WorkNorth American Review

“[Article in the North American Review, 1834, author and title unidentified]”

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Documented 1834–1846

Additional passages preserved in the Memoirs (1852)

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II. Adolescence

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IV. Transcendentalist1record

V. New York3records

VI. Europe1record

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1834—

Fragmentary Reading Notes and Autobiographical Reflections

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“Immediately after I read an article in N.A. Review which though much less eloquent suited me better. Here was indeed what I oft have thought but ne'er so well expressed.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Fragmentary Reading Notes and Autobiographical Reflections." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Review' which suited her better than Hedge's piece on perfectibility, but she does not name the author or specific article.

The author and article are unidentified.

1835—

Letter to Frederic H. Hedge

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“Mr B's attack on Brutus in the N.A. Review”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.

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Letter to Harriet Martineau

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“The opinion of the majority you will find expressed in a late number of the North American Review.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.

1845—

America and the American People . . .

“America and the American People . . .”

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“We recommend it to the North American Review for praise; that will be but fair requital for Von Raumer’s civility.”

Fuller, Margaret. "America and the American People . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 4 December 1845. · 4 December 1845

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The Modern Jews.

“The Modern Jews.”

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“The last number of the North American Review gives a very interesting sketch of the present situation of the ‘chosen people,’ still a host, though but a remnant.”

Fuller, Margaret. "The Modern Jews." New-York Daily Tribune, 21 April 1845. · 21 April 1845

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The North American Review.

“The North American Review.”

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“The last number of the North American Review contains two very interesting articles.”

Fuller, Margaret. "The North American Review." New-York Daily Tribune, 13 January 1845. · 13 January 1845

1846—

Papers on Literature and Art

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“Since the above was written, we see an article on the Exhibition in the North American Review for April, 1840.”

This is a footnote added when the piece was reprinted in Papers on Literature and Art (1846), indicating Fuller had read or seen this article after her original 1840 publication.

“The North American was once the best. While under the care of Edward Everett, himself a host in extensive knowledge, grace and adroitness in applying it...”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

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1852—

Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli

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“I have read all Jefferson's letters, the North American, the daily papers, &c., without end.”

Inferred In this passage, Margaret Fuller alludes to "the North American," a significant reference to the North American Review.

“The opinion of the majority you will find expressed in a late number of the 'North American Review.”

Inferred Fuller, having evidently read this review, found its tone to be "ungenerous." This editorial note identifies the likely source of Fuller's commentary and her immediate negative reaction to the critique.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, William Henry Channing, and James Freeman Clarke, eds. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. 2 vols. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852.