Excerpt from The House of the Seven Gables and the Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales The point of view in which this tale comes under the Romantic definition lies in the at tempt to connect a bygone time with the very present that is flitting away from us. It is a legend prolong ingitself, fromanepochnowgrayinthe distance, down into our own broad daylight, and bringing along with it some of its legendary mist, which the reader, ac cording to his pleasure, may either or allow it to float almost imperceptibly about the characters and events forthe sake of apicturesque efiect. The narrative, it may be, is woven of so humble a texture astorequirethisadvantage, and, atthesametime, to render it the more dificult of attainment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.