Literature Related to Hawthorne's Short Stories

Illustration for "Lady Eleanore’s Mantle" from Hawthorne’s Works, vol. 1, Twice-Told Tales,frontispiece (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)

Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne Twice Told Tales(1837, 1851) Mosses from an Old Manse(1846, 1854) The Snow Image(1852) Tanglewood Tales(1853) The Story Teller(unpublished 1834?)(manuscript lost, but possible order reconstructed by Weber [Webe89 183-5 ]:) (see www.eldritchpress.org) Uncollected stories or sketches in magazines(1830-1844) Note: The complete text is linked to the title of each short story. Commentary within our website is linked to words after the title.

Original Documents Related to Short Stories and Sketches

• Short Story Volumes
  • Twice-Told Tales

    	Twice-Told Tales, The Cover of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales, "Salem Edition," published in 1893 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge.  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
    	Twice-Told Tales, the "Salem Edition," 1893, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Title Page of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales, the "Salem Edition," 1893. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
    	The Custom House, Salem From Twice-Told Tales, the "Salem Edition," 1893, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)

  • Mosses from an Old Manse

    	Cover of Hawthorne's Mosses From An Old Manse "Salem Edition," published in 1893 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge.  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
    	Mosses From an Old Manse This elaborately illustrated title page graces the 1893 or 1894 Henry Altemus edition of Mosses From an Old Manse.
    	The Old Manse, illustration from frontispiece of Mosses from an Old Manse, from Hawthorne's Works, vol. 2  from the 1882 Riverside Press 15 volume edition of Hawthorne's works published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. in Boston  (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)

• Short Stories and Sketches
  • Alice Doane’s Appeal

    	Autograph of John Hathorne from Perley's History of Salem  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Autograph of Jonathan Corwin from Perley's History of Salem  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Samuel Parris Autograph  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	John Proctor Autograph The autograph of John Proctor, executed for witchcraft August 19, 1692.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Title Page of Cotton Mather's The Wonders of the Invisible World  Cotton Mather's defense of the Salem Witchcraft Trials portrayed those involved as caught in a battle between the forces of good and evil in the New World.
    	A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, 1697, by John Hale. Title Page of Rev. John Hale's brief history of the Salem Witchcraft trials, A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, 1697. Hale was the Pastor of the Church in Beverly, Massachusetts until 1700 and an ardent supporter of the witch hunts of 1692. His opinion changed, however, when his second wife, Sarah (Noyes), was accused.  (courtesy of The Beverly Historical Society)
    	Title Page, Cotton Mather's Sermon, "Humiliations followed by Deliverences," published in 1697. ©The Huntington Library In this sermon, Mather gives the first account of Hannah Duston's captivity and escape from the Abenaki Indians. Mather interviewed Duston after her return to Haverhill, Massachusetts. A revised version later appeared in his Magnalia Christi Americana, 1702. (courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA)
    	Title Page, The Whole Booke of Psalms, Cambridge, 1640. ©The Huntington Library The "Bay Psalm Book," the name generally given to The Whole Booke of Psalms, was the authorized hymnal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the first book printed in the English colonies. John Cotton wrote the Preface and Richard Mather, John Eliot, and Thomas Weld did the translation.  (courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA)
    	Title Page of "The World Bewitch'd" (London, 1695)by Balthazar Bekker, D.D. and Pastor at Amsterdam  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Charles Upham's Salem Witchcraft Title Page from Charles Upham's Salem Witchcraft (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

  • The Duston Family

    Map of Northeastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Map of Hannah Duston's escape journey on the Merrimack River, from Contoocook Island in Penacook, NH to Haverhill, MA.  (courtesy of The Story of Hannah Duston/Dustin of Haverhill, Massachusetts Website )

  • Feathertop

    	Witches of Warboyse Frontispiece to"A Complete History of Magick, Sorcery, and Witchcraft...." (London, 1715)  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Mosses From an Old Manse This portrait of Old Mother Rigby from "Feathertop" serves as the frontispiece for the 1893 or 1894 edition of the Henry Altemus publication of Mosses From an Old Manse.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

  • The Gentle Boy

    	"The Gentle Boy" Cover of "The Gentle Boy" published in a separate volume by Weeks & Jordan in Boston and by Wiley & Putnam in New York and London in 1839 and illustrated by Sophia Peabody. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Title Page of "The Gentle Boy" "The Gentle Boy" was published in a separate volume in 1839 by Weeks, Jordan & Co. in Boston and by Wiley & Putnam in New York and London and illustrated by Sophia Peabody. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	The Gentle Boy Dedication page of "The Gentle Boy" published in 1839 as a separate volume by Weeks & Jordan in Boston and Wiley & Putnam in New York and London and illustrated by Sophia Peabody. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Illustration by Sophia Peabody from The Gentle Boy: A Thrice Told Tale, 1839 This illustration of Ibrahim by Hawthorne's wife captures Ibrahim's vulnerability and gentleness. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	The Massacre of Ann Hutchinson Illustration from A Popular History of the United States by William Cullen Bryant. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1896.  (courtesy of The Boston Public Library.)
    	The First Quaker Meeting House From chapter XV entitled "Quaker Persecution" Sidney Perley's The History of Salem Massachusetts, Vol. II, 1926 Drawing (pencil sketch)by James Henry Emerton, 1861 (as meeting house stood in Gallows Hill pasture as a woodshed)  (special thanks to Salem Public Library.)

  • Main Street

    	The Indian Deed to Salem, 1686 Full view of The Indian Deed to Salem, 1686
    	Indian Names on the Salem Deed, 1686 Detail of the Indian Deed to Salem, 1686. The marks of Sam Wuttaanoh, John Tontohqunne and Cicely Petaghuncksq are shown.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	The Indian Deed to Salem, 1686 Back side of The Indian Deed to Salem, 1686
    	The Squaw Sachem's Mark. Detail of an early document showing the bow and arrow that was the Squaw Sachem's Mark. The words identifying the "signature" were written by a clerk.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Indian Signatures from Early Massachusetts Documents  Indian Signatures from Sidney Perley's History of Salem, Massachusetts. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	This is William Wood's map, taken from his book, New England's Prospect,which includes one of the earliest descriptive accounts of Salem, Massachusetts, the local Indians, and the natural environment.
    	Indian Lands and Localities in Essex County Massachusetts  Map of Essex County, Massachusetts from Sidney Perley's Indian Deeds of Essex County, 1912, showing Indian place names and tribal areas.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Map of Indian Lands and Localities in Essex County Massachusetts  Map of Essex County, Massachusetts from Sidney Perley's Indian Deeds of Essex County  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	The First "Main Street": Site of the Old Planters Settlement at Naumkeag This map illustrates the site of the first English settlement in Naumkeag. Here Roger Conant came with his companions in the autumn of 1626.
    	Map of New England in 1640  This map of New England in 1640 shows the region's major towns and settlements.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Essex County, Massachusetts in 1643. This map illustrates the first towns or "plantations" in northeastern Massachusetts.
    	Relief Map of Salem Relief map of Salem from Sidney Perley's The History of Salem Massachusetts (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	"The Ancient Ways" of Essex County The old roads of the Salem area from Sidney Perley's The History of Salem Massachusetts (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Endecott Lands, Danvers (Salem Village)  John Endecott Lands in Danversport Area (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Indian Village (From Hariot's "Relation") Illustration from A Popular History of the United States by William Cullen Bryant. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1896.  (courtesy of The Boston Public Library.)
    	Roger Conant Autograph The Autograph of Roger Conant (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

  • The Minister’s Black Veil

    Plate II, Adam and Eve, Derby Family Bible, Universal Bible, 1759 ed. Print of Adam and Eve as Their Disobedience to God in the Garden of Eden Brings Sin and Death into the World, the Original Sin Precipitating the Fall of All Humanity (courtesy of Salem Maritime National Historic Site)

    Genesis, Chapter 3, Verses 17,18, and 19 from Derby Family Bible The scriptural passage serves as a source for the Calvinistic Doctrine of Original Sin whereby all descendants of the Original Sinners, in other words all humanity sprung from Adam and Eve, are presumed to share the defect of the parents, the inherent tendency to go against God and serve sin. The Doctrine serves as the premise for people's need to seek salvation from their evil nature by confessing their state and seeking salvation through rebirth in the Savior, Jesus Christ.  (courtesy of Salem Maritime National Historic Site)

  • The Seven Vagabonds

    	Map of New England in 1640  This map of New England in 1640 shows the region's major towns and settlements.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Map of Southern New England Indian Tribes, c. 1600. Map of Southern New England Indian Tribes, c. 1600.
    	Indian Signatures from Early Massachusetts Documents  Indian Signatures from Sidney Perley's History of Salem, Massachusetts. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	The Squaw Sachem's Mark. Detail of an early document showing the bow and arrow that was the Squaw Sachem's Mark. The words identifying the "signature" were written by a clerk.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

  • Young Goodman Brown

    	The Black Man of the Forest with His Familiar  Illustration from Chap-Book of the 18th Century by John Ashton (L.Chatto and Windus,1882). Witches were thought to own or associate with strange animals and evil creatures called "familiars." These are described in many of the original documents of the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Title Page of Cotton Mather's The Wonders of the Invisible World  Cotton Mather's defense of the Salem Witchcraft Trials portrayed those involved as caught in a battle between the forces of good and evil in the New World.
    	Title Page, Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana, 1702. London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and three crowns in Cheapside, 1702.  "The Great Works of Christ in America"—Mather's history of colonial Massachussetts is a major work of early New England history through the Puritan imagination. In the General Introduction Mather states: "I WRITE the WONDERS of the CHRISTIAN RELIGION, flying from the depravations of Europe, to the American Strand; and, assisted by the Holy Author of that Religion, I do with all conscience of Truth, required therein by Him, who is the Truth itself, report the wonderful displays of His infinite Power, Wisdom, Goodness, and Faithfulness, wherewith His Divine Providenee hath irradiated an Indian Wilderness."  (courtesy of The Boston Public Library.)
    	Title Page, The Whole Booke of Psalms, Cambridge, 1640. ©The Huntington Library The "Bay Psalm Book," the name generally given to The Whole Booke of Psalms, was the authorized hymnal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the first book printed in the English colonies. John Cotton wrote the Preface and Richard Mather, John Eliot, and Thomas Weld did the translation.  (courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA)
    	A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, 1697, by John Hale. Title Page of Rev. John Hale's brief history of the Salem Witchcraft trials, A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, 1697. Hale was the Pastor of the Church in Beverly, Massachusetts until 1700 and an ardent supporter of the witch hunts of 1692. His opinion changed, however, when his second wife, Sarah (Noyes), was accused.  (courtesy of The Beverly Historical Society)
    	Charles Upham's Salem Witchcraft Title Page from Charles Upham's Salem Witchcraft (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Arrest Warrant for Alice Parker and Ann Pudeator Arrest Warrant for Alice Parker and Ann Pudeator, Peabody Essex Museum Photo (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Death Warrant and Execution of Bridget Bishop, Peabody Essex Museum Photo Death Warrant and Execution of Bridget Bishop, Peabody Essex Museum Photo (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Witches with their Familiar Flying on Broomsticks. In the British Islands, it was believed that the Devil gave his witches a faithful demonic creature, often in the shape of a small animal (a black cat, dog, or toad, for example) that would advise the witch and assist in her evil doings. Also known as "imps" or "familiar spirits," these malicious creatures were different from the Devil himself, who often took the shape of a beast or a human, in European and early American traditions of witchcraft. It was thought that the witch's familiar would suck her blood for nourishment.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Map of Salem Village by Sidney Perley  Map from Sidney Perley's The History of Salem Massachusetts, Vol. 2, (1924). The map shows the "Salem Farms" area that is known as the Town of Danvers today. It was here that the witchcraft hysteria of 1692 actually began.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Map of Salem Village in 1692 by W.P. Upham, 1866. From Charles W. Upham’s Salem Witchcraft (1867)  (courtesy of the University of Virginia.)
    	Perley's Map of Gallows Hill and Area Perley's Map of Gallows Hill and Area (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Map of Salem Village by Sidney Perley  Map from Sidney Perley's The History of Salem Massachusetts, Vol. 2, (1924). The map shows the "Salem Farms" area that is known as the Town of Danvers today. It was here that the witchcraft hysteria of 1692 actually began.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Autograph of John Hathorne from Perley's History of Salem  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Autograph of Jonathan Corwin from Perley's History of Salem  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Samuel Parris Autograph  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
    	Document from Salem Witch Trials signed by John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin  (courtesy of The House of the Seven Gables Historic Site)

Images Related to the Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Covers and Illustrations

• Grandfather’s Chair

  	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.)
  	"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.)
  	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

  	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 and Grandfather's Chair

  	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
  	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

• A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, Riverside Literature Series, Houghton Mifflin

  	Cover of Hawthorne's Wonder-Book Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Series (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	Title Page of A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, from the Riverside Literature Series, Houghton Mifflin   (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	Perseus Showing the Gorgon's Head from Hawthorne's Wonder-Book, Riverside Literature Series, Houghton Mifflin  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	The Stranger Appearing to Midas from Hawthorne's Wonder-Book, Riverside Literature Series, Houghton Mifflin  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	Pandora Opens the Box from Hawthorne's Wonder-Book, Riverside Literature Series, Houghton Mifflin  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	Hercules and the Old Man of the Sea from Hawthorne's Wonder-Book, Riverside Literature Series, Houghton Mifflin  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	The Strangers Entertained from Hawthorne's Wonder-Book, Riverside Literature Series, Houghton Mifflin  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	Bellerophon on Pegasus from Hawthorne's Wonder-Book, Riverside Literature Series, Houghton Mifflin  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)

• A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin

  	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)
  	Frontispiece, A Wonder- Book for Boys and Girls, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin  engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	Title Page of A Wonder- Book for Girls and Boys [reverse order from cover which is A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls], 35th edition,Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	The Gorgon's Head from A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	The Golden Touch from A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	The Paradise of Children A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	The Golden Apples from A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	The Miraculous Pitcher from A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	Belleraphon and the Chimera from A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls, 35th edition, Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin engravings by Baker from designs by Billings (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)

• The Gentle Boy illustrated by Sophia Peabody

  	"The Gentle Boy" Cover of "The Gentle Boy" published in a separate volume by Weeks & Jordan in Boston and by Wiley & Putnam in New York and London in 1839 and illustrated by Sophia Peabody. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Title Page of "The Gentle Boy" "The Gentle Boy" was published in a separate volume in 1839 by Weeks, Jordan & Co. in Boston and by Wiley & Putnam in New York and London and illustrated by Sophia Peabody. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	The Gentle Boy Dedication page of "The Gentle Boy" published in 1839 as a separate volume by Weeks & Jordan in Boston and Wiley & Putnam in New York and London and illustrated by Sophia Peabody. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Illustration by Sophia Peabody from The Gentle Boy: A Thrice Told Tale, 1839 This illustration of Ibrahim by Hawthorne's wife captures Ibrahim's vulnerability and gentleness. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

• Colonial Stories

  	Colonial Stories Cover of Colonial Stories illustrated by Frank T. Merrill and published in 1896 by Joseph Knight Company in Boston
  	Illustration from "Lady Eleanore's Mantle"  from Colonial Stories illustrated by Frank T. Merrill and published in 1896 by Joseph Knight Company in Boston (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Illustration by Frank T. Merrill in "Howe's Masquerade" from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (x)
  	"The Balcony" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill in "Howe's Masquerade" in In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (7)
  	"Ye Beauteous Lady Eleanore cometh to Boston" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill in "Lady Eleanore's Mantle" from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (57) (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	"She Snatched Away the Sable Curtain" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill in "Edward Randolph's Portrait" from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (45)
  	"Edward Randolph's Portrait"  Title page illustration by Frank T. Merrill from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (29)
  	Frontispiece illustration "Several Personages descending toward the Door" by Frank T. Merrill  In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Photogravure illustration "He recoiled Several Steps from the Fiture" by Frank T. Merrill from "Howe's Masquerade" for In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906(facing 24)
  	Illustration "A Pale Young Man...prostrated himself beside the Coach" by Frank T. Merrill for "Lady Eleanore's Mantle"  from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906(facing 59) (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Photogravure "Receive My Trust" by Frank T. Merrill in "Old Esther Dudley" from In Colonial Daysin the edition L.C. Page & Co. in 1906(facing 100)

• In Colonial Days

  	Illustration by Frank T. Merrill of Shem Drowne’s Indian warrior weathervane that stood on top of the Province House in Boston  Shem Drowne was a renowned weather vane-maker of the mid 1700s. The illustration was for "Howe's Masquerade" in In Colonial Days published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (2) (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	"Some of these fables are really awful" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill for "Edward Randolph's Portrait" from In Colonial Days published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (opposite 38)
  	"The Chairman of the Selectmen was adressing to the Lieutenant-Governor a Long and Solemn Protest" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill for "Edward Randolph's Portrait" from In Colonial Dayspublished by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (opposite 42)
  	"That Night a Processsion passed by Torchlight" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill "Lady Eleanore's Mantle" from In Colonial Days,published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (opposite 80) (with special thanks to Dr. John L. Idol Jr.)
  	"Old Esther Dudley" Title page drawing by Frank T. Merrill from In Colonial Days,published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (83)
  	"Heaven's Cause and the King's are One" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill for "Old Esther Dudley" from In Colonial Days,published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (89)
  	"Take This Key and keep it safe" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill for "Old Esther Dudley" from In Colonial Days,published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (92)
  	"A Few of the Stanch, though Crestfallen Old Tories" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill for "Old Esther Dudley" from In Colonial Days,published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (95)
  	"The King of England's Birthday" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill for "Old Esther Dudley" from In Colonial Days,published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (99)
  	"Young Man, what is your Purpose?" Illustration by Frank T. Merrill for "Lady Eleanore's Mantle" from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (77)
  	Illustration "The Communication could be of no Agreeable Import" by Frank T. Merrill for "Lady Eleanore's Mantle" from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (73) (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Illustration "Keep my Image in your Remembrance" by Frank T. Merrill for "Lady Eleanore’s Mantle"  from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (71) (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Illustration "I Pray you take one Sip of This Holy Wine" by Frank T. Merrill for "Lady Eleanore's Mantle"  from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (67) (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Illustration "A Gathering of Rank, Wealth, and Beauty" by Frank T. Merrill for "Lady Eleanore's Mantle"  from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (63) (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
  	Illustration "Governor Shute descended the Flight of Steps" by Frank T. Merrill for "Lady Eleanore's Mantle"  from In Colonial Days, in the edition published by L.C. Page & Co. in 1906 (60) (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

• Tanglewood Tales and Biographical Stories

  	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

• The House of the Seven Gables and The Snow Image [novel and short stories in one edition]

  	Illustration depicting Clifford blowing soap-bubbles (cf. chapter XI "The Arched Window") from frontispiece to The House of the Seven Gables published in 1880 by Houghton, Osgood and Co., The Riverside Press, Cambridge from the Illustrated Library Edition, The House of the Seven Gables and The Snow Image, two volumes in one  (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)
  	Illustration of the "ancient and primitive wood" from "Main Street" from frontispiece to The Snow Image published in 1880 by Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston from the Illustrated Library Edition, The House of the Seven Gables and The Snow Image, two volumes in one

• Twice-Told Tales

  Illustration from "The Gentle Boy" depicting the Puritan approaching Ilbrahim, from frontispiece to Twice-Told Tales, volume one, published in 1881 by Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston from the Illustrated Library Edition, Twice-Told Tales,two volumes in one

  Illustration of "Footprints on the Sea Shore" (cf. "....we sat down upon almost the only stone that breaks the surface of the sand, and were lost in an unlooked-for and overpowering conception of the majesty and awfulness of the great deep," from frontispiece to Twice-Told Tales, volume two, published in 1881 by Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston from the Illustrated Library Edition, Twice-Told Tales,two volumes in one  (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)

• Hawthorne’s Works, vol. 1, Twice-Told Tales

  	Illustration for "Lady Eleanore’s Mantle" from Hawthorne’s Works, vol. 1, Twice-Told Tales, frontispiece from the 1882 Riverside Press 15 volume edition of Hawthorne's works published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. in Boston (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)
  	Illustration for "The Maypole of Merry Mount",opposite page 70 from Hawthorne's Works, vol. 1, Twice-Told Tales from the 1882 Riverside Press 15 volume edition of Hawthorne's works published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. in Boston  (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)
  	The Old Manse, illustration from frontispiece of Mosses from an Old Manse, from Hawthorne's Works, vol. 2  from the 1882 Riverside Press 15 volume edition of Hawthorne's works published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. in Boston  (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)
  	Illustration for "Feathertop: A Moralized Legend," opposite p. 253, from Hawthorne's Works, vol. 2  from the 1882 Riverside Press 15 volume edition of Hawthorne's works published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. in Boston  (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)

• The House of the Seven Gables, The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales

  "Snow Image," frontispiece illustration by Frederick Church from vol 3, The House of the Seven Gables and The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales In contrast to the somber gravestone images with which Hawthorne would have been familiar, this image by Frederick Church, which served as the frontispiece illustration from volume 3 of the 1883 Riverside Press edition of The House of the Seven Gables and The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales captures and innocent spirit that occasionally appears in such pieces as "The Snow Image" and "Little Annie's Ramble." Romanticized and whimsical, the drawing points us to one possible version of Hawthorne's idea of goodness. (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)

  This illustration which appears opposite the title page of "The Snow-Image and Other Twice-Told Tales" and opposite p. 379 in vol. 3 of Seven Gables and The Snow-Image, and other Twice-Told Tales carries a sense of youthful feminine innocence suggestive of the gentle kindness Hawthorne celebrated in characters such as Mary Goffe of "The Man of Adamant" and Annie in "Litte Annie's Ramble." from the 15 vol. 1883 Riverside Press edition of Hawthorne's works. (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)

• From the 1883 Standard Library edition of The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

  	Pandora from volume V of the 1883 Standard Library edition of The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne in fifteen volumes  (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)
  	from volume V of the 1883 Standard Library edition of The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne in fifteen volumes  (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)
  	Book Cover for Hawthorne's Works, Globe Edition  (courtesy of Terri Whitney)

• Mosses From An Old Manse, "Salem Edition"

  Cover of Hawthorne's Mosses From An Old Manse "Salem Edition," published in 1893 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge.  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)

• Twice-Told Tales, "Salem Edition"

  	Twice-Told Tales, The Cover of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales, "Salem Edition," published in 1893 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge.  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	Twice-Told Tales, the "Salem Edition," 1893, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Title Page of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales, the "Salem Edition," 1893. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
  	The Custom House, Salem From Twice-Told Tales, the "Salem Edition," 1893, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)

Objects and Dwellings

	Sitting Room in the Wayside During the Hawthorne years this was the dining room for the family, as it was during the Alcott years. The fireplace screen was decorated by Rose Hawthorne for Harriett Lothrop. She inscribed a verse from her father's short story, "Fire Worship" in Mosses From an Old Manse: "Beautiful it is to see the strengthening gleam-the deepening light-that gradually casts distinct shadows of the human figure, the table, and the high-backed chairs, upon the opposite wall, and at length, as twilight comes on, replenishes the room with living radiance, and makes life all rose-color." (photography by Rich Murphy)
	Mirror like Esther Dudley’s Mirror such as Esther Dudley may have looked into. (courtesy of The Beverly Historical Society)
	Decanter and Glasses in Crowninshield House Decanter and glasses typical of those in use during time of "Lady Eleanore's Mantle." (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Sitting Room in Crowninshield Bentley House, Salem, MA Sitting room typical of era during which Lady Eleanore's Mantle is set (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Desk in Sitting Room in Crowninshield House Desk that appears in sitting room typical of era during which Lady Eleanore's Mantle is set. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Canopy bed in lady's bedroom on second floor of Crowninshield Bentley House Crowninshield Bentley House. This room is typical of the room in which Lady Eleanore would have stayed. Its furnishings reflect the degre of comfort to which she would have been accustomed.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Lady's Bedroom in Crowninshield Bentley House Crowninshield Bentley House. These elements of decor are typical of those that would have graced the rooms in which Lady Eleanore lived. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Table with mirror and candle in lady's bedroom of Crowninshield Bentley House, Salem, MA This mirror is typical of that in which Lady Eleanore might have studied her reflection and admired her appearance. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

Plants and Flowers

Woodwax or Dyer's Greenweed (Genista tinctoria) (mentioned in "Alice Doane's Appeal" Photo copyright Henriette Kress Gov. John Endicott brought Woodwax (or Dyer’s Greenweed) to New England in 1628. The English colonists wanted the yellow-flowering plant to dye wool and flax. It soon became an invasive, alien weed, covering the meadows and hills of the Salem area. It can be found today growing in Salem Woods. (courtesy Henriette's Herbal Home Page, Henriette Kress,http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed )

Woodwax or Dyer's Greenweed (Genista tinctoria) (mentioned in "Alice Doane's Appeal") Also known as Dyer's Weed, Woad Waxen, and Dyer's Broom (Genista tinctoria).  (courtesy of http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/b/brodye72.html)

Portraits, Statues, and Monuments

	Albertus Magnus(c. 1200-1280; born in Swabia, now Germany and died in Prussia, now Germany) is mentioned by Hawthorne in "The Birth-mark" as one of the philosophers of the Middle Ages who "perhaps imagined themselves, to have acquired from the investigation of nature a power above nature, and from physics a sway over the spiritual world." In "The Birth-mark" Georgiana peruses books in Aylmer's scientific library and comes across works by philosophers of the Middle Ages such as Albertus Magnus, Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Friar Bacon, creator of the Brazen Head. (courtesy of University of Saint Andrews, Scotland)
	Old Postcard of Duston Memorial, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Hannah Duston Memorial, Haverhill, Massachusetts. (courtesy of The Story of Hannah Duston/Dustin of Haverhill, Massachusetts Website )
	Hannah Duston Memorial, Haverhill, Massachusetts Hannah Duston Memorial, Haverhill, Massachusetts (courtesy of The Story of Hannah Duston/Dustin of Haverhill, Massachusetts Website )
	Old Postcard of the Duston Memorial, Haverhill, Massachusetts.  Hannah Duston Memorial, Haverhill, Massachusetts.  (courtesy of The Story of Hannah Duston/Dustin of Haverhill, Massachusetts Website )
	Old Postcard of the Hannah Duston Memorial, Penacook, NH. Hannah Duston Memorial, Contoocook Island, New Hampshire. (courtesy of The Story of Hannah Duston/Dustin of Haverhill, Massachusetts Website )
	Old Postcard of the Duston Memorial, Contoocook Island, Penacook, NH. Hannah Duston Memorial, Contoocook Island, New Hampshire. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Hannah Duston Monument, Contoocook Island, Penacook, New Hampshire. The 35 foot granite monument and statue of Hannah Duston was placed at the site of the escape in 1874. The front, or Westerly side of the monument, is inscribd with the following: "Heroum Gesta Fides-Justitia. Hannah Duston Mary Neff, Samuel Leonardson March 30, 1697, Midnight. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	The 35 foot granite monument and statue of Hannah Duston, Contoocook Island, Penacook, New Hampshire.  The monument was erected in 1874 on the site of the escape. On the easterly side of the monument, facing the river, the following comment is inscribed: March 15 1697 30. The War-Whoops-Tomahawks-Fagot and Infanticides were at Haverhill, the ashes of the camp-fires at night and ten of the tribe are here. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	Hannah Duston Monument, Contoocook Island, Penacook, New Hampshire. Granite statue of Hannah Duston holding a hatchet and ten Indian scalps. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	A View of the Hannah Duston Monument, Contoocook Island, Penacook, New Hampshire Granite statue of Hannah Duston. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	A View of the Hannah Duston Monument, Contoocook Island, Penacook, New Hampshire. Granite statue of Hannah Duston. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	A View of the Hannah Duston Monument, Contoocook Island, Penacook, New Hampshire. Granite statue of Hannah Duston  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	The Hannah Duston Memorial, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Duston Memorial, Haverhill (courtesy of The Story of Hannah Duston/Dustin of Haverhill, Massachusetts website)
	Hannah Duston Monument, Haverhill, Massachusetts  The monument stands on the site of the Second Church, of which Hannah Duston became a member in 1724.  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	Hannah Duston Monument, Haverhill, Massachusetts  The Hannah Duston Monument was the first statue erected in the United States to honor a woman.  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	Hannah Duston Monument, Haverhill, Massachusetts. The original small axe or hatchet held here by Hannah Duston can be found today in the Haverhill Historical Society. The Duston hatchet is not a tomahawk. It is usually called a biscayan or biscayenne, a common trade item of the late seventeenth-century New England frontier. (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	Close-up of the Hannah Duston Monument, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Hannah Duston Monument (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	One of the four plaques on the base of the Hannah Duston Monument, Haverhill, Massachusetts.  The capture of Hannah Duston and Mary Neff (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	One of the four plaques on the base of the Hannah Duston Monument, Haverhill, Massachusetts.  Hannah Duston's husband defending the Duston children  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	One of the four plaques on the base of the Hannah Duston Monument, Haverhill, Massachusetts.  The escape of Hannah Duston, Mary Neff, and Samuel Lenorson (Lennardson) down the Merrimack River  (Photography by Joseph R. Modugno)
	Fountain in front of Daniel Low Building, 231 Essex Street Mall, built in 1976 on the site of the Town Pump made famous in Hawthorne's sketch, "A Rill from the Town Pump" In Hawthorne's sketch "A Rill from the Town Pump," his narrator is the Town Pump who offers ostensibly a lecture on temperance but whose clear subtext is a light-hearted satire of vehement advocates of temperance. The sketch is perhaps specifically aimed at George Cheever, pastor of the Howard Street Church,and one such advocate. (photography by Bruce Hibbard)
	Close-up of fountain in front of Daniel Low Building, 231 Essex Street Mall, built in 1976 on the site of the Town Pump made famous in Hawthorne's sketch, "A Rill from the Town Pump" In Hawthorne's sketch "A Rill from the Town Pump," his narrator is the Town Pump who offers ostensibly a lecture on temperance but whose clear subtext is a light-hearted satire of vehement advocates of temperance. The sketch is perhaps specifically aimed at George Cheever, pastor of the Howard Street Church,and one such advocate.  (photography by Bruce Hibbard)

Criticism Related to Hawthorne's Short Stories and Sketches

Illustration for "Lady Eleanore’s Mantle" from Hawthorne’s Works, vol. 1, Twice-Told Tales,frontispiece (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)

Alice Doane's Appeal The Artist of the Beautiful The Birth-Mark The Custom-House Sketch David Swan Drowne's Wooden Image The Duston Family Ethan Brand Endicott and the Red Cross Fancy's Show Box Feathertop  The Great Stone Face The Gentle Boy The Hall of Fantasy Lady Eleanore's Mantle Main-Street The Minister's Black Veil Monsieur du Miroir Mrs. Hutchinson Old Esther Dudley The Old Manse The Procession of Life Rappaccini's Daughter The Seven Vagabonds The Snow-Image Sunday at Home The Village Uncle Young Goodman Brown

Lectures and Articles Related to the Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Illustration for "Lady Eleanore’s Mantle" from Hawthorne’s Works, vol. 1, Twice-Told Tales, frontispiece (courtesy of Halldor F. Utne)

“Dark Romantics: Hawthorne and Poe,”paper delivered by Rob Velella at the Wayside, Minuteman National Park , Concord, MA on July 2, 2009.