...refers in the letter dated Salem, October 1840, printed in his American Notes, beginning, " Here I sit in my old accustomed chamber where I used to sit in days gone by," in which he recalls bis youthful efforts and hopes. " I have a copy of this letter here," I remarked,...

...his profession. In his " Note Book," under date of October 4, 1840, he says : " Here I sit in this accustomed chamber where I used to sit in days gone...that have been burned to ashes, many that doubtless deserve the same fate. . . . and here I sat a long, long time, waiting patiently for the world to know...

...preserved as it used to be, where he wrote "Twice Told Tales.'' He wrote in 1840 of this room: "Here I sit in my old accustomed chamber, where I used to sit in days gone by. Here I have written many talcs, and much of my lonely youth was wasted here." He lived twice in this house, in later years,...

...it then. It was on returning to it in 1840 that he penned the well-known passage : — " Here I sit in my old, accustomed chamber, where I used to sit...claims to be called a haunted chamber, for thousands upon thousands of visions have appeared to me in it; and some few of them have become visible to the...

...escape into a more active life, Hawthorne wrote of these early years: "Union Street, — Here I sit in my old accustomed chamber, where I used to sit...fate. This claims to be called a haunted chamber, for tl" "usands upon thousands of visions have appeared to me in it ; and some few of them have become...

...image of the ethereal and indestructible. But what belongs to earth, let the earth take it.1 Here I sit in my old accustomed chamber, where I used to sit...— many that have been burned to ashes, many that have doubtless deserved the same fate. This claims to be called a haunted chamber, for thousands upon...

...But most of his time was spent in his room, reading, thinking, and writing. 104 " Here I sit in ray old accustomed chamber where I used to sit in days gone by," he wrote years after. " Here I have written many tales. ... If ever I should have a biographer, he...

...chamber fame was won," Hawthorne wrote in 1836. "Here I sit," he recorded in his diary four years later, "in my old accustomed chamber where I used to sit in days gone by. Thousands of visions have appeared to me in it ; and some few of them have become visible to the world....

...cannot be read too often, and no biography of him would be adequate without it. He says : " Here I sit in my old accustomed chamber where I used to sit in days gone by .... This claims to be called a haunted chamber, for thousands upon thousands of visions have appeared...

...dismal chamber FAME was won," and again in the often-quoted letter written October 4, 1840: "Here I sit in my old accustomed chamber where I used to sit in days gone by. Here I have written many tales. . . . Should I have » biographer he ought to make great mention of this chamber in my memoirs, because...