Michael Hawthorn is the most eligible bachelor in Dover. Every marriage-minded mama hope's her daughter will catch his eye. The future Lord is so rich that the town has dubbed him the Hawthorn Prince. What no one knows is that his family comes with a dark secret. When he meets Alaina Preston after saving her life, Michael is smitten instantly. He cannot wait to see her again. Good thing he is throwing a ball to find himself a bride. Will, he let her into his heart? Or will his secret tear them apart? Read to find out.

One ot the chief literary events in biographical writings is this work. Not only does its subject recommend it, but the fact that it is written by Mr. Julian Hawthorne, a man of genius himself, and probably the one of all others best able to appreciate his father's genius. The basis of the work is Hawthorne's letters, Mrs. Hawthorne's letters, and letters from intimate friends and relatives to either. Every one will rejoice that the author disregarded his father's wish, that no biography of him should be written. It would have been a misfortune if this delightful series of letters had been withheld from the world. The beautiful family life they describe, with scarcely a flaw in it from beginning to end, is a bright contrast to some other interiors of the homes of great writers offered us of late years. For the first time, too, we learn through them of Mrs. Hawthorne's lovely character, and all the depths and contrasts of her husband s many-sided nature. As the letters weie written only for the eyes of intimate friends, they are often quite frank in expression of opinion regarding literary contemporaries. No one should miss reading the work, if only to learn what a model biography is.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.