An excellent edition of this seminal story by Hawthorne, with a helpful introduction to these tales, and excellent explanatary notes.' Lionel Kelly, University of Reading 'This collection offers a good selection of the well known and the less available tales. The introduction presents a stimulating analysis of Hawthorne's art and hios view of the role/identity of the writer. The notes na dbibliographical details anr excellent.' K.M.Parkinson, Roehampton Institute of Higher Education. 'Although I don't expect to use the text myself at the moment, I'm greatly pleased to see these early examples of the genre being published in so accessible a form.

• THE GENTLE BOY; ROGER MALVIN'S BURIAL; THE GREY CHAMPION; THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT; THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL; DR HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT; ENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS; THE BIRTHMARK; THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD; THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL; RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER; ETHAN BRAND

An excellent edition of this seminal story by Hawthorne, with a helpful introduction to these tales, and excellent explanatary notes.' Lionel Kelly, University of Reading 'This collection offers a good selection of the well known and the less available tales. The introduction presents a stimulating analysis of Hawthorne's art and hios view of the role/identity of the writer. The notes na dbibliographical details anr excellent.' K.M.Parkinson, Roehampton Institute of Higher Education. 'Although I don't expect to use the text myself at the moment, I'm greatly pleased to see these early examples of the genre being published in so accessible a form.

• THE GENTLE BOY; ROGER MALVIN'S BURIAL; THE GREY CHAMPION; THE MAYPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT; THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL; DR HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT; ENDICOTT AND THE RED CROSS; THE BIRTHMARK; THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD; THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL; RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER; ETHAN BRAND