Tales of Colonial Massachusetts, told by the American Master, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Illustrated by Frank Merrill.
While lodging at “Province House”, a certain Mr. Bela Tiffany regales Mr. Hawthorne with stories of early Massachusetts. “Through the large glass windows of the coach, as it rolled along, the people could discern the figure of Lady Eleanore, strangely combining an almost queenly stateliness with the grace and beauty of a maiden in her teens. A singular tale had gone abroad among the ladies of the province, that their fair rival was indebted for much of the irresistible charm of her appearance to a certain article of dress, an embroidered mantle, which had been wrought by the most skillful artist in London, and possessed even magical properties of adornment.”
This illustrated edition of the 1897 original has been carefully edited for scanning and spelling errors, and is as true to the original as possible. [EDB Pubs]
Illustrated by Frank Merrill.
While lodging at “Province House”, a certain Mr. Bela Tiffany regales Mr. Hawthorne with stories of early Massachusetts. “Through the large glass windows of the coach, as it rolled along, the people could discern the figure of Lady Eleanore, strangely combining an almost queenly stateliness with the grace and beauty of a maiden in her teens. A singular tale had gone abroad among the ladies of the province, that their fair rival was indebted for much of the irresistible charm of her appearance to a certain article of dress, an embroidered mantle, which had been wrought by the most skillful artist in London, and possessed even magical properties of adornment.”
This illustrated edition of the 1897 original has been carefully edited for scanning and spelling errors, and is as true to the original as possible. [EDB Pubs]
