Images Related to the Children's Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Peter Parley's Universal History on the Basis of Geography
  Grandfather's Chair(1841)
  • Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth
    Famous Old People: Being a Second Epoch of Grandfather's Chair
    Liberty Tree: With the Last Words of Grandfather's Chair
  
  
   
  A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
  Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys, Being a Second Wonder-Book


 

Peter Parley's Universal History on the Basis of Geography

	Cover of 1867 London edition of Universal History on the Basis of Geography by Peter Parley  (from Google Books Online)
	Full page cover illustration from 1867 London edition of Universal History on the Basis of Geography by Peter Parley  (from Google Books Online)
	Title page of 1867 London edition of Universal History on the Basis of Geography by Peter Parley  (from Google Books Online)

Grandfather's Chair(three parts)(1841)

	Illustration from frontispiece to A Grandfather's Chair published in 1880 by Houghton, Osgood and Co., The Riverside Press, Cambridge from the Illustrated Library Edition, A Wonder-Book and Grandfather's Chair, two volumes in one
	Cover of Riverside edition of Hawthorne's Grandfather's Chair True Stories from New England history
	"How to Capture the British Army" from Grandfather's Chair Illustration by Frank T. Merrill from Grandfather's Chair, Riverside Press edition, 1900, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (courtesy of Dr. John L. Idol, Jr.)
	"A Judgment Seat" from Grandfather's Chair Illustration by Frank T. Merrill from Grandfather's Chair, Riverside Edition, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1900. (courtesy of Dr. John L. Idol, Jr.)
	from Grandfather's Chair Illustration by Frank T. Merrill from Grandfather's Chair, Riverside Edition, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1900. (courtesy of Dr. John L. Idol, Jr.)
	Cover of Grandfather's Chair  (courtesy of Dr. John L. Idol, Jr.)
	Cover of Grandfather's Chair  (courtesy of Dr. John L. Idol, Jr.)
	Cover of Grandfather's Chair  (courtesy of Dr. John L. Idol, Jr.)
	Cover of Grandfather's Chair  (courtesy of Dr. John L. Idol, Jr.)
	George Fox, Quaker from England George Fox launched the Quaker movement in England in 1646; he sailed to American in 1671. Hawthorne depicts Fox in a favorable light in Grandfather's Chair, "Grimshawe," and "A Virtuoso's Collection." In "The Gentle Boy," however, Hawthorne points to the fanaticism of the Quakers. (courtesy of Dr. John L. Idol, Jr.)

A Wonder-Book for Girls & Boys

	Tanglewood Plaque Commemorating House Where Hawthorne Lived While in the Berkshires Tanglewood plaque commemorating the house where Hawthorne lived from the spring of 1850 to the autumn of 1851 while in the Berkshires. It is here that he wrote The House of the Seven Gables and The Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys and where his daughter, Rose, was born. The house was destroyed by fire in June, 1890. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Illustration from frontispiece of A Wonder-Book; published in 1880 by Houghton, Osgood and Co., The Riverside Press, Cambridge from the Illustrated Library Edition, A Wonder-Book and Grandfather's Chair, two volumes in one
	Cover of Hawthorne's A Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	Title page of Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928 (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	Preface to Hawthorne's A Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928 (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	Page one of Table of Contents from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928 (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	Page two of Table of Contents of Hawthorne's A Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928 (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	A Wonder Book Page one of list of Illustrations from Hawthorne's Wonder Book illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published by Doubleday,Doran,& Co. (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys illustrated by Arthur Rackham Page two of list of Illustrations from Hawthorne's A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys illustrated by Arthur Rackham (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"Every flower changed to gold" from the frontispiece of Hawthorne's Wonder Book  Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"Danae clasped her child closely" from "The Gorgon's Head" in Hawthorne's Wonder Book  Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"As Perseus walked along the people pointed after him" from "The Gorgon's Head" in Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)

	"It struck Midas as rather inconvenient" from "The Golden Touch" in Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"Little Marygold was a golden statue!" from "The Golden Touch" in Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"There was no danger nor trouble of any kind" from "The Paradise of Children" in Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"Oh what a good time was that to be alive in" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"A sudden swarm of winged creatures brushed past her" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"Twining wreaths of flowers" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"They have sea-green hair" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"The Old Man of the Sea" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"Hercules gave a great shrug of his shoulder" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"A scaly set of rascals" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"'I'm old Philemon,' murmured the oak" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)
	"Its three heads spluttering fire" from Hawthorne's Wonder Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham,published by Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc. in 1928  (courtesy of Anne Tullson)

	A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls Cover of the Book, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	Cover of Hawthorne's Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Series, 1883 (courtesy of Mary Jane Goldthwaite)
	Title Page of Hawthorne's Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Series, 1993 (courtesy of Mary Jane Goldthwaite)
	Frontispiece, Hawthorne's Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Series, 1883 (courtesy of Mary Jane Goldthwaite)
	Table of Contents, Page 1, Hawthorne's Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Series, 1883 (courtesy of Mary Jane Goldthwaite)
	Table of Contents, Page 2, Hawthorne's Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Series, 1883 (courtesy of Mary Jane Goldthwaite)

	Cover from A Wonder Book, "The Favorite Library" Boston: DeWolfe, Fisk, and Co., n.d.  (courtesy of Terri Whitney with special thanks to Jean Hodgin)
	Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold (no illustrator named) Frontispiece from A Wonder Book Boston: DeWolfe, Fisk, and Co., n.d. (courtesy of Terri Whitney with special thanks to Jean Hodgin)
	Title page from A Wonder Book Boston: DeWolfe, Fisk, and Co., n.d.  (courtesy of Terri Whitney with special thanks to Jean Hodgin)
	Pandora Lets Out Hope (no illustrator named) from page 16 of A Wonder Book Boston: DeWolfe, Fisk, and Co., n.d. (courtesy of Terri Whitney with special thanks to Jean Hodgin)
	"King Midas and the stranger in the sunbeam" from text on page 43 (no illustrator named) from page 40 of A Wonder Book Boston: DeWolfe, Fisk, and Co., n.d. (courtesy of Terri Whitney with special thanks to Jean Hodgin)
	Cover from A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls with illustrations by Walter Crane, Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	Bellerophon on Pegasus Frontispiece from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys with illustrations by Walter Crane, Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892 (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	Title page from A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys with illustrations by Walter Crane Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892.  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	Headpiece for "The Golden Touch"(46) from A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys, illustrated by Walter Crane, Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892 (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	The stranger appearing to Midas (opposite p. 50) from A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys, illustrated by Walter Crane, Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892 (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	"Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold" illustration by Walter Crane (opposite p. 62) Crane's influence by Pre-Raphaelite artists is apparent in this celebrated edition of A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892 (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	Midas with the pitcher (opposite p.66) from A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys, illustrations by Walter Crane, Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892. (courtesy of Terri Whitney)
	Decorative endpiece after "The Golden Touch" (68  from A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys, illustrated by Walter Crane, Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1892 (courtesy of Terri Whitney)

Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys, Being a Second Wonder-Book

	Illustration from frontispiece of Tanglewood Tales; published in 1880 by Houghton, Osgood and Co., The Riverside Press, Cambridge from the Illustrated Library Edition, a two volume edition entitled Tanglewood Tales and Biographical Stories
	Illustration from p. 2 of Biographical Stories; published in 1880 by Houghton, Osgood and Co., The Riverside Press, Cambridge from the Illustrated Library Edition, Tanglewood Tales and Biographical Stories, two volumes in one
	Hawthorne Table in the Wayside Sitting Room, described in the introductory to Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne Table (9)- During the Hawthorne years at The Wayside this room served several functions. From 1852-1853 this room was the Sitting Room for the Hawthorne's. There is a wonderful description of this room in the introductory to Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales. The dining room table belonged to Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne and was sold by their daughter, Rose and her husband, George Parsons Lathrop. The table was sold by the Lathrops in 1883, along with the house, to Harriett and Daniel Lothrop.  (courtesy of the National Park Service)