The author takes pleasure in expressing his thanks to his publishers for
the ample material they have placed at his disposal; and also to Messrs.
Harper and Brothers for their permission to make extracts from Horatio
Bridge's "Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne," and to Samuel
T.  Pickard, Esq., author of "Hawthorne's First Diary," and to Dr.
Moncure D.  Conway, author of "Nathaniel Hawthorne" (Appleton's), for a
like courtesy. 

COLUMBIA COLLEGE, April 1, 1902. 

CONTENTS 

CHAP. 

I.  FIRST YEARS 

II.  THE CHAMBER UNDER THE EAVES 

III.  WEIGHER, GAUGER, AND FARMER