Lanterna Rally

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-12

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780259210658

Excerpt from Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1841-1863 Here is thy poor husband in a polar Paradise! I know not how to interpret this aspect of Nature whether it be of good or evil omen to our enter prise. But I reflect that the Plymouth pilgrims arrived in the midst of storm and stept ashore upon mountain snow-drifts; and nevertheless they pros pered, and became a great people - and doubtless it will be the same with us. I laud my stars, however, that thou wilt not have thy first impres sions of our future home from such a day as this. Thou wouldst shiver all thy life afterwards, and never realise that there could be bright skies, and green hills and meadows, and trees heavy with foliage, when now the whole scene is a great snow bank, and the sky full of snow likewise. Through faith, I persist in believing that spring and sum mer will come in their due season; but the unre generated man shivers within me, and suggests adoubt whether I may not have wandered within the precincts of the Arctic circle, and chosen my heritage among everlasting snows. Dearest, pro vide thyself with a good stock of furs; and if thou canst obtain the skin of a polar bear, thou wilt find it a very suitable summer dress for this region. Thou must not hope ever to walk abroad, except upon snow-shoes, nor to find any warmth. Save in thy husband's heart. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.