should ever be in need of vindication, ample material for that purpose may be found in these volumes. Of Hawthorne as an author I have had little or nothing to say: literary criticism had no place in my present design. His writings are a subject by themselves; they are open to the world, and the world during the past thirty or forty years has been discussing them, not to much purpose as a rule. Originality remains a mystery for generations. I have received assistance, in the shape of letters and other material, from various friends, to whom I gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness. Mr. Henry Bright (whose death occurred as the last pages of the book were writing) sent me valuable notes of Hawthorne's English experiences; and Miss E. P. Peabody has afforded me help which could scarcely have been dispensed with. Mr. Richard Manning, of Salem, in addition to other courtesies, has allowed the portrait of Hawthorne, in his possession, to be etched by Mr. Schoff. And in this connection I cannot refrain from saying that Mr. Schoff's success in all the six likenesses which illustrate these volumes has been quite exceptional. As likenesses they could not be better; and they are their own evidence of their artistic merit. NEW YORK, July, 1884. JULIAN HAWTHORNE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. DANIEL HATHORNE. Etched by S. A. SCHOFF. From a SALEM CUSTOM HOUSE. Etched by E. H. GARRETT Titlepage CAPT. NATHANIEL HATHORNE. Etched by S. A. SCHOFF. 36 SOPHIA AMELIA HAWTHORNE AT THE AGE OF THIRTY-SIX. Etched by S. A. SCHOFF. From a painting in possession of Mrs. N. Peabody, of Boston. 242 |