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Title: Twice Told Tales

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Release Date: October 11, 2004 [EBook #13707]

Language: English

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TWICE-TOLD TALES.

BY

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.

PHILADELPHIA:
DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER,
23 SOUTH NINTH STREET.

1889.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

THE GRAY CHAMPION 5

SUNDAY AT HOME 15

THE WEDDING-KNELL 23

THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL 33

THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT 49

THE GENTLE BOY 63

MR. HIGGINBOTHAM'S CATASTROPHE 99

LITTLE ANNIE'S RAMBLE 113

WAKEFIELD 123

A RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP 133

THE GREAT CARBUNCLE 141

THE PROPHETIC PICTURES 159

DAVID SWAN 175

SIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE 183

THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS 191

THE TOLL-GATHERER'S DAY 197

THE VISION OF THE FOUNTAIN 204

FANCY'S SHOW-BOX 211

DR. HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT 218

LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE:
I.--HOWE'S MASQUERADE 233
II.--EDWARD RANDOLPH'S PORTRAIT 249
III.--LADY ELEANORE'S MANTLE 263
IV.--OLD ESTHER DUDLEY 281

THE HAUNTED MIND 294

THE VILLAGE UNCLE 300

THE AMBITIOUS GUEST 313

THE SISTER-YEARS 323

SNOWFLAKES 332

THE SEVEN VAGABONDS 338

THE WHITE OLD MAID