The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 1861, he said: One thing asregards this matter I regret, and one thing I am gladof. The regrettable thing is, that I am too old toshoulder a musket myself, and the joyful thing is,
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . 1861, he said: One thing asregards this matter I regret, and one thing I am gladof. The regrettable thing is, that I am too old toshoulder a musket myself, and the joyful thing is,that .lulian is too young. But his physical energieswere now on the wane, and he lest flesh took few or no long walks after his return toAmerica. He wrote more or less, however, for theAtlantic Monthly, at Boston, and the papers, col-lected and issued in book form, made Ouv OldHome, before referred to. In the spring of 1862 hevisited Washington, and saw something of thepomp and circumstance, with the sad reality, aswell, of war. This led to a paper in the Atlantic,from his pen, Chiefly About War-Matters. Thesituation at Washington harassed and annoyed as wellas pained Hawthorne, and the tone of this paper re-flected his feelings, and was written half in earnest,half in banter. In fact, at this time he almostdespaired of the restoration of the Union. Secret, was published within this. period, with The Dolliver Romance, and Septi-mus Selton was a part of his last work on Old Home, as published in the magazine,brought to its author for each monthly paper the sumof |200. When Issued in book form, his publisher,objected to Hawthorne ded-icating it to Franklin Pierce;but the author insisted andwrote: If he is so exceed-ingly unijopular that hisname is enough to sink thevolume, there is so muchthe more need that an oldfriend should stand by for the public, it mustaccept my work preciselyas I see fit to give it, orlet it alone. In point offact
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