THE
ATLANTIC MONTHLY
A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics.
VOL. XVII.—MARCH, 1866.—NO. CI.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by Ticknor andFields, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District ofMassachusetts.
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Contents
PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S NOTE-BOOKS.
AN OLD MAN'S IDYL.
A RAMBLE THROUGH THE MARKET.
THE FREEDMAN'S STORY.
NANTUCKET.
THE SNOW-WALKERS.
TO HERSA.
AN AMAZONIAN PICNIC.
DOCTOR JOHNS.
COMMUNICATION WITH THE PACIFIC.
IN THE SEA.
THE CHIMNEY-CORNER FOR 1866.
POOR CHLOE.
SNOW.
GRIFFITH GAUNT; OR, JEALOUSY.
REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.
PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S NOTE-BOOKS.
III.
Maine, Thursday, July 20, 1837.—A drive, yesterday afternoon, to apond in the vicinity of Augusta, about nine miles off, to fish for whiteperch. Remarkables: the steering of the boat through the crooked,labyrinthine brook, into the open pond,—the man who acted aspilot,—his talking with B——about politics, the bank, the iron moneyof "a king who came to reign, in Greece, over a city calledSparta,"—his advice to B—— to come amongst the laborers on themill-dam, because it stimulated them "to see a man grinning amongstthem." The man took hearty tugs at a bottle of good Scotch whiskey, andbecame pretty merry. The fish caught were the yellow perch, which arenot esteemed for eating; the white perch, a beautiful, silvery,round-backed fish, which bites eagerly, runs about with the line whilebeing pulled up, makes good sport for the angler, and an admirable dish;a great chub; and three horned pouts, which swallow the hook into theirlowest entrails. Several dozen fish were taken in an hour or two, andthen we returned to the shop where we had left our horse and wagon, thepilot very eccentric behind us. It was a small, dingy shop, dimlylighted by a single inch of candle, faintly disclosing various boxes,barrels standing on end, articles hanging from the ceiling; theproprietor at the counter, whereon appear gin and brandy, respectivelycontained in a tin pint-measure and an earthenware jug, with two orthree tumblers beside them, out of which nearly all the party drank;some coming up to the counter frankly, others lingering in thebackground, waiting to be pressed, two paying for their own liquor andwithdrawing. B—— treated them tw