WorkMaria Jane Jewsbury

“Letters to the Young”

Letters to the Young' (1828) , Inferred

Maria Jane Jewsbury (1800–1833) · 1828

InferredTitle inferred from 'Miss Jewsbury's letters.'.

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Documented 1835

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“Miss Jewsbury's letters. She writes a fine style though not that concise and marked one I like.”
Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers) · 5th Decr
MERGED 2026-10-11: absorbed duplicate witness(es) re499 (Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers), M-015.txt lines 139-147; tier A; same passage) — counted once here. Journal reading-log entry documenting a specific just-read work (Jewsbury's Letters) with reaction.

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence1record

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Notes on Burdon, Hugo, Child, and Jewsbury

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“Miss Jewsbury's letters. She writes a fine style though not that concise and marked one I like. She has not the simplicity of strength but the simplicity of _holiness._”

Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Burdon, Hugo, Child, and Jewsbury." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Title inferred from 'Miss Jewsbury's letters.'.

Fuller praises her style ('fine style') while noting it lacks the 'concise and marked' quality she prefers, and attributes to Jewsbury 'the simplicity of holiness.' On page 3 Fuller also mentions 'Southey makes me think of Miss Jewsbury' in the context of deriving imagery from the Bible.