# Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37625

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Our+Old+Home%2C+Vol.+2+Annotated+with+Passages+from+the+Author%27s+Notebook+Hawthorne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

On a fine morning in September we set out on an excursion to Blenheim,--the sculptor and myself being seated on the box of our four-horse carriage, two more of the party in the dicky, and the others less agreeably accommodated inside. We had no coachman, but two postilions in short scarlet jackets and leather breeches with top-boots, each astride of a horse; so that, all the way along, when not otherwise attracted, we had the interesting spectacle of their up-and-down bobbing in the saddle. It was a sunny and beautiful day, a specimen of the perfect English weather, just warm enough for comfort,--indeed, a little too warm, perhaps, in the noontide sun,--yet retaining a mere spice or suspi...

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-old-home-vol-2-annotated-with-passages-from-the-author-s-no-daf5699d/chapters/17/index.md)