The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Hawthorne, Julian

HAWTHORNE, hâ'thôrn, Julian, American novelist and journalist, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne (q.v.): b. Boston, Mass., 22 June 1846. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1867 and afterward studied civil engineering in Dresden, but soon forsook this

for literature. His first successful story was &lsquo;Bressant&rsquo; (1872), the forerunner of a long list of novels, of which may be particularized &lsquo;Garth&rsquo; (1875); &lsquo;Sebastian Strome&rsquo; (1884); &lsquo;Archibald Malmaison&rsquo; (1884); &lsquo;A Fool of Nature&rsquo; (1896). He has also published &lsquo;Saxon Studies&rsquo; (1876); and &lsquo;Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife&rsquo; (1885); &lsquo;Confessions and Criticisms&rsquo; (1886); &lsquo;American Literature&rsquo; (1891); &lsquo;History of the United States&rsquo; (1899; 1912); &lsquo;Hawthorne and His Circle&rsquo; (1903); &lsquo;The Subterranean Brotherhood&rsquo; (1914), a record of his prison experiences in Atlanta. His best work suggests more than one element that distinguishes his father's stories. There is a psychologic accent, the touch of mystery, and the avoidance of the stock properties of romance. See