| Show LITTLE S. S A Sketch of If the Iho Karly Life of lr icaN Ica's Greatest nu U Novell lM Nathaniel Nathan lei iel lIa ilium Nathaniel Hawthorne came of oC a Q line of seafaring men who carried carrle on their trade with the East Last Indies Nathaniel w was as born horn on Jul July 1 to 1 1801 O I at al Salem Salem Ills father fathel possessed strong Purl- Purl characteristics but ut did ie not live Ii livelo to lo rear his hits sun son on dying when Nathaniel was er very young Nathaniel's mother teas was ivas a mannered sweet gentlewoman of CC f deep Intellect but hut soon after her husbands husband's death lealh she sho withdrew herself from rom society and lived Jived a a. veritable recluse reluse re- re luse cluse Iu e In the lie bosom hosom of or her hel own house house- hom o- o HII Nathaniel's education cannot be he sal said saido to o 0 have ha been heen developed cJe along lie thu ordinary or- or lines Imes S 'S of or training An uncle icing 1 at Hamon Raymond Me superintended he childs child's schooling which was WuA fitted l to Nathaniel's own ideas mostly As time the lIo boy did nut not lII like o confinement or regular regual routine stU study he lw devoted Ot most of or his lime time In to desultory rea reading which was frequently Interrupted by hy a run Iun In Inthe Inthe inthe the woods In iu search of wild will creatures or an hour 11 loth on skates for fOI Nathaniel was fi fond of or outdoor sport short and anti exercise e When the season was wa's propitious Nathaniel Nathaniel Na Nn- thaniel would go o on an nil extended bear hear hunt and anti would shunt shoot small game Caine an and catch fish also But Bui during these years yeary of oC leisure study anti and work and play ho lie was filling himself for fOl college 0 II lg which he entered when In his hit seventeenth seven seven- year After taking his degree he returned to lo bo be O with his mother mothel an and sisters rs at ut Salem where he live 11 a life lift of oC se seclusion se- se elusion for twelve years yearn for Cor the lie Ilaw- Ilaw home homo was wa a little world within Itself the dwellers dweller's therein never entertaining en en- Nl- Nl company or UI being enter enter- Much luch of the of that period shows shots Itself In ht the of sonic some of or his novels novels novels-If If the time term mOl ho bo permissible w when cn J- J f speaking of the strange melancholy which pervades ller parts of his hits even stran stranger CI tales In his childhood Nathaniel was tas full of fun am and frolic a healthy well de boy O for fot his pis years ears and possessed possessed pos pos- of strong personal charms As Asa a young man ho Iw was also of or social turn hein being an un entertaining conversationalist conversa conversa- conversationalist and fond of bright compan ions But the years of solitary life liCe In Ili his Salem home with practically no companions save avo his lils mother and slid two sisters changed his nature decidedly But Dut those years of seclusion meant I much to the thu coming man for tor they fostered and mil developed de the genius in inthe 1 the thu lie ho boy and anel lifted it to Its fullest But nut s for or those twelve o years ears of deep tcp meditation medi Ii a tation o of dreams of oC Ideals which are nto y born of solitude solitude e. e the time world would woul 1 never lIe have l had hail The Scarlet Letter etter nor that sweetest of sweet pathetic J r stories The House louse of or Seven Se Gables Cables I r l Mary Graham |
