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    A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
    A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
    A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
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    A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")

    By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Nathaniel Hawthorne was born is Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. His father died when he was four years old. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously at his own expense in 1828. He later disowned the novel and burned the remaining copies. For the next twenty years he made his living as a writer of tales and children's stories. He assured his reputation with the publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850 and The House of the Seven Gables the following year. In 1853 he was appointed consul in Liverpool, England, where he lived for four years. He died in 1864.

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      A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") - Nathaniel Hawthorne

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Virtuoso's Collection (From Mosses From An Old Manse), by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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      Title: A Virtuoso's Collection (From Mosses From An Old Manse)

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      MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE

      By Nathaniel Hawthorne

      A VIRTUOSO'S COLLECTION

      The other day, having a leisure hour at my disposal, I stepped into a new museum, to which my notice was casually drawn by a small and unobtrusive sign: TO BE SEEN HERE, A VIRTUOSO'S COLLECTION. Such was the simple yet not altogether unpromising announcement that turned my steps aside for a little while from the sunny sidewalk of our principal thoroughfare. Mounting a sombre staircase, I pushed open a door at its summit, and found myself in the presence of a person, who mentioned the moderate sum that would entitle me to admittance.

      Three shillings, Massachusetts tenor, said he. No, I mean half a dollar, as you reckon in these days.

      While searching my pocket for the coin I glanced at the doorkeeper, the marked character and individuality of whose aspect encouraged me to expect something not quite in the ordinary way. He wore an old-fashioned great-coat, much faded, within which his meagre person was so completely enveloped that the rest of his attire was undistinguishable. But his visage was remarkably wind-flushed, sunburnt, and weather-worn, and had a most, unquiet, nervous, and apprehensive expression. It seemed as if this man had some all-important object in view, some point of deepest interest to be decided, some momentous question to ask, might he but hope for a reply. As it was evident, however, that I could have nothing to do with his private affairs, I passed through an open doorway, which admitted me into the extensive hall of the museum.

      Directly in front of the portal was the bronze statue of a youth with winged feet. He was represented in the act of flitting away from earth, yet wore such a look of earnest invitation that it impressed me like a summons to enter the hall.

      It is the original statue of Opportunity, by the ancient sculptor Lysippus, said a gentleman who now approached me. I place it at the entrance of my museum, because it is not at all times that one can gain admittance to such a collection.

      The speaker was a middle-aged person, of whom it was

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