Hawthorne, Julian

Julian (1846-), an American novelist and miscellaneous writer. He is the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was born in Boston. He received his education at Harvard University and at Dresden, where he studied civil engineering. Finding a more congenial occupation in literature, he has devoted himself to that pursuit since the early seventies. His principal novels are Bressant, Garth, Sebastian Strome, Archibald Malmaison, A Fool of Nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife ranks among the best of biographies. Saxon Studies, Confessions and Criticisms, are works of a critical nature.