This is the last note of enthusiasm in his writings; and in the next entry in his diary, which was written at Lothrop Motley's house, Hertford Street, London, May 16, he makes this ominous confession: "I would gladly Journalize some of my proceedings, and describe things and people, but I find the same coldness and stiffness in my pen as always since our return to England."
"The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne"
Frank Preston Stearns