CONTENTS Page The Custom House.—Introductory 1 THE SCARLET LETTER. I. The Prison-Door 51 II. The Market-Place 54 III. The Recognition 68 IV. The Interview 80 V. Hester at her Needle 90 VI. Pearl 104 VII. The Governor's Hall 118 VIII. The Elf-Child and the Minister 129 IX. The Leech 142 X. The Leech and his Patient 155 XI. The Interior of a Heart 168 XII. The Minister's Vigil 177 XIII. Another View of Hester 193 [vi]XIV. Hester and the Physician 204 XV. Hester and Pearl 212 XVI. A Forest Walk 223 XVII. The Pastor and his Parishioner 231 XVIII. A Flood of Sunshine 245 XIX. The Child at the Brook-side 253 XX. The Minister in a Maze 264 XXI. The New England Holiday 277 XXII. The Procession 288 XXIII. The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter 302 XXIV. Conclusion 315 ILLUSTRATIONS Page The Custom-House 1 The Prison Door 49 Vignette,—Wild Rose 51 The Gossips 57 “Standing on the Miserable Eminence” 65 “She was led back to Prison” 78 “The Eyes of the wrinkled Scholar glowed” 87 The Lonesome Dwelling 93 Lonely Footsteps 99 Vignette 104 A touch of Pearl's baby-hand 113 Vignette 118 The Governor's Breastplate 125 “Look thou to it! I will not lose the child!” 135 The Minister and Leech 148 [viii]The Leech and his Patient 165 The Virgins of the Church 172 “They stood in the noon of that strange splendor” 185 Hester in the House of Mourning 195 Mandrake 211 “He gathered herbs here and there” 213 Pearl on the Sea-Shore 217 “Wilt thou yet forgive me?” 237 A Gleam of Sunshine 249 The Child at the Brook-Side 257 Chillingworth,—“Smile with a sinister meaning” 287 New England Worthies 289 “Shall we not meet again?” 311 Hester's Return 320 THE SCARLET STIGMA A Drama In Four Acts By James Edgar Smith Founded upon Nathaniel Hawthorne's Novel, "The Scarlet Letter". Act I Scene I Scene II Scene III Act II Scene I Scene II Scene III Act III Scene I Scene II Scene III Act IV Scene I Scene II Transcriber's Note LITTLE MASTERPIECES Nathaniel Hawthorne CONTENTS PAGE Editor's Introduction V Dr. Heidegger's Experiment 1 The Birthmark 21 Ethan Brand 53 Wakefield 83 Drowne's Wooden Image 101 The Ambitious Guest 125 The Great Stone Face 141 The Gray Champion 177