Transcriber's note:
Minor spelling and punctuation inconsistencies been harmonized. Obvious printer errors have been repaired. Paragraph breaks, as they are in the book, have been retained. Missing page numbers are page numbers that were not shown in the original text.

Page [172].

NEW YORK, J. C. RIKER
129 FULTON STREET.
1845

THE HAWTHORN:
A
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S
PRESENT.

MDCCCXLV.

NEW YORK:
J. C. RIKER,—129 FULTON STREET.
1845.

WEST BROOKFIELD, MASS.
C. A. MIRICK, PRINTER.