. A short history of England's and America's literature, by Eva March Tappan. failed, but he married and went tolive at the Old Manse in Concord, to find perfect hap-piness in his home, and to work his way toward literaryfame. He had led a singular life. When he was four yearsold, his father, a sea-captain, died in South mother shut herself away from the outside and almost from her own family. The thomeslittle boy was sent to school; but soon a foot-ball injury confined him to the silent house for two was little to do butread; and he read frommorning till nigh
. A short history of England's and America's literature, by Eva March Tappan. failed, but he married and went tolive at the Old Manse in Concord, to find perfect hap-piness in his home, and to work his way toward literaryfame. He had led a singular life. When he was four yearsold, his father, a sea-captain, died in South mother shut herself away from the outside and almost from her own family. The thomeslittle boy was sent to school; but soon a foot-ball injury confined him to the silent house for two was little to do butread; and he read frommorning till night. Frois-sart, Pilgrim s Progress,and Spenser carried himaway to the realms of theimagination, and madethe long days a last he was well again;and then came one glori-ous year by Sebago Lake,where he wandered at hiswill in the grand old for-ests of Maine. He gradu-ated at Bowdoin Collegein the famous class of1825. There were namesamong those college boys that their bearers were afterwards to make famous: HenryW. Longfellow, J. S. C. Abbott, George B. Cheever, and. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE1S04-1864 312 AMERICAS LITERATURE [1837-1846 Horatio Bridge ; and in the preceding class was Frank-lin Pierce. The last two became Hawthornes warmestfriends. Graduation separated him from his college compan-ions ; indeed, for twelve years he was isolated fromalmost every one. He had returned to his home inSalem. His older sister had become nearly as much ofa recluse as her mother. Interruptions were almost un-known, and the young man wrote and read by day andby night. He published a novel which he was after-wards glad did not sell. He wrote many short of them he burned; some he sent to various pub-lishers. At the end of the twelve years, Bridge urgedhim to publish his stories in a volume, and offered toTwice- ^e responsible for the expense. This book wasTom Tales, the Twice-Told Tales. Soon after his mar- 1837 • Tales, riage he published the second series of Tales,second an(
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