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One of the most imposing buildings in Boston twenty years ago was a granite hotel, whose western windows looked upon a graveyard. Passing up a flight of steps, and beneath a portico of dignified granite columns, and so through an embarrassing pair of swinging-doors to the roomy vestibule,-you would there pause a moment to spit upon the black-and-white tessellated pavement. Having thus asserted your title to Puritan ancestry, and to the best accommodations the house afforded, you would approach the desk and write your name in the hotel register. This done, you would be apt to run your eye over…mehr

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One of the most imposing buildings in Boston twenty years ago was a granite hotel, whose western windows looked upon a graveyard. Passing up a flight of steps, and beneath a portico of dignified granite columns, and so through an embarrassing pair of swinging-doors to the roomy vestibule,-you would there pause a moment to spit upon the black-and-white tessellated pavement. Having thus asserted your title to Puritan ancestry, and to the best accommodations the house afforded, you would approach the desk and write your name in the hotel register. This done, you would be apt to run your eye over the last dozen arrivals, on the chance of lighting upon the autograph of some acquaintance, to be shunned or sought according to circumstances. Let us suppose, for the story's sake, that such was the gentle reader's behavior on a certain night during the latter part of May, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three. If now he will turn to the ninety-ninth page of the register above mentioned, he will remark that the last name thereon written is, "Doctor Hiero Glyphic. Room 27."
Autorenporträt
A genius American writer and journalist, Julian Hawthorne achieved many heights in his career. He was the son of the famous novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and was born in Boston. However, he spent his most of life in Europe where his father served as US consul in Liverpool and Rome. During his whole writing career, he framed several fiction books that included novels and short stories. His writing techniques were heavily influenced by his father's writing style and often describes themes of morality and guilt through his fluent writing style. Along with this, he also wrote about politics and history, and all his works were published frequently in different magazines and newspapers. He was known for his outstanding literary talent and his work was appreciated by several of his contemporaries. Today he is remembered as an amazing and classic writer and a journalist who made several fantastic contributions to American literature.