Mosses from an Old Manse was a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first edition was published in 1846, and the second edition was published in 1854. Stories added for the 1854 edition are marked below with an ***.
An expanded version appeared in 1817 as "Observations on the Geology of the United States" [Philadelphia], to accompany a revised geological map.
An Argentine Cowboy goes to Buenos Aires, and on seeing a queue near the box office of the Teatro Colon, goes in and sees a performance of Gounoud's "Faust." He believes that everything that takes place on stage is literally happening.
An indefatigable collector of information on ancient and "primitive" beliefs, practices, and social institutions, Frazer attempted to weave all this data into a series of integrated pictures of various cultures.
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