Hawthorne Birthday Centennial.

A centennial celebration of the birthday of Nathaniel Hawthorne will be held at "The Wayside," the house in Concord where he did most of his literary work, on July 4 and 5. On the first day Col. T. W. Higginson '41 will deliver an address on "The Literary Position of Hawthorne" and Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott, Judge T. S. Keyes '41 and Mr. C. T. Copeland '82 will also speak. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and Mr. F. T. Sanborn will be the speakers on the second day. Col. Higginson will preside at the exercises. The public will be charged a small fee for admission.

On July 23 there will be a gathering at Salem of all the branches of the Hawthorne family. On the same day commemoratory exercises will take place at the Essex Institute at which the Rev. S. M. Crothers h.'99 will deliver an address, Col. Higginson will also preside at this meeting.