. The haunted house . L 009 539 iT;- UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILIT A A 001 427 215. London: LAWRENCE AND BULLEN 16 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDENMDCCCXCVI Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,london and bungav. INTRODUCTION T/ie Haunted House is patheticallyconnected with the close of its authorslife. It belongs to the period comprisedin the final pages of those simple andunaffected Memorials by his son anddaughter, which—until, from the pen ofthe Master of the Temple or some oneequally capable, we are furnished with anampler and a more critical biography—must remain the chief record of Thom
. The haunted house . L 009 539 iT;- UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILIT A A 001 427 215. London: LAWRENCE AND BULLEN 16 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDENMDCCCXCVI Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,london and bungav. INTRODUCTION T/ie Haunted House is patheticallyconnected with the close of its authorslife. It belongs to the period comprisedin the final pages of those simple andunaffected Memorials by his son anddaughter, which—until, from the pen ofthe Master of the Temple or some oneequally capable, we are furnished with anampler and a more critical biography—must remain the chief record of ThomasHood. It was in the May of 1845 thathe died ; and The Haunted House wasprobably composed in the last months 959380 vi INTRODUCTION of 1843, when he was ahcady a doomedman, though still struggling gallantly,in spite of everything, to carry on hisliterary pursuits. Already, for severalyears past, his condition had been moreor less critical. He suffered fromheart disease, and periodic haemorrhageof the lungs, combined with minorailments ; all of which, according tohis faithful frien
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