“I was much interested by the Gipsey book, but dont incline to write about it”
Hudspeth identified the reference as George Borrow's The Zincali; or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain, which Emerson had sent to Fuller.
WorkGeorge Borrow
The Zincali; or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain
The Zincali; or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain (London: John Murray, 1841)
George Borrow (1803–1881) · London: John Murray, 1841
InferredHudspeth identified the reference as George Borrow's *The Zincali; or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain*, which Emerson had sent to Fuller. Inferred: an April 1842 "Borrow" is more likely The Zincali (1841) than The Bible in Spain, which was not published until December 1842; The Bible in Spain is not asserted without evidence. The author identification (Borrow) is certain from the letter.
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Letters • Journals
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Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
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- 1842The ZincaliInferredPossible
Inferred · An April 1842 "Borrow" is more likely The Zincali (1841) than The Bible in Spain, which was not published until December 1842; The Bible in Spain is not asserted without evidence.
“S. Clarke to make up for you of Borrow, Longfellow, some more shreds of Dial”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · 18 April 1842
Possible: Fuller sends Borrow to Emerson in a parcel. The author is certain from her letter; the work is inferred. Fuller to Ralph Waldo Emerson; provenance per Harvey's extraction: letter to Emerson, printed in Higginson, Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1884).
When Fuller engaged with this work
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Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“S. Clarke to make up for you of Borrow, Longfellow, some more shreds of Dial, including the wearifu' Napoleon, and the Prayer Book, if Dorothea Dix could be induced to grant the same.”
Inferred Inferred: an April 1842 "Borrow" is more likely The Zincali (1841) than The Bible in Spain, which was not published until December 1842; The Bible in Spain is not asserted without evidence. The author identification (Borrow) is certain from the letter.
The author identification (Borrow) is certain from the letter.
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. III. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
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Journal Fragments
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“That Human nature is like the bottomless pit I feel in looking down through such a book as Borrow’s Gipsies. What glittering span!”
Fuller, Margaret. "Journal Fragments." Houghton Library, Harvard University.