HAWTHORNE AND HIS CIRCLE 

BY 

JULIAN HAWTHORNE 

ILLUSTRATED 

[IMAGE: NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (From a crayon drawing by Samuel Rowse)] 

CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTION 

Inheritance of friendships--Gracious giants--My own good fortune--My
father the central figure--What did his gift to me cost him?--A
revelation in Colorado--Privileges make difficulties--Lights and
shadows of memory--An informal narrative--Contrast between my father's
life and mine