Q: I recently found this second edition copy of The Scarlet Letter. I was trying to find the publishing date and after going through your website, I couldn’t find one with this particular cover. Inside there is a handwritten date of 1897 and reason of purchase. There is also the reprinted second edition preface.

A: Your book is part of the Beauxarts Series and was published in 1897.

See: http://henryaltemus.com/series/series47.htm

This is a late reprint of the second edition.