Mosses

He now took all his new tales and, adding to them five others from his earlier uncollected stock, wrote the introductory sketch of his Concord life, and issued them as "Mosses from an Old Manse" [Footnote: _Mosses from an Old

Nathaniel Hawthorne George Edward Woodberry 1892

"Mosses," though he professes not to be "one of those supremely hospitable people who serve up their own hearts delicately fried, with brain-sauce, as a titbit for their beloved public," -- yet it is none the less apparent that he has diffused through each tale and sketch the life of the mental mood to which it owed its existence, and that one individuality pervades and colors the whole collection.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

This odd genius was as shy and ungregarious as was the dark-eyed "teller of tales," but the two appear to have been socially disposed toward each other, and there are delightful bits in the preface to the "Mosses" in regard to the hours they spent together boating on the large, quiet Concord River.

The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Mary Caroline Crawford

He spent his time in writing the introductory sketch of the Old Manse, and in seeing the "Mosses" through the press.

Nathaniel Hawthorne George Edward Woodberry 1892

I was in New Haven at the time of the publication of the "Mosses," and all my friends were reading them.

Memories of Hawthorne Rose Hawthorne Lathrop 1888

He has himself drawn the picture of it, and given us an exquisite collection of "Mosses" from it.

Great Fortunes and How They Were Made McCabe, Jr James D 1887

"Mosses," and the grassy lane beside it leading down to the site of the rude bridge and the first battlefield of the Revolution.

Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman 1886

Compare Hawthorne's description, in the "Mosses," of a day spent on the

Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman 1886

The "Mosses," as I have said, gained him many admirers.

A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874

"Mosses"; and such more personal aspects of it as could not be mixed in that vintage have been gathered, like forgotten clusters of the harvest, into the Note-Books.

A Study of Hawthorne George Parsons Lathrop 1874