Quotes from Nathaniel Hawthorne's books, and about them
The Scarlet Letter on Annals of Salem: “I remembered to have read (probably in Felt's "Annals") a notice of the decease of Mr. Surveyor Pue, about fourscore years ago; …”
The Marble Faun on The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini: “"Do you remember that veritable scene in Benvenuto Cellini's autobiography, in which a necromancer of his acquaintance draws a magic circle--just where the black cross stands now, I suppose--and raises myriads of demons?”
The House of the Seven Gables on Gil Blas: “A romance on the plan of Gil Blas, adapted to American society and manners, would cease to be a romance.”
The Blithedale Romance on Utopia: “I ventured to whisper "Utopia," which, however, was unanimously scouted down, and the proposer very harshly maltreated, as if he had intended a latent satire.”
The Blithedale Romance on Tam o' Shanter: “a horned and long-tailed gentleman (in whom I recognized the fiendish musician erst seen by Tam O'Shanter) tuned his fiddle”