...peak of Hawthorne's childrenbooks. To me they are full of charm. I hear you [are] to come hither a lecturing. If so, there is a bed here which will welcome you warmly. Yours truly always, J. R. Lowelle . He could have certainly written nothing more charming in reference to his three lost nephews than when he described, at the beginning of his essay On a certain Condescension in foreigners, his...