It will be seen that this volume is really written by Sophia Hawthorne; whose letters from earliest girlhood are so expressed, and so profound in thought and loveli-ness, that some will of sterner quality than a daughter's must cast them aside. I have tried to weed out those writ-ten records of hers (even from 1820) reaching to her last year in 1871, that could give no especial pleasure to any descendant who might come upon them; and I have been astonished to find that there was scarcely one such page. This is the ...
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It will be seen that this volume is really written by Sophia Hawthorne; whose letters from earliest girlhood are so expressed, and so profound in thought and loveli-ness, that some will of sterner quality than a daughter's must cast them aside. I have tried to weed out those writ-ten records of hers (even from 1820) reaching to her last year in 1871, that could give no especial pleasure to any descendant who might come upon them; and I have been astonished to find that there was scarcely one such page. This is the explanation of my return, in the company of the friends of my father and mother, to an old garden, a familiar discourse, and a circle of life that embraced so much beauty.
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Used-Good. Good ex-library hardback (no dustjacket) Neat, tidy copy in tight binding. Green cloth; gilt details on front board and spine; spine a little faded and softened at head and foot of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown; covered by library card. Further Abbey bookplate and Abbey library stamp on front free end paper. A little foxing present. Digital images available on request.
