Ebook Hawthorne's First Diary

It is only fair to say that there have been serious doubts in regard to the authenticity of the notebook, caused by the at. First inexplicable mystery which enveloped the conduct of the man Symmes. I believe, however, that the internal evidence of the master's hand will convince all who read these pages that they have before them a gen uine work by one of the greatest of American authors. Since the death of Symmes, facts have come to light which partially explain much that was before mysterious and even suspicious.