Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14

ture Immense oak ash, chestnut and elm
trees surround 1t and there are hammocks
swings. tennis and croquet grounds, rustic
arbors and great. shady verandas A fine
place to rest and refresh ourselves and, of
course, buy souvenir cards
The town Of Concord is built mainly upon
one side of the river. In its center is an
open square, shaded by elms. From this
square diverge four roads. One leads under
stately sycamore trees to the Old Manse
and the battle ground, another goes d.
rectly to the river, and third is the main
avenue of the town which divides after
passing the shops. One branch forms a
beautiful residence street, with houses
standing apart, each with a garden plot
and lofty trees. The fourth avenue is the
old Boston road, also dividing at the edge
of the village with the direct route to
Boston and the Lexington turnpike
The house OF Emerson stands opposite
this junction. 1t is plain and square,
painted white, and has grove of pine and
fir trees almost brushing the windows upon
the right Of the door and extending to the
road. There is also a row of horse chest
nuts along the lot. guarding the entrance
to the spacious yard. We were told that
the Emerson home has changed little since
the master OF the house left it, THE
corded wood" is still seen I'm the side yard
and the daily haunts" of the boy whose
requiem was sung in the sweetest death
song ever known to American literature:
The poultry yard, the shed, the barn,
the garden ground,
Paced by the blessed feet around
From the roadside to the brook
wherein he loved to look.
We were not able to enter the house, but
par Nuhf ah
We're when he wrote:
All my hurts
My garden spade can heal A woodland
walk,
4 quest Of river grapes, a knocking thrush,
A wild rose OF rock-loving columbine,
SalVe my worst wounds.
little beyond the Emerson house is
The Wayside," Hawthorne's home, long
after he had occupied the Old Manse, and
indeed his final home, The main part is
old, but the additions have given 1t some
thing OF modern air. It had come into
Mr.. Alcott's hands from the elder days
and he sold It to Hawthorne in 1862 From
time to time he improved II, embelllshing
the grounds after his own taste, the low
hedge along the walk, the thlcket of
trees-firs, pines. elms oaks, Scotch
larches, birches--beins largely set out by
him. After returning from his Liverpool
consulate and his journeys through Eng
land and Italy and dreaming out his
Marble Faun," he set a big square
room. like box, right on top OF the main
building. This he called the tower and
served him as a study. 1t is reached from
the second story by a narrow covered
stairway, at the top of which, In either
corner, is a case of books, over one the
motto, Abandon care, all we who enter
here" over the other, Tennyson's lines
There is no Joy but CALM" while on the
window casing, between the shelves is
painted the word, olympus" In Greek
letters. The study is finished in red
stained pine and plainly furnished with
table, sloplpg desk, a hinged shelf
against the wall for use as a standing
desk, couple Of chairs, one an American
rocker. an open fireplace. a few prints on
the wall and a few ornaments on the
mantel
consider 1t one of the greatest privi-
leges of the day that / could wander at
will through quaint old Wayside for It
was the place in which, more than any
where else Hawthorne achieved the larg-
est work of his latest period Here he
spun out his sweet "Tanglewood Tales"
his delightful pictures Of English scenery
ana life which we read In "Our Old Home"
and last and saddest OF all. "septimius
Felton," over whose unfinished pages fell
the magician's wand. And here, too,
Louisa Alcott received the experiences
and incidents that form the basis OF her
delightful stories though the stories
themselves were written In the Orchard
House" or Apple slump" as Louisa
preferred TO call II.
The Wayside now belongs TO Mrs.