“Mrs Farrar sent three or four books, among others her Crusoe may be good to read in yr school.”
Fuller's phrase "her Crusoe" identifies this as Eliza Ware Farrar's own Robinson Crusoe adaptation for young readers, not Defoe's original.
Author
Eliza Ware Farrar(1791–1870)
Eliza Ware Farrar is documented in Fuller’s letters (1844). 2 distinct works are named, all in Letter to Arthur B. Fuller, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “read”.
- Engagement
- ReadMentioned
- Present in
- Letters
- Documented
- 1844
Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →
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 →
In Fuller’s words
“I send 'yng Lady's friend' and 'Lives of the Painters' thinking they might be of use, but return them to me sometime, as they are presentation copies.”
When Fuller engaged with Eliza Ware Farrar
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Farrar in Fuller’s reading world
Documentary evidence
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
1844—
Letter to Arthur B. Fuller
read2 selected passages
“I send 'yng Lady's friend' and 'Lives of the Painters' thinking they might be of use, but return them to me sometime, as they are presentation copies.”
Inferred Fuller refers to "yng Lady's friend," identified by Hudspeth as Eliza Farrar's The Young Lady's Friend, a practical advice manual for young women.
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. III. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.