Front matter
Reading edition
True Stories from History and Biography
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
BOSTON:
TICKNOR, REED, AND FIELDS.
MDCCCLI.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CAMBRIDGE:
PRINTED BY BOLLES AND HOUGHTON.
Preface
THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR
Part I
Chapter I
Chapter II
THE LADY ARBELLA
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
THE INDIAN BIBLE
Chapter IX
Chapter X
THE SUNKEN TREASURE
Chapter XI
Part II
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
THE OLD-FASHIONED SCHOOL
Chapter IV
Chapter VI
THE REJECTED BLESSING
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
THE PROVINCIAL MUSTER
Chapter IX
THE ACADIAN EXILES
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Part III
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
THE HUTCHINSON MOB
Chapter IV
Chapter V
THE BOSTON MASSACRE
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
THE TORY'S FAREWELL
Chapter X
Chapter XI
GRANDFATHER'S DREAM
Biographical Stories
Chapter I
Chapter II
BENJAMIN WEST
Chapter III
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
Chapter IV
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Chapter V
SAMUEL JOHNSON—continued.
Chapter VI
OLIVER CROMWELL
Chapter VII
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Chapter VIII
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN—continued
Chapter IX
QUEEN CHRISTINA