s career gives a view of the growth of American
literature that is full of instruction and interest. It is a
book that is sure to become a classic both in this country and
England, and, indeed, in cultivated circles throughout the
world."--_Boston Budget._

"It is needless to add that the publication of these noble
volumes is the literary event of the day, that all continents
will greet it with delight, and that coming ages will quote it
affectionately in recalling that Longfellow was not only a pure
and great poet, which is much, but also a pure and great man,
which is more."--_The Beacon_ (Boston).

"These volumes tell the story of his life with exquisite taste;
they also unfold a panorama of the literary history of America,
and are among the rare and monumental books of the present
century."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._

* * * * *

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE AND HIS WIFE.

By JULIAN HAWTHORNE. With portraits newly engraved on steel and
vignettes. Two vols. 12mo. In cloth, $5.00. Half morocco or half calf,
$9.00. Edition de luxe, numbered copies, $12.00.

The fullest and most charming accounts of Hawthorne's ancestry
and family; his boyhood and youth; his courtship and marriage;
his life at Salem, Lenox, and Concord; his travels and residence
in England and Italy; his later life in America; and his chief
works and their motives and origins.

"It increases my admiration for the character of Hawthorne and
my respect for his genius as an author."--_R. H. Stoddard, in
The Critic._

"The most charming biography of the year, pure and sweet from
the beginning to end."--_The Beacon_ (Boston).

"Colored with the very hues of life, and bearing the signature
of truth. The reader will close the book with a new admiration
for the pure-minded and honest gentleman who was the greatest
original writer our country has produced."--New _York Tribune._

"And so the inspiration left behind by this biography is that of
increase of happy faith in the power of high, disinterested love
to transmute the prose of daily life into poetry, to give beauty
for ashes, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness."--_Boston Herald._

"Leaves on the mind of the reader a clear perception of
Hawthorne's moral and intellectual character, a vivid impression
of his personal t