Identifier: talksaboutauthor00bloo (find matches)
Title: Talks about authors and their work
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Bloor, Ella Reeve, 1862-1951
Subjects: Authors, American Authors
Publisher: Chicago : A. Flanagan
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d gray NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, Born July 4, 1S04; Died 1864. CHldren, as well as grown folks, like to readbooks that are written in simple, direct language,and this is the charm of Hawthornes story-books.The old Greek stories are told over again inplain, short English words, and they are so welltold that they seem like new and beautiful fairystories. The Wonder Book is indeed one ofthe best fairy books ever written for children.Hawthornes own children knew nearly everyone of the stories by heart before the book wasprinted, and one of them, his boy Julian, who isnow a man, and himself a writer, says that theystill linger in his memory. The writing of thisbook gave Hawthorne great enjoyment, as everypage of it is bright and cheery, while some ofhis books written before this had seemed rathergloomy. If there are any children living todaywho have not yet read The Wonder Book theyhave a rich treasure to enjoy. The GoldenTouch,^ The Pomegranate Seeds, The Pyg-mies are some of the stories. (52)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne. 54 TALKS ABOUT AUTHORS. Tanglewood Tales is another collection ofhis Greek fairy tales, full of sunshine, and likeKingsleys Greek Heroes, the legends are fullof beautiful goddesses and brave, daring heroes.The tales give us glimpses of a fairy-land whichwas very real to the old Grecians. Children wholove Hawthornes Tales from a GrandfathersChair will be interested to learn that at onetime when he was visiting one of his relatives inthe House of the Seven Gables, which was thename of one of his books, he happened to saythat he was wondering what to write about next.His friend pointed to an old arm-chair that hadbeen long in the family, and said, Why dontyou write about this old chair? There must bemany stories connected with it. Hawthornethought this a good idea and in 1841 publishedThe Tales from a Grandfathers Chair. Hawthorne, himself, was as handsome as aGreek. He was five feet ten inches in heightand broad-shouldered. In the letters writtenabout him to his son

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