True Stories of History and Biography

The Project Gutenberg EBook of True Stories from History and Biography by Nathaniel Hawthorne This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license Title: True Stories from History and Biography Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Release Date: April 2005 [Ebook 15697] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRUE STORIES FROM HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY*** 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 Dis- trict Court of the District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY BOLLES AND HOUGHTON. Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR 1 Part I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chapter I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 THE LADY ARBELLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chapter III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Chapter V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS . . . . . . . . . .