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1、TRUESTORIESFROMHISTORYANDBIOGRAPHYByNathanielHawthorneBOSTON:TICKNOR,REED,ANDFIELDS.MDCCCLI.EnteredaccordingtoActofCongress,intheyear1850,byNATHANIELHAWTHORNE,intheClerk'sOfficeoftheDistrictCourtoftheDistrictofMassachusetts.CAMBRIDGE:PRINTEDBYBOLLESANDHOUGHTON.[Image:
2、Frontispiece]CONTENTS:Preface4THEWHOLEHISTORYOFGRANDFATHER'SCHAIR5PartI5ChapterI5ChapterII7ChapterIII12ChapterIV15ChapterV18ChapterVI21ChapterVII24ChapterVIII27ChapterIX31ChapterX34ChapterXI39PartII42ChapterI42ChapterII44ChapterIII47ChapterIV50ChapterVI54ChapterVII60C
3、hapterVIII63ChapterIX68ChapterX74ChapterXI77PartIII80ChapterI80ChapterII82ChapterIII86ChapterIV92ChapterV96ChapterVI101ChapterVII105ChapterVIII109ChapterIX113ChapterX117ChapterXI122BiographicalStories126ChapterI127ChapterII129ChapterIII136ChapterIV142ChapterV146Chapte
4、rVI149ChapterVII156ChapterVIII161ChapterIX165PrefaceInwritingthisponderoustome,theauthor'sdesirehasbeentodescribetheeminentcharactersandremarkableeventsofourannals,insuchaformandstyle,thattheYOUNGmightmakeacquaintancewiththemoftheirownaccord.Forthispurpose,whileostens
5、iblyrelatingtheadventuresofaChair,hehasendeavoredtokeepadistinctandunbrokenthreadofauthentichistory.TheChairismadetopassfromonetoanotherofthosepersonages,ofwhomhethoughtitmostdesirablefortheyoungreadertohavevividandfamiliarideas,andwhoselivesandactionswouldbestenableh
6、imtogivepicturesquesketchesofthetimes.Onitssturdyoakenlegs,ittrudgesdiligentlyfromonescenetoanother,andseemsalwaystothrustitselfintheway,withmostbenigncomplacency,wheneverahistoricalpersonagehappenstobelookingroundforaseat.Thereiscertainlynomethod,bywhichtheshadowyout
7、linesofdepartedmenandwomencanhemadetoassumethehuesoflifemoreeffectually,thanbyconnectingtheirimageswiththesubstantialandhomelyrealityofafiresidechair.Itcausesustofeelatonce,thatthesecharactersofhistoryhadaprivateandfamiliarexistence,andwerenotwhollycontainedwithinthat
8、coldarrayofoutwardaction,whichwearecompelledtoreceiveastheadequaterepresentationoftheirlives.Ifthisimpressioncanbegiven,much
