Author
William Gilmore Simms is documented in Fuller’s books and published essays (1845). 3 distinct works are named, most often in Papers on Literature and Art, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
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 →
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had William Gilmore Simms’s work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
“we have read some excellent remarks by Mr. W. G. Simms on the writings of Cooper... No IX. Wiley and Putnam's Library of American books.—Views and Reviews by W. G. Simms.”
Papers on Literature and Art
Explicit statement: 'we have read some excellent remarks by Mr. W. G. Simms on the writings of Cooper'.
“Fuller had given a very brief notice to Simms's The Wigwam and the Cabin: "These tales are told in a vigorous, graceful manner, and evince manly feelings with a happy eye for nature”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“Fuller had given a very brief notice to Simms's The Wigwam and the Cabin: "These tales are told in a vigorous, graceful manner, and evince manly feelings with a happy eye for nature”
Also reprinted in The Letters of Margaret Fuller, Vol. IV: 1845-1847. Counted once, at its first appearance.
Fuller, Margaret. "The Wigwam and The Cabin." New-York Daily Tribune, 11 October 1845. · 11 October 1845
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
“9.— VIEWS AND REVIEWS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, LITERATURE AND FICTION. By W. G. Simms”
“The Wigwam and the Cabin, by W. Gilmore Simms. 3 parts, 50 cents each.”
“we have read some excellent remarks by Mr. W. G. Simms on the writings of Cooper... No IX. Wiley and Putnam's Library of American books.—Views and Reviews by W. G. Simms.”
Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
“No IX. Wiley and Putnam's Library of American books. — Views and Reviews by W. G. Simms.”
Fuller, Margaret. Art, Literature, and the Drama. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. New York: The Tribune Association, 1869. · p307