuoy.n
[ Eutham, but a lew miles distant AMI ~
| corded by him ~ "the finest Old Eu.liHh
. village Do had seen. aud particularly the
l Venerable church ui 81 Andr1ws ht lieb.
l blnWon, built IN leo, were bis most IA.
/ miliar haunts Tor the four ycari n bis con.
sulnrship in ENGLAND. OF cour.c In this
time be visited the lake district, Wales,
the l-le of Man, Scotland anil London spar
ingy But BE- seemed % write Of them all
q, though merely To refresh his mind When
be should finally set a good ready 10 write.
IN M tho "Engli-h Notes. the really
charming bits nro chiefly where he speak,
:. Of himself, and not " the thing he hl'
come IN sac. The little hooks nonr Liver
pool, WHEN he stole away 10 them alone
or when no had his family on foot for af
outing with him, arc where we nnd Oh,
man ~ his happigst aud best.
Undoubtedly Nnwthome'- chief haunt
In Liverpool was the then and ~ present
now and Old book store, motel among bibll
ographcrs aud owned ly Mr. Henry Young
Ut " South Castle street Mr. Young
now very Old mnn, gave me some inter
csting vcolloctious OF the uoyulistl
MY lint recollection NJ Mr.. Hawthorne
Il Of dark haired. retiring and most gea
tlcmauly looking man who walked int
my shop, aud without word 10 anybody
or from amy one TO him, proceeded 10 lives
tignto the books. In u little time he tool
from n shelf an uncut copy Of Dol
QuiSoie,' ia two volumes, illustrated D.!
Tony Johnnnot, asked me the price, pail
the money and requested that tho book
bu sent TO Mr Hawthorne. at the Amcri
eau consulate
Then hr began coming almost daily
after a long time growing somewhat q,
miliar. 10 would inquire much Rbou
books, hut usually more for Information
than Tor purchase. Tho late Henry A
Bright, 81 Liverpool, a wealthy GillotAni
author of Tho English Flower Garden
aud the Intimate friend Of the late l.nu
lloughton (Riehhrd Muuoktnn Milncsj, &
whom he introduced hawthorne, was M
single warm friend Hud ebnlldant In Enl
land rhry frequently called together, nu
made use OF little nook IN the rear Of u
shop, In which 10 examine and discus
books, and this soon came 20 be known n
the Hawthorne Corner Mr., Hawthorn
gave Bright tic complete manuscript q
Transformation cAlarulr Funl. He ha
n very richly bound, md it remain. In th
possession OF the Bright family herv to tai
day.
Some little time after a. publication b.
Smith Is Elder, a leading London put
Usher came to me aud said he understoo
that Hawthorne was q customer OF miut
lie wished me 10 ascertain II amy portio
Of Transformation WIS written la Eng
land, or, rather, IL tlu whole OF IL was no
written IN Italy In which latter case u
would meruilrssly repnhllsh H., In denanc
OF the English copyright giving ~ hi
reason that Americans pIrHied the publlca
tons OF his house, mud that be- wished 4
serve any one N them DE could with "a
same sauce. | refused the commission
abruptly, and shortly alter, ON again meet
Ing Hawthorne, mentioned the matter 4
him. lie seemed much amused and said
Tell him the larger portions ot the bod
were written IN ltaiy aud that a portio
was written ia England; that they ar
pretty well mixed, but that be " WELDON
To llnd out which Is which II lac can, an,
to yepubllsh those portions which satlsf
him.
"when the family finally left England
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawthorne aud. ! think
Miss Una Hawthorne called 70 shnk
hands aud say goodby ilawthorne's pea
sonnl appearance and dcmennor Yer
strongly reminded me Of Dr.. Martincnu
u H.. ...H . La.