Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Note 1. This paragraph is left incomplete in the original MS.

Note 2. The words “Rich old bindings” are interlined here, indicating, perhaps, a purpose to give a more detailed description of the library and its contents.

CHAP. XV.

Note 1. Author’s note.—“I think it shall be built of stone, however.”

Note 2. This probably refers to some incident which the author intended to incorporate in the former portion of the romance, on a final revision.

CHAP. XVI.

Note 1. Several passages, which are essentially reproductions of what had been previously treated, are omitted from this chapter. It belongs to an earlier version of the romance.

CHAP. XVII.

Note 1. Author’s note.—“Redclyffe shows how to find, under the surface of the village green, an old cross.”

Note 2. Author’s note.—“A circular seat around the tree.”