Julian Hawthorne was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays and travel books.For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this author:- David Poindexter''s Disappearance.- Ken''s Mystery.- When Half-gods Go, the Gods Arrive.- Set Not Thy Foot on Graves.- My Friend Paton.- The Christmas Guest.- The Laughing Mill