“Murray's travels I read, and was charmed by their accuracy and clear broad tone.”
Author
Charles Augustus Murray(1806–1895)
Charles Augustus Murray is documented in Fuller’s books (1843). One work is named, all in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Read for the 1843 western tour
Named among the books Fuller consulted for her western journey, and discussed in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843.
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Confirmed reading
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had Charles Augustus Murray’s work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
- undatedTravels in North AmericaAttested
“Murray's travels I read, and was charmed by their accuracy and clear broad tone.”
Summer on the Lakes
'Murray's travels I read, and was charmed' is an explicit first-person reading statement.
In Fuller’s words
“It is pity that Lord Edward Fitzgerald did not leave a detailed account of his journey through the wilderness, where he was pilot of an unknown course for twenty days, as Murray and Henry have of theirs.”
When Fuller engaged with Charles Augustus Murray
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Murray in Fuller’s reading world
Documentary evidence
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
1843—
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843
analyzed · read3 selected passages
“Like Murray and Henry, he has his great Indian chief, who represents what the people should be, as Pericles and Phocion what the Greek people should be.”
“It is pity that Lord Edward Fitzgerald did not leave a detailed account of his journey through the wilderness, where he was pilot of an unknown course for twenty days, as Murray and Henry have of theirs.”
Inferred Murray is named alongside Henry as an exemplar of the civilized man tested in the wilderness. He is also mentioned as 'Murray's old man', indicating a specific anecdote. Charles Augustus Murray's Travels in North America) covers his time with the Pawnee; the 'old man' anecdote appears in that work.
Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.