The Token and Atlantic Souvenir was the first American gift book, featuring romantic and sentimental short stories, poems, and essays, as well as copies of original paintings. Published annually, it w
1834 frontispiece engraving by Edward Gallaudet
Inscription page, Atlantic Souvenir 1828
The Whirlwind by Thomas Cole; engraved by Edward Gallaudet for The Token and Atlantic Souvenir (1837)
Pat Lyon at the Forge
The Minister's Black Veil
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"The Minister's Black Veil" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1836 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, edited by Samuel Goodrich. It later appeared
The Token and Atlantic Souvenir
…save 1834, and eight stories in 1837 alone. These include several of Hawthorne's notable early works, such as "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" (1832), "The Minister's Black Veil" (1836), and "The Man of Adamant" (1837). To imply a greater number of contributors, the 1837 volume's table of contents attributes Hawthorne's stories…
"The Minister's Black Veil", as it first appeared in 1836