Q: Hello, I have an Altemus book of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. It looks very old with the preface to the 2nd edition 1850. However, there is no date as to when this edition came out. I am thinking late 1800s. Pics attached, thanks for your help.

A: When Altemus published this title, it reprinted the book in its entirety-including the earlier dated preface.

Your book is part of the Vademecum Series (http://henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm) and was published in 1897.