Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 401
he public interest inthe slavery question, Hawthornes romancehad no such outside aid. Hawthornes studyof the Puritan life in New England is superiorto Mrs. Stowes novel. It is a masterpiece ofnarrative, every incident being so aptly chosen,so skilfully prepared, so well placed, that it 388… … unread; but Hawthornesgreat story stands to-day--Wisf1 ^f i higher than ever before fc!ii^3|E. <■■]■ ■■ in the esteem of those :s- A~ best fitted to judge. The author thought that the romance was toosomber, and he relieved it with a humoroussketch of his life in the Salem custom-house.The…
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