Author
George H. Calvert is documented in Fuller’s books and published essays (1845). 3 distinct works are named, most often in Translations from the German., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “translated”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“Mr. Calvert, the translator of these volumes, was, in early youth, received with marked distinction by Goethe, (who, holding his court as a prince, could less than any temporal prince afford to give a moment to any but the worthiest) and by him introduced to a familiar intercourse at the court of Weimar.”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“It was written by a friend, on occasion of the Phi Beta oration which called forth the eloquent and indignant reply of Mr. Calvert, quoted by us a month or two since.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Essays on Art; By Goethe; Translated . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 29 May 1845. · 29 May 1845
“CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SCHILLER AND GOETHE, from 1794 to 1803, translated by George H. Calvert. Vol. I. New-York and London. Wiley and Putnam, 1845.”
“Mr.”
“We close with that part of his preface which contains it, and furnishes beside the clue to the book. We have not examined the translation, but the well-known attainments of Mr. C.”
“The translator cannot withhold a few words on the passage relating to Goethe in the Phi Beta Kappa Oration delivered at Cambridge in 1844.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Translations from the German." New-York Daily Tribune, 14 March 1845.
Undated
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“XVI. Scenes and Thoughts in Europe, by George H. Calvert. Price 50 Cents.”
Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.