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Despite the commonly recognized importance of the Boston Dial, surprisingly little scholarship has been devoted to tracing its history.[1] Nineteenth-century studies are reminiscent in tone and sparse in detail; twentieth-century studies concentrate on the aesthetic or literary attitudes of the magazine and its contributors. In fact, until now no attempt has been made to provide a documented list assigning all the articles, poems, notices, and reviews in the Dial to their respective authors.
The Dial was a quarterly magazine published from July, 1840, to April, 1844;[2] Margaret Fuller edited the first eight numbers and Ralph Waldo Emerson the last eight; George Ripley was business manager through the October, 1841, number and Henry David Thoreau was in charge of editing the April, 1843, number in Emerson's absence. Among its important contributors the magazine counted, in addition to its editors, Bronson Alcott, James Elliot Cabot, Ellery Channing, Lydia Child, James Freeman Clarke, Christopher Pearse Cranch, George William Curtis, Charles A. Dana, John S. Dwight, Frederic Henry Hedge, James Russell Lowell, Theodore Parker, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and Jones Very.[3]
The first serious study of the Dial appeared in 1885.[4] In the July, 1885, number of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy George Willis Cooke published a brief historical account of the Dial and a tentative list of the contributors and their contributions. This list was the result of Cooke's searching through the contributors' published works, his correspondence with the contributors who were still alive, and his use of Thoreau's attributions in his set of the Dial. In 1902 Cooke expanded his article into an historical and biographical introduction which accompanied the Rowfant Club's limited edition reprint of the Dial. In the intervening seventeen years Cooke had corresponded with more contributors and had checked sets of the Dial containing the notations of Ellery Channing and Emerson. Yet his list is still inadequate: many pieces in the Dial are not listed, some entries are incorrect, and—most important—Cooke did not cite the authorities upon which he made his attributions. Since 1902 much more material has become available to scholars and it is now possible to provide a much-needed new and authoritative list of contributions to the Dial. The present list provides full documentation for assigning authors to the nearly four hundred and fifty articles, poems, and reviews in the Dial, re-assigns eighteen of Cooke's attributions, and for the first time assigns authors to thirty-two contributions omitted by Cooke from his list.[5]
In assigning the authorship of each piece in the Dial the present study relies upon the following sources:
- 1. Extant Manuscripts. The last known location of
each
manuscript is given, with the following exceptions: for convenience, letters,
135journals, and other writings which have been responsibly edited are cited by volume and page number of the edition in which they appear.
- 2. Publication in Authorized Editions of the Author's Work. That is, editions published in the author's lifetime and with his knowledge and consent, or posthumous editions responsibly edited by the author's literary executors.[6]
- 3. Attributions of Authorship in Contemporary Letters and Journals. Since not all contemporary attributions are correct, only those documents about which it is reasonably safe to assume that the writer had personal knowledge of the manuscript or had talked to the author about his or her contribution are considered trustworthy.
- 4. Attributions of Authorship in Copies of the Dial Owned by or Made by Contributors. Copies of the Dial containing notations by Ellery Channing, James Freeman Clarke, Emerson, Thoreau, and Samuel Gray Ward have been used.[7] Since many of these attributions of contributors were made some years after the Dial had ceased publication, they are given less weight than the preceding three sources.
- 5. Bibliographies and References to the Dial Published After 1844. Since none of the books or articles in this category state the authorities for their attributions, they are used only when the question of authorship cannot be resolved by any of the above sources. Two important scholars here are James Elliot Cabot and Cooke. Cabot, Emerson's literary executor, made ascriptions based upon his extensive knowledge of Emerson's writings and the basis for his authority is self-evident.
- AlcConv "The Transcendental Club and the Dial; A Conversation by A. Bronson Alcott, Boston, Monday Evening, March 23, 1863," Boston Commonwealth, April 24, 1863, 1.
- Cabot James Elliot Cabot. A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1887.
- ChD Set of the Dial owned by Daniel Ricketson, containing Ellery Channing's notations, University of Michigan Library.
- ClD Set of the Dial owned by James Freeman Clarke, containing his annotations, Andover-Harvard Theological Seminary Library.
- CoH&BI George Willis Cooke. An Historical and Biographical Introduction to Accompany THE DIAL. Cleveland, 1902.
- CoJSP George Willis Cooke. "'The Dial': An Historical and Biographical Introduction, with a List of the Contributors," Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 19 (1885), 225-65.
- EmBMD Set of the Dial owned by Alexander Ireland, containing Emerson's annotations, British Museum.
- EmHD Set of the Dial owned by Thoreau, containing his annotations, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- EmJMN The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, ed. William H. Gilman et. al. 1960-
- EmL The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, ed. Ralph L. Rusk. 1939.
- EmLCD Set of the Dial containing Emerson's annotations, Library of Congress.
- FuND Margaret Fuller, "Notebook for the Dial," Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- HCL Harvard College Library, Houghton Library Manuscript Collections.
- Higginson Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Margaret Fuller Ossoli. American Men of Letters. 1884.
- ThCor The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau, ed. Walter Harding and Carl Bode. 1958.
- ThD Set of the Dial owned by Thoreau, containing his annotations, Southern Illinois University Library.
- ThJ Thoreau's Journal, ed. Bradford Torrey and Francis H. Allen, volumes VII-XX of The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. 1906.
- WaD Volume One of the Dial owned by Samuel Gray Ward, containing his annotations, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Works The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, ed. Edward Waldo Emerson. 1903-1904.
Abbreviations Used
- 1-4 The Editors to the Reader R. W. Emerson
EmJMN, VII, 243, 345; EmL, II, 312; Emerson-Carlyle Correspondence, p. 273; M. Fuller to Almira Barlow, July, 1840, "Margaret Fuller's Works" (copies of her manuscripts), I ,23, HCL.
- 5-11 A Short Essay on Critics M. Fuller
Signed "F." Papers on Literature and Art (1846), I, 1-8.
- 11-12 To the Aurora Borealis C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." Poems (1844), pp. 11-12.
- 13-16 Notes from the Journal of a Scholar C. C.
Emerson
Emerson-Carlyle Correspondence, p. 273; EmJMN, VI, 256; EmL, VI, 256; EmL, II, 312; FuND.
- 17-22 The Religion of Beauty J. S. Dwight
Signed "D." EmL, II, 312; A. Warren Stearns, "Four Emerson Letters to Dr. Daniel Parker," Tuftonian, 1 (1940), 8; G. Ripley to Dwight, July 7, 1840, Boston Public Library.
- 22 ["Sweet is the pleasure"] J. S. Dwight
Signed "D." FuND; G. Ripley to Dwight, July 7, 1840, Boston Public Library.
- 22-46 Brownson's Writings [review of O. A. Brownson,
Charles Elwood; or the Infidel Converted] G.
Ripley
Signed "R." EmL, II, 312.
- 47 The Last Farewell E. B. Emerson
Works, IX, 258-60.
- 48-58 Ernest the Seeker W. H. Channing
Octavius Brooks Frothingham, Memoir of William Henry Channing (1886), pp. 167-68.
- 58-70 The Divine Presence in Nature and in the Soul T.
Parker
Signed "P." EmL, II, 312.
- 71-72 Sympathy H. D. Thoreau
Signed "T." "Lately, Alas, I Knew a Gentle Boy," Collected Poems of Henry Thoreau, ed. Carl Bode, enlarged edition (1964), pp. 64-66.
- 72 Lines E. L. T. Emerson
See One First Love: The Letters of Ellen Louisa Tucker to Ralph Waldo Emerson, ed. Edith W. Gregg (1962), pp. 153, 201n.
- 73-83 A Record of Impressions Produced by the Exhibition of
Mr. Allston's Pictures in the Summer of 1839. M. Fuller
Papers on Literature and Art, II, 108-20.
- 83 "To W. Allston, On Seeing His 'Bride'" S. G.
Ward
Signed "J." EmBMD, EmLCD. CoH&BI states that Ward furnished the author with a "list of his poems" in the Dial and by that authority Cooke assigns this poem to Ward (II, 194).
- 84 "To Allston's Picture, 'The Bride'" M. Fuller?
Signed "O." CoJSP gives no author; M. Fuller given by ChD, CoH&BI (following ChD). However, no other evidence of M. Fuller's authorship is available and Higginson does not include this in her writings.
- 84 Song S. G. Ward
EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, CoH&BI (from Ward's "list of his poems," II, 194). The attribution to C. Sturgis in ChD is incorrect.
- 84 To * * * * R. W. Emerson
"To Eva," Works, IX, 95.
- 85-98 Orphic Sayings A. B. Alcott
Signed "A. Bronson Alcott."
- 98 Stanzas C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." Poems, pp. 51-52.
- 99-117 Channing's Translation of Jouffroy [review of Jouffroy,
Introduction to Ethics, trans. W. H. Channing] W. D.
Wilson
Signed "W." EmL, II, 312.
- 117-21 Aulus Persius Flaccus H. D. Thoreau
Signed "T." ThJ, I, 117.
- 121 The Shield S. G. Ward
Signed "J." ChD, ClD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, CoH&BI (from Ward's "list of his poems," II, 194).
- 122-23 The Problem R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 6-9.
- 123 Come Morir? S. G. Ward
Signed "J." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, CoH&BI (from Ward's "list of his poems," II, 194).
- 123 ["I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty"] E. S.
Hooper
["Poems by Ellen Sturgis Hooper"], [ed. Edward William Sturgis] (N.p.: n.d. [1872?]).
- 124-34 The Concerts of the Past Winter J. S. Dwight
Signed "D." EmL, II, 312; G. Ripley to Dwight, July 7, 1840, Boston Public Library.
- 134 A Dialogue M. Fuller
FuND; ChD, EmLCD; AlcConv. Higginson appears to be in error by not listing this as among M. Fuller's writings.
- 135 Richter M. Fuller
Life Within and Life Without, ed. Arthur B. Fuller (1859), pp. 383-84.
- 135 Some murmur at the "want of system" in Richter's writings
M. Fuller
ChD, EmHD. Although not listed by Higginson, this is probably the poem referred to in The Letters of James Freeman Clarke to Margaret Fuller, ed. John Wesley Thomas (Hamburg: Cram, de Gruyter, 1957), p. 118.
- 135 The Morning Breeze M. Fuller
EmLCD, CoH&BI (following EmLCD). CoJSP gives no author and Higginson does not list this as among M. Fuller's writings. The images and ideas are similar to those expressed by Margaret in a letter to Elizabeth Hoar, August 17, 1839, Barrett Library of the University of Virginia Library.
- 136 Dante S. Clarke
Signed "S." ChD, ClD, EmBMD, EmHD.
- 136 A Sketch [I] M. Fuller?
CoH&BI, Higginson.
- 136 A Sketch [II] M. Fuller?
CoH&BI, Higginson gives M. Fuller?.
- 136 ["Did you ever admire . . ."] M. Fuller?
CoJSP gives Emerson and CoH&BI gives M. Fuller. Neither Cabot nor Higginson assigns an author. Like the two preceding items, this was probably among the material which Margaret had to supply in order to fill up this number (see Higginson, p. 155).
Volume One Number One July 1840
- 137-58 Thoughts on Modern Literature R. W.
Emerson
Signed "E." Works, XII, 309-36.
- 158 Silence R. W. Emerson
"Eros," Works, IX, 362.
- 159-60 First Crossing the Alleghanies J. F. Clarke
Signed "F.C." Clarke to S. Clarke, April 7, 1840, HCL; EmL, II, 348.
- 161-72 A Sign from the West [review of A. Wylie,
Secretarianism is Heresy] C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." ClD, EmHD, WaD. The attribution to Clarke in ChD, EmBMD, EmLCD are obviously incorrect, both because of the ClD attribution and because "F.C." or "J.F.C." were the only signatures that Clarke used in the Dial.
- 172 Angelica Sleeps [translated] M. Fuller?
CoJSP assigns no author; CoH&BI gives M. Fuller?, probably because, as editor, she is most likely to have supplied filler material. EmL, II, 348, states Emerson's belief that Margaret "wrote nothing" but "The Athenæum Exhibition" article for this number, making it just possible that the attribution to J.F. Clarke in ChD is correct.
- 173-75 Nature and Art, or the Three Landscapes J. F.
Clarke
Signed "F.C." John Wesley Thomas (James Freeman Clarke: Apostle of German Culture to America [1949], p. 86) states that he has examined the manuscripts of these poems.
- 175-82 The Art of Life,—The Scholar's Calling F. H.
Hedge
EmL, II, 348; EmBMD, EmHD. The attributions to Emerson in ChD and to Emerson? in ClD are incorrect.
- 183-87 Letter to a Theological Student G. Ripley
Signed "R." EmL, II, 348.
- 187 "The Poor Rich Man" E. S. Hooper
["Poems by Ellen Sturgis Hooper"]. The attributions to S. G. Ward in ChD and EmLCD are in error.
- 187 ["Why askest thou . . ."] W. E. Channing
EmHD, ThD.
- 188-92 Musings of a Recluse C. P. Cranch
AlcConv, CoH&BI (following AlcConv); see F. DeWolfe Miller, "Christopher Pearse Cranch: New England Transcendentalist," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Virginia, 1942, p. 412.
- 193 The Wood-Fire E. S. Hooper
["Poems by Ellen Sturgis Hooper"].
- 193 The Day Breaks C. Sturgis
Signed "Z." EmBMD, EmLCD. The attribution to E. S. Hooper in ChD is incorrect; only C. Sturgis wrote as "Z."
- 194 The Poet E. S. Hooper
["Poems by Ellen Sturgis Hooper"].
- 195 Life C. Sturgis
Signed "Z." ChD, EmBMD, EmLCD.
- 195 Evening C. Sturgis
Signed "Z." ChD, EmBMD, EmLCD.
- 196-216 A Lesson for the Day; or the Christianity of Christ, of the
Church, and of Society T. Parker
Signed "P." The Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of Theodore Parker, second edition (1856), pp. 1-25.
- 216 Wayfarers E. S. Hooper
EmL, II, 306; the attribution to C. Sturgis in ChD is incorrect.
- 216 From Goethe C. Sturgis?
CoJSP gives no author; C. Sturgis given by ChD, CoH&BI (following ChD).
- 217 Pæan C. Sturgis
Signed "Z." Emerson to C. Sturgis, October 5, 1840, HCL.
- 217-18 Lyric C. Sturgis
Signed "Z." Emerson to C. Sturgis, July 21, 1840, HCL; FuND.
- 218-19 Truth Against the World. A Parable of Paul. T.
Parker
Signed "P." Parker, "Journal," I, 7-8, Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston.
- 219 Waves C. Sturgis?
EmHD, EmLCD.
- 219 ["On the surface by the waves . . ."] C.
Sturgis?
EmHD.
- 220-32 New Poetry [contains poems by W. E. Channing] R. W.
Emerson
Signed "E." EmL, II, 252ff.
- 232 Art and Artist C. Sturgis
EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 233-42 Ernest the Seeker [continued] W. H. Channing
Frothingham, W.H. Channing, pp. 167-68.
- 242-45 Woodnotes R. W. Emerson
"Woodnotes. I.," Works, IX, 43-48.
- 245 Life and Death C. Sturgis
ChD, EmHD, EmLCD.
Volume One Number Two October 1840
- 246-47 Review of The Works of William E.
Channing
G. Ripley
CoJSP gives Emerson? but Cabot does not list this as among Emerson's writings. EmL, II, 348; WaD; AlcConv all state that Ripley wrote the entire "Record of the Months" section, undoubtedly in reference to all of the book reviews.
- 248-51 Review of George F. Simmons, Two Sermons on
the
Kind Treatment and on the Emancipation of Slaves . . . G.
Ripley
[see I, 246-47]
- 251-56 Review of Edward Palmer, A Letter to Those Who
Think G. Ripley
EmL, II, 348; WaD; AlcConv.
- 256-60 Professor Walker's Vindication of Philosophy G.
Ripley
Ripley to J.S. Dwight, August 6, 1840, Boston Public Library.
- 260-63 The Atheneum Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture M.
Fuller
EmL, II, 348; FuND.
- 263-64 "The Dream" C. Sturgis
EmL, II, 318-19.
Record of the Months
- 264-65 Review of [Richard H. Dana], Two Years Before
the
Mast R. W. Emerson
EmL, II, 348; Cabot states that it seems to be by Emerson and the reference to Robinson Crusoe in the review is contained in the letter.
- 265-66 Review of Albert Brisbane, Social Destiny of Man:
or Association and Reorganization of Industry G. Ripley
Although CoH&BI gives Emerson, Cabot feels this is "doubtful." Ripley's biographer, Charles Crowe, in a letter to the present author, considers Ripley to probably be the author. Apparently Emerson first met Brisbane in late April, 1841 (EmL, III, 19-20); Ripley, on the other hand, was much interested in associationism at this time.
- 266 Review of Leopold Ranke, The Ecclesiastical and
Political History of the Popes of Rome . . . T. Parker?
CoJSP, CoH&BI give Parker as the author, probably because of the subject matter.
- 267-71 Review of Philip Harwood, Materialism in
Religion G. Ripley
CoJSP gives Emerson as the author but Cabot does not. CoH&BI gives Ripley, which is probably correct.
- 271-72 Review of V. Cousin, Œuvres completes de
Platon . . . G. Ripley
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives Ripley. Since Ripley translated Cousin in his Specimens of Foreign Standard Literature series, he probably did this review.
- 272 Review of Hermann Ulrici, Ueber Shakespeare's
dramatische . . . M. Fuller?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. The subject seems to be ideally suited to Margaret's interests and was probably in Higginson's mind when he assigned part of the "Record of the Months" to her, although Emerson stated that she wrote only on the "Athenæum Exhibition" (EmL, II, 348).
- 272 Review of Fr. Gfrörer, Das Jahrhundert das
Heils, Die Heilige Sage, and Das Heiligthum und die
Wahrheit T. Parker?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. The tone seems to indicate Parker, rather than the only other possible author, G. Ripley.
- 272 Review of F. Nork, Rabbinische Quellen .
. .
G. Ripley?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Assigned here to Ripley primarily because he was in charge of the "Record of the Months."
Select List of Recent Publications
- 273-89 Man in the Ages T. T. Stone
Signed "S." Leonora Cranch Scott, The Life and Letters of Christopher Pearse Cranch (1917), p. 69; EmL, II, 379; FuND.
- 289 Afternoon C. Sturgis
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 290-91 Questionings F. H. Hedge
Caroline Dall, Transcendentalism in New England (1897), p. 17, prints Hedge's statement of authorship; the attribution to C.P. Cranch in ChD is incorrect.
- 291 Endymion C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." Poems, pp. 53-54.
- 292 Hymn and Prayer J. F. Clarke
EmL, II, 379; ClD, EmBMD, EmHD, ThD, WaD. The attribution to E.S. Hooper in ChD is incorrect.
- 293-98 Meta M. Fuller
"Klopstock and Meta," Life Within and Life Without, pp. 308-13.
- 298 The True in Dreams C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." ClD, EmBMD, EmLCD, ThD.
- 299-305 The Magnolia of Lake Pontchartrain M.
Fuller
Life Within and Life Without, pp. 330-36.
- 305 Love and Insight C. Sturgis
Signed "Z." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 305 Sunset C. Sturgis
EmLCD, CoH&BI (following EmLCD); the tone and development of topic also mark it as by C. Sturgis.
- 306 Give Us an Interpreter C. Sturgis
Signed "Z." EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 306 ["Birds shooting swiftly . . ."] C. Sturgis
Signed "Z." EmHD; the signature assures her authorship.
- 307-11 Ideals of Every-Day Life. No. I. J. S. Dwight
Signed "D." EmL, II, 380.
- 312-13 To Nydia J. F. Clarke
At the time, Emerson wrote that Clarke was the author, "I think" (EmL, II, 380); ClD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, WaD.
- 314 The Violet E. L. T. Emerson
One First Love, pp. 149, 201n.
- 314 Stanzas H. D. Thoreau
Signed "D.H.T." "Nature Doth Have Her Dawn Each Day," Collected Poems, p. 70.
- 315-39 German Literature [review of Wolfgang Menzel,
German Literature, trans. C. C. Felton] T. Parker
Signed "P." Critical and Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 26-60.
- 339 The Snow-Storm R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 41-42.
- 340-47 Menzel's View of Goethe M. Fuller
Signed "F." Life Within and Life Without, pp. 13-22.
- 347 Suum Cuique R. W. Emerson
Poems (1847), p. 128.
- 348-50 The Sphinx R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 20-25.
- 351-61 Orphic Sayings A. B. Alcott
Signed "A. Bronson Alcott."
- 362-66 Woman S. Ripley
Signed "W.N." EmL, II, 379, 380.
- 366 Sonnet. To a Voice Heard in Mt. Auburn, July, 1839
J. R. Lowell
Signed "M.L.O." A Year's Life (1841), p. 166.
- 367-68 Thoughts on Art R. W. Emerson
"Art," Works, VII, 35-57.
- 379-81 Glimmerings C. P. Cranch
Cranch to Rufus Griswold, April 21, 1843, Boston Public Library.
- 381 Correspondences C. P. Cranch
Poems, pp. 41-42.
- 381-82 Color and Light C. P. Cranch
Poems, p. 60.
- 382-83 My Thoughts C. P. Cranch
Poems, pp. 55-56.
- 383-84 The Riddle C. P. Cranch
Poems, pp. 57-59.
- 384-85 The Ocean C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." Poems, pp. 67-69.
- 386-400 Letters from Italy on the Representatives of Italy S. G.
Ward
See EmL, II, 376-78; ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, ThD.
- 400 To the Ideal E. S. Hooper
["Poems by Ellen Sturgis Hooper"].
Volume One Number Three January 1841
- 401-2 Review of John Edward Taylor, Michael Angelo,
Considered as a Philosophic Poet . . . M. Fuller?
CoH&BI gives Emerson as the author, probably because of Emerson's life-long interest in Michelangelo, and this book may possibly have been the "book about Michel Angelo" which Emerson mentioned in EmL, II, 406. However, Cabot feels Emerson's authorship to be "doubtful" and this review was probably in Higginson's mind when he gave M. Fuller as the author of the "Record of the Months." Neither the style nor the ideas seem to be Emerson's.
Record of the Months
- 401-4 Review of Samuel D. Robbins, The Worship of the
Soul G. Ripley?
CoH&BI gives Emerson but Cabot believes this to be "doubtful." M. Fuller did not review religious works. This review was probably in Alcott's mind when he said that Ripley did the "Record of the Months" (AlcConv).
- 404-5 Review of B. Rodman, A Voice from the
Prison . . . M. Fuller
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives M. Fuller, probably following Higginson's statement that Margaret did the "Record of the Months." Prison reform was long an interest of Margaret's.
- 405 Review of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grandfather's
Chair M. Fuller
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives M. Fuller, probably following Higginson as mentioned in I, 404-405. Since Margaret did the other reviews of Hawthorne in the Dial, this one is also probably by her.
- 405-6 Review of Krummacher, The Little Dove
M.
Fuller?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Probably by M. Fuller, whose interests and style it most closely approximates.
- 406 Review of Knight's Miscellanies M.
Fuller?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Probably by M. Fuller, following Higginson.
- 406 Review of Nichol, Architecture of the Heavens, The
Solar System, and The Structure of the Earth M.
Fuller?
[see I, 406 (Knight)]
- 408 Review of Daub's philosophische und theologische
Vorlesungen . . . G. Ripley?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. AlcConv is probably correct in thinking this to be part of Ripley's contribution to the "Record of the Months." The subject is one that M. Fuller would not normally take up. There is a slight chance, based on the subject matter, that T. Parker wrote this.
- 408 Review of Ludwig Wachler, Franz Passow's Leben
und Briefe G. Ripley
[see I, 408 (Daub)]
Select List of Recent Publications
- 409-43 The Unitarian Movement in New England W. D.
Wilson
CoH&BI, on the authority of a letter from Wilson (II, 194); the attribution to G. Ripley in ChD is incorrect.
- 443-45 Dream J. F. Clarke
Clarke to S. Clarke, April 7, 1840, HCL; Clarke-Fuller Letters, p. 138; ClD. J.S. Dwight was incorrectly entered as the author in ChD but later crossed out.
- 446-61 Ideals of Every-Day Life. No. II. J. S. Dwight
Signed "D." EmL, II, 380.
- 461 Listen to the Wind E. S. Hooper?
CoJSP gives E.S. Hooper?; ChD, CoH&BI (following ChD) give C. Sturgis. ClD states that E.S. Hooper was the author and is probably correct, both since Clarke knew Mrs. Hooper better than Channing did, and since Clarke's other attributions to E.S. Hooper are all correct while Channing's are often wrong.
- 461 The Wind Again C. Sturgis?
CoJSP gives E.S. Hooper?; ChD, CoH&BI (following ChD) give C. Sturgis. In this case Channing does seem to be right, for the poem does resemble C. Sturgis's style more than it does Mrs. Hooper's.
- 462-67 Leila M. Fuller
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, ThD.
- 468-69 Poems on Art. The Genuine Portrait. The Real and the
Ideal. J. F. Clarke
Thomas (Clarke, pp. 48, 51, 86) states that he has examined the manuscripts of these poems.
- 469 Hermitage W. E. Channing
"Sonnet. No. III.," Poems (1843), p. 143.
- 469 The Angel and the Artist C. Sturgis
EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 470-93 Shelley [review of Shelley, Poetical Works
and Essays, Letters . . . Translations . . ., ed. Mrs. Shelley]
J. M. Mackie
Signed "M.M." Although the spellings of "Mackie" differ, he is given as the author in EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, ThD.
- 494-96 A Dialogue. Poet. Critic. M. Fuller
Signed "F." Papers on Literature and Art, I, 11-14.
- 497-519 Thoughts on Labor T. Parker
Signed "P." Critical and Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 122-51.
- 519 The Out-Bid E. S. Hooper
["Poems by Ellen Sturgis Hooper"].
- 520-22 Theme for a World-Drama. The Maiden—The
Adopted
Father —The Adopted Mother—The Lover W. E.
Channing
EmL, II, 355, 381; Emerson to C. Sturgis, January 13, [1841], HCL.
- 523-38 Man the Reformer R. W. Emerson
Signed "R.W. Emerson."
- 539-44 Music of the Winter J. F. Tuckerman
Signed "T." EmHD, EmLCD; AlcConv, CoH&BI (on the personal authority of J. S. Dwight [II, 194]). The attribution to Dwight in ChD is incorrect.
- 544 Farewell E. S. Hooper
ChD, ClD.
Volume One Number Four April 1841
- 1-41 Goethe M. Fuller
Signed "F." Life Within and Life Without, pp. 23-60.
- 42-44 Two Hymns E. T. Clapp
Essays, Letters, and Poems (1888), pp. 233-38.
- 45-47 Night and Day W. H. Channing
Signed "U." ChD, ThD; Frothingham, W.H. Channing, p. 438.
- 47-48 The Blind Seer C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." Poems, pp. 70-71.
- 48-52 Wheat Seed and Bolted Flour W. H. Channing
Signed "T.T." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, ThD.
- 52-53 Song W. E. Channing?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives W.E. Channing?. EmLCD states that G.W. Curtis is the author, but Curtis to Cooke, n.d. (CoH&BI, II, 170), clearly indicates that Emerson was in error.
- 53-55 Need of a Diver M. Fuller?
CoJSP, Higginson give M. Fuller; CoH&BI states, probably following ChD, that W.H. Channing is the author. However, Frothingham (W.H. Channing) does not assign this piece to Channing. In this instance, Higginson must be considered more trustworthy than ChD, although the fact that this piece was never reprinted in M. Fuller's works, nor mentioned in her letters, may indicate that it is indeed Channing's.
- 55-57 Clouds E. T. Clapp
Essays, Letters, and Poems, pp. 238-40.
- 57-58 "The Future is Better than the Past" E. T.
Clapp
Essays, Letters, and Poems, pp. 241-42.
- 58 August Shower E. T. Clapp
Essays, Letters, and Poems, pp. 245-47.
- 59-76 The Pharisees T. Parker
Signed "P." Critical and Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 190-213.
- 77 Protean Wishes T. Parker
See John Weiss, Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker (1864), I, 303; EmHD lists Parker as the author on the authority of F.B. Sanborn, Parker's literary executor.
- 78-81 Painting and Sculpture S. Ripley
ThD. Thoreau also gave S. Ripley as the author of the "Letter" in the Dial (II, 122-29).
- 81-82 Sic Vita H. D. Thoreau
Signed "H.D.T." "I am a Parcel of Vain Strivings Tied," Collected Poems, pp. 81-82.
- 82 Bettina! C. Sturgis
ChD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 83-121 Prophecy—Transcendentalism—Progress
J. A.
Saxton
EmL, II, 413.
- 121 Sonnet to ----- W. E. Channing
"Sonnets. No. II.," Poems (1843), p. 142.
- 122-29 Letter S. Ripley
EmL, II, 413.
- 129 Lines C. Sturgis
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 129 Sonnet. "To die is gain" J. R. Lowell
Signed "Hugh Peters." The pseudonym is known to be one that Lowell used.
Volume Two Number One July 1841
- 130-31 Review of Jones Very, Essays and Poems
R.
W. Emerson
EmL, II, 405.
- 131-33 Review of Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes,
Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History M. Fuller
ChD (M. Fuller?), EmBMD, ThD.
- 133-34 Review of J. R. Lowell, A Year's Life M.
Fuller
ThD; Higginson; the ideas in this review are the same that Margaret expressed earlier in a letter to Emerson (EmL, II, 363n).
- 134 Review of Hayward, Faust, and Goethe,
Correspondence with a Child M. Fuller
EmL, II, 368.
- 134-35 Review of H. Martineau, The Hour and the
Man M. Fuller
Higginson; Margaret was an old friend of Harriet Martineau's and therefore Higginson's assumption is likely to be correct.
- 135 Notices of Tennyson, Poems, J. Sterling,
Poems, and Festus M. Fuller
Higginson; Margaret later produced more detailed reviews of these works for the Dial.
- 135-36 Review of the Providence Plain Speaker
M.
Fuller
Alcott, "Autobiographical Collections 1840-1844," p. 52, HCL; ThD.
- 136 To Contributors M. Fuller
CoJSP, CoH&BI; the tone of the piece and Margaret's role as editor of the Dial clearly mark it as hers.
Notices of Recent Publications
- 137 [Introductory Notes to "Cupid's Conflict"] M.
Fuller?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Probably by M. Fuller, as editor.
- 137-48 Cupid's Conflict. By Dr. Henry More [selected] A. B.
Alcott
Alcott, "Scripture for 1840," pp. 175-200, HCL.
- 148-203 Lives of the Great Composers, Haydn, Mozart, Handel,
Bach, Beethoven M. Fuller
Signed "F." Papers on Literature and Art, II, 46-107.
- 203 Light and Shade C. Sturgis
ChD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 204-5 Friendship H. D. Thoreau
Signed "H.D.T." ThJ, I, 113.
- 205 Painting and Sculpture R. W. Emerson
Poems (1847), p. 208.
- 205-6 Fate R. W. Emerson
"Destiny," Works, IX, 31-32.
- 207-14 Woodnotes. Number II. R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 48-59.
- 214-28 A Glimpse of Christ's Idea of Society E. P.
Peabody
EmL, II, 454.
- 228-30 Poems on Life ?
Signed "W." CoJSP, CoH&BI give no author; W.E. Channing was entered in ThD but later crossed out.
- 230-31 Windmill C. Sturgis
ChD; the attribution to W.E. Channing in EmLCD is incorrect.
- 231-61 Festus [review of Festus; a Poem] M.
Fuller
Signed "F." "Aglauron and Laurie," Woman in the Nineteenth Century and Kindred Papers . . ., ed. Arthur B. Fuller (1855), pp. 183-216.
- 262-71 Walter Savage Landor R. W. Emerson
Signed "E." Works, XII, 337-49.
- 271-72 Inworld C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." Poems, pp. 61-63.
Volume Two Number Two October 1841
- 273-85 First Principles W. B. Greene
Signed "W.B.G." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD; revised and expanded as The Doctrine of Life. With Some of Its Theological Applications (1843).
- 286 [Poetical Motto to "Yuca Filamentosa"] W. E.
Channing
"Inspiration for a Garden," Poems (1843), p. 76.
- 286-88 Yuca Filamentosa M. Fuller
M. Fuller, letter of [November, 1840], Boston Public Library; R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke, Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1860 [1852]), II, 47-50.
- 288-90 Inworld C. P. Cranch
[see II, 271-72]
- 290-91 Outworld C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." Poems, pp. 64-66.
- 292-313 Primitive Christianity T. Parker
Signed "P." Critical and Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 247-75.
- 313-57 Bettine Brentano and Her Friend Günderode M.
Fuller
Signed "F." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 357 Sonnet ["When in a book . . ."] J. R. Lowell
Signed "J.R.L." Lowell to Emerson, November 19, 1841, HCL.
- 357 Sonnet ["Only as thou herein . . ."] J. R.
Lowell
Signed "J.R.L." New Letters of James Russell Lowell, ed. M.A. DeWolfe Howe (1932), pp. 7-8.
- 358 Sonnet. To Irene on Her Birthday J. R. Lowell
Signed "J.R.L." Lowell, New Letters, pp. 7-8.
- 358-59 The Hour of Reckoning E. S. Hooper
["Poems by Ellen Sturgis Hooper"].
- 359 Sonnet. To Mary on Her Birthday B. F.
Presbury
Signed "B.F.P." Presbury to Emerson, November 15, 1841, HCL.
- 359 De Profundis Clamavi ?
CoJSP, CoH&BI give no author; "BF" in EmBMD is probably an incomplete "BFP[resbury]", the author of the poems immediately before and after this one, which Emerson failed to cross out after he became aware of his error. That Presbury did not write this poem is clear from his letter to Emerson of November 15, 1841, HCL.
- 360 Music. To Martha. B. F. Presbury
Signed "B.F.P." Presbury to Emerson, November 15, 1841, HCL.
- 361-72 Plan of the West Roxbury Community E. P.
Peabody
"Brook Farm Interpretation of Christ's Idea of Society," Last Evening with Allston, and Other Papers (1886), pp. 181-201.
- 373 The Park R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 84.
- 373 Forbearance R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 83.
- 373 Grace R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 359.
- 374-79 The Senses and the Soul R. W. Emerson
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, ThD; possibly referred to in EmL, II, 471. An excellent case for Emerson's authorship is in The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, ed. Stephen E. Whicher, Robert E. Spiller, and Wallace E. Williams (1964), II, 357.
- 380-82 Epilogue to the Tragedy of Essex [translated] M.
Fuller
Higginson; see also M. Fuller, "Works," I, 527-35, HCL.
Volume Two Number Three January 1842
- 382-84 Transcendentalism R. W. Emerson
EmLCD, ThD; see also EmJMN, VIII, 52.
- 382-83 [Calvinist's Letter] T. T. Stone
EmJMN, VIII, 52.
- 383 [Quaker's Letter] ?
CoJSP lists no author; not listed by CoH&BI; no evidence is available upon which to assign an author.
Editor's Table
- 385-93 Plan of Salvation [review of Philosophy of the Plan
of Salvation] J. F. Clarke
Signed "J.F.C."
- 393-94 Review of Motherwell's Poems M.
Fuller?
CoJSP, Higginson assign no author; CoH&BI gives M. Fuller, probably because, as editor, she seems the most likely candidate.
- 394-95 Review of Goethe, Egmont, a Tragedy M.
Fuller
Higginson assigns no author; CoH&BI gives M. Fuller, which must be assumed correct both because of the subject matter and the tone of the review.
- 395-99 Review of Monaldi, a Tale M.
Fuller
Higginson; again, the tone and subject matter mark it as Margaret's.
- 399-407 Review of R. H. Wilde, Conjectures and
Researches
Concerning . . . Torquato Tasso M. Fuller
See Clarke-Fuller Letters, p. 41; Higginson.
- 407-8 Boston Academy of Music M.
Fuller
Higginson, CoJSP assign no author; CoH&BI gives M. Fuller, which must be assumed correct, both because, as editor, she usually contributed filler material, and because of the subject and tone of the notice.
- 408 Review of Theory of Teaching M.
Fuller
[see II, 407-408]
- 408 Review of The Ideal Man E. P.
Peabody?
CoH&BI gives Emerson but Cabot feels this is "doubtful." Higginson does not assign the review to M. Fuller. The review is introduced as being inserted at "the request of a friend." Since the book was published by E.P. Peabody, it is possible that she wrote the review, since she often did write notices for her other books. Emerson's authorship is highly unlikely.
Notices of Recent Publications
- 409 To the Editor of the Dial A. B.
Alcott
Letter, signed "A. Bronson Alcott."
- 409-37 Days from a Diary A. B. Alcott
Signed "A.B. Alcott."
- 437-83 Marie van Oosterwich [translated] M. Fuller?
Signed "A." CoH&BI gives M. Fuller but Higginson does not assign it to her. EmLCD has only "translated" after the article. Marianne Dwight Jackson, a Brook Farm resident, is given in ChD as the author. There is a slight possibility that this was translated by some of Margaret's pupils under her supervision.
- 483-85 Silence and Speech C. P. Cranch
Signed "C." Poems, p. 78.
- 485-528 Thoughts on Theology [review of J. A. Dorner,
Entwicklungs-geschichte der Lehre von der Person Christi .
.
.] T. Parker
Signed "P." Critical and Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 344-99.
- 528 Herzliebste C. A. Dana
Dana to Cooke, n.d., CoH&BI, II, 133.
Volume Two Number Four April 1842
- 529-30 Review of William Whewell, The Philosophy of the
Inductive Sciences . . . T. Parker
Parker, "Journal," II, 1, Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston.
- 530-31 Review of William Whewell et. al., On the
Foundation of Morals: Four Sermons . . . T. Parker
EmLCD; the tone and subject matter clearly mark the review as Parker's.
- 531-35 Review of John Laurence von Mosheim, Institutes
of Ecclesiastical History . . .,trans. James Murdock T.
Parker
[see II, 530-31]
- 535-39 Review of Philip Harwood et. al., German
Anti-Supernaturalism T. Parker
[see II, 530-31]
Record of the Months—New Works
- 539-40 [Introduction and General List] T. Parker
Undoubtedly done by Parker, who did the rest of this section.
- 540-42 Review of H. H. Milman et. al., The History of
Christianity. . . T. Parker
[see II, 530-31]
- 542-44 Review of Edward Gibbon, The History of the
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with notes by H. H.
Milman
et. al. T. Parker
EmLCD; the tone and subject matter clearly mark the review as Parker's. Parker is listed at the bottom of this page in ThD, possibly referring to Parker's authorship of the entire "Record of the Months" section.
- 544 [Notice to Correspondents] M. Fuller?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI; probably by M. Fuller, as editor.
Republications
- 1-18 Lectures on the Times [Introductory Lecture] R. W.
Emerson
Signed "R.W. Emerson."
- 19 [Preliminary Note to "Natural History of Massachusetts"]
R. W. Emerson
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI; signed "Editor of the Dial," a role which Emerson assumed for the first time with this number.
- 19-40 Natural History of Massachusetts H. D.
Thoreau
The American Notebooks by Nathaniel Hawthorne, ed. Randall Stewart (1932), p. 167; Edward C. Sampson, "Three Unpublished Letters by Hawthorne to Epes Sargent," American Literature, 34 (1962), 103.
- 40 Gifts W. E. Channing
Poems (1843), p. 45.
- 41 The Lover's Song W. E. Channing
Poems (1843), pp. 48-49.
- 41 Sea Song W. E. Channing
Poems (1843), p. 50.
- 42 The Earth-Spirit W. E. Channing
Poems (1843), pp. 26-29.
- 42-43 Prayer W.E. Channing
ChD, EmBMD, EmLCD.
- 43 After-Life W. E. Channing
ChD, EmBMD, EmLCD; possibly referred to in F. B. Sanborn, "Biographical Introduction" to William Ellery Channing, Poems of Sixty-Five Years (1902), p. xxiv.
- 44-45 Autumn Leaves E. T. Clapp
Essays, Letters, and Poems, pp. 247-49. CoJSP (following ChD) incorrectly gives W. E. Channing as the author.
- 46-72 Entertainments of the Past Winter M. Fuller
EmL, III, 45n, 59, 62; the attribution to J.S. Dwight in ChD is incorrect.
- 72-73 Tact R. W. Emerson
Poems (1847), pp. 51-52.
- 73 Holidays R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 136.
- 73-74 The Amulet R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 98-99.
- 74-75 The Castle by the Sea [translated] F. H. Hedge
Signed "H." EmBMD, EmHD. Emerson is written in the table of contents to volume three in ChD, where Hedge's translation is grouped with the poems on pp. 72-76 into a single entry.
- 75 Eternity C. A. Dana
Signed "D." Dana to Cooke, n.d., CoH&BI, II, 133; EmBMD, EmHD; the attribution to Emerson in the table of contents in ChD is incorrect (see III, 74-75).
- 76-77 Vespers ?
Signed "Sa." CoJSP, CoH&BI give no author; the attribution to Emerson in the table of contents in ChD is of no value (see III, 74-75).
- 77-81 Prayers R. W. Emerson
Works, XII, 350-57.
- 78-79 [Prayer of a deaf and dumb boy] ?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI; as is the case with "Vespers," no evidence is available upon which to assign an author.
- 79-80 [Metrical prayer] H. D. Thoreau
"Great God, I Ask Thee for No Meaner Pelf," Collected Poems, p. 10.
- 80-81 [Prayer] J. Alcott
See EmJMN, VIII, 221; Kenneth Walter Cameron, "Junius J. Alcott, Poet and Transcendentalist," Emerson Society Quarterly, no. 14 (1959), 57-76.
- 81 To Shakespeare W. E. Channing?
EmHD, EmLCD, EmBMD gives C. Sturgis, and Thoreau, in ThD, has crossed out W. E. Channing after assigning the poem to him, making it barely possibly that C. Sturgis is indeed the author.
- 82-85 Veeshnoo Sarma [selected] R. W. Emerson
See EmJMN, VIII, 28; EmHD, EmLCD.
- 85 ["I asked the angels to come to me . . ."] ?
CoJSP, CoH&BI give no author; possibly written by C. Sturgis but there is no firm evidence.
- 86-96 Fourierism and the Socialists R. W. Emerson
EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD; the attribution to C. Lane in ChD is incorrect.
- 90-96 Means of Effecting a Final Reconcilation Between Religion
and Science A. Brisbane
Signed "Albert Brisbane." Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI.
- 97-100 Poems for the Dial ["The Evening Choir" and "The
World"] J. Very
Signed "Jones Very."
- 100-112 Chardon Street and Bible Conventions R. W.
Emerson
Works, X, 371-78.
- 103-12 Substance of Mr. Whiting's Remarks N.
Whiting
The author is given as "Nathaniel Whiting" in Emerson's text.
- 112-23 The Two Dolons. From the Ms. Symphony of Dolon. The
First Dolon. C. K. Newcomb
Signed "N." See EmL, III, 29ff.
- 123-26 Agriculture of Massachusetts R. W. Emerson
Works, XII, 358-64.
- 126 Outward Bound C. Sturgis
ChD, EmBMD; the attribution to B.P. Hunt in CoJSP is incorrect.
Volume Three Number One July 1842
- 127-28 Review of George Borrow, The Zincali .
. .
R. W. Emerson
See EmL, III, 42-43; ThD; Emerson? in EmHD.
- 128-29 Review of J. G. Lockhart, Ancient Spanish
Ballads . . . R. W. Emerson
EmHD; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson.
- 129 Review of George H. Colton, Tecumseh
R.
W. Emerson
Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson; see also EmJMN, VIII, 206.
- 130-31 Review of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Twice-Told
Tales M. Fuller
See EmL, III, 45n.
- 131 Review of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Biographical
Stories
for Children M. Fuller
CoH&BI, Higginson; no doubt done by Margaret along with the preceding review.
- 131 Review of The Cambridge Miscellany of
Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy, April, 1842 R. W.
Emerson
Although both CoH&BI and EmHD give Emerson?, and Cabot does not mention this as among Emerson's writings, the evidence in EmL, III, 102, and Kenneth Walter Cameron, "Emerson, Thoreau, and the Town Athenaeum," in his The Transcendentalists and Minerva (1958), III, 890-92, make Emerson's authorship fairly certain.
- 131 Review of G. Oegger, The True Messiah .
.
. R. W. Emerson?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives Emerson?; Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. While it is just possible that this is one of T. Parker's reviews which Emerson had on hand (see Parker to Emerson, May 16, 1842, HCL, and EmL, III, 68), more likely the notice is by Emerson, who had just begun as editor.
- 131 Review of Günderode R. W.
Emerson?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives Emerson?; Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. Emerson, as editor, may have written this to promote the sale of M. Fuller's book.
- 132 Notice of O. A. Brownson, A Letter to Rev. W. E.
Channing R. W. Emerson
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI; see EmJMN, VIII, 484. The notice promises a review in the next number by "a correspondent," probably Elizabeth Peabody (see EmL, III, 63-64).
- 132 Notice of Novalis, Henry of Ofterdingen
R.
W. Emerson?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Probably by Emerson, as editor (see possibly EmJMN, VIII, 484-85), although the book would also have been of interest to M. Fuller and the notice may possibly have been among the materials which Emerson inherited from her when he took over the Dial (see Emerson to L. M. Child, January 8, 1844, Pierpont Morgan Library).
- 132 Notice of Caroline Southy, Chapters on Church
Yards R. W. Emerson?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Probably by the editor; see EmJMN, VIII, 484.
- 132 Notice of The London Phalanx, June R. W.
Emerson
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Probably an exchange paper, the issue arrived too late to make M. Fuller the author; see EmJMN, VIII, 484.
Record of the Months
- 132-33 Exploring Expedition R. W.
Emerson
CoJSP gives no author; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson and is probably the authority for the attribution to Emerson in CoH&BI.
- 133 Association of State Geologists R. W.
Emerson
EmHD; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson; see also EmJMN, VIII, 484.
- 133-34 Harvard University R. W.
Emerson
EmHD; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson.
- 135 [William Wordsworth] R. W. Emerson
ThD; EmHD gives Emerson?; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson.
- 135 [Tennyson] R. W. Emerson
Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson. That this piece of information came from C.S. Wheeler, an old friend of Emerson's, makes his authorship almost certain.
- 135 [Henry Taylor, John Sterling, Carlyle] R. W.
Emerson
CoJSP, CoH&BI; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson. The information was probably drawn from Emerson's correspondence with Sterling and Carlyle.
- 136 Berlin R. W. Emerson
EmHD, ThD; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson.
- 136 New Jerusalem Church R. W.
Emerson
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives Emerson?; Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. Since the information is from an exchange paper, and since the "Intelligence" section was originally Emerson's idea, in all probability he was the author (see also EmJMN, VIII, 484).
Intelligence
- 137-80 Romaic and Rhine Ballads M. Fuller
See M. Fuller, "Journal August-September 1842," HCL; EmL, III, 75, 83, 85.
- 180 The Black Knight H. D. Thoreau
Signed "H. D. T." See "Independence," Collected Poems, pp. 132-33.
- 181-97 Lectures on the Times. Lecture II. The Conservative. R.
W. Emerson
Signed "R. W. Emerson."
- 198-99 The Inward Morning H. D. Thoreau
Signed "H. D. T." Collected Poems, pp. 74-75.
- 199 Free Love H. D. Thoreau
Signed "H. D. T." "My Love Must Be As Free," Collected Poems, p. 68.
- 200 The Poet's Delay H. D. Thoreau
Signed "H. D. T." Collected Poems, p. 78.
- 200 Rumors from an Æolian Harp H. D.
Thoreau
Signed "H. D. T." Collected Poems, p. 53.
- 201-21 Hollis Street Council [review of Samuel K. Lothrop;
Proceedings of an Ecclesiastical Council, in the Case of the
Proprietors of Hollis Street Meeting-house, and the Rev. John
Pierpont . . .] T. Parker
Signed "P." See Parker, "Journal," II, 1, Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston; EmL, III, 86-87.
- 222 The Moon H. D. Thoreau
Signed "T." Collected Poems, p. 11.
- 222-24 To the Maiden in the East H. D. Thoreau
"Low in the Eastern Sky," Collected Poems, pp. 38-39.
- 224-25 The Summer Rain H. D. Thoreau
Signed "T." "My Books I'd Fain Cast Off, I Cannot Read," Collected Poems, pp. 76-77.
- 225-26 The Artist C. P. Cranch
Signed "C.P.C." Poems, pp. 74-75.
- 227-47 English Reformers R. W. Emerson
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD, ThD.
- 233-35 ["On American Literature"] F. Barham
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Described as by "Francis Barham" in Emerson's text.
- 241 [Report of a private correspondent] A. B.
Alcott
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. F. B. Sanborn and William T. Harris, A. Bronson Alcott: His Life and Philosophy (1893), I, 311n.
- 242-43 [Reformation] C. Lane?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. See Sanborn and Harris, Alcott, I, 340.
- 244-45 [Transition] W. Oldham
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Sanborn and Harris, Alcott, I, 311n.
- 245-47 [Formation] ?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Henry G. Wright may be the author but no firm evidence is available.
- 247 [Introductory Note to "James Pierrepont Greaves"] R. W.
Emerson
Signed "Editor of the Dial." Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI.
- 247-55 James Pierrepont Greaves C. Lane
EmL, III, 93.
- 256-58 Dirge W. E. Channing
"Memory," Poems (1843), pp. 10-14.
- 258-64 Cromwell C. Lane
EmL, III, 93.
- 264 The Poet W. E. Channing?
EmHD.
- 265 Lines ?
Signed "X." This poem is listed with "Saadi" in the table of contents to volume three as being on pp. 265-69 and therefore, although both EmLCD and ChD have R.W. Emerson next to the entry, actually only "Saadi" is being referred to. G. W. Curtis is listed as the author in EmBMD, but Curtis to Cooke, n.d. (CoH&BI, II, 170), makes this seem unlikely. CoJSP gives no author; E.S. Hooper? in CoH&BI is conjectural.
- 265-69 Saadi R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 129-35.
- 269 [Introductory Note to "The Gallery"] R. W.
Emerson
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. See Edward Waldo Emerson, The Early Years of the Saturday Club (1918), p. 113, EmL, III, 169.
- 269-72 The Gallery S. G. Ward
EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD; CoH&BI attributes the paper to Ward on his authority (II, 194).
Volume Three Number Two October 1842
- 273-76 Review of Alfred Tennyson, Poems M.
Fuller
CoJSP gives M. Fuller, probably on the authority of Higginson; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson, probably on the authority of ThD. However, EmL, III, 90, and a copy of the review corrected in Margaret's hand in her "Journal Vol. III," HCL, make her authorship certain.
- 276-77 Review of O. A. Brownson, A Letter to Rev. Wm.
E. Channing R. W. Emerson?
CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson. EmL, III, 63-64, seems to indicate that Emerson is the author, although it is barely possible that E. P. Peabody wrote the review (see the discussion of this book for III, 132, above).
- 277-78 Review of William Smyth, Lectures on Modern
History . . . T. Parker?
CoJSP, CoH&BI, Cabot assign no author, but the tone and subject matter make Parker the logical choice.
Record of the Months
- 278 [Papers from England] R. W. Emerson
These were among the tracts and manuscripts which A.B. Alcott was sending back from England all summer (see The Letters of A. Bronson Alcott, ed. Richard L. Herrnstadt [1969], pp. 71, 74).
- 279 [Heraud's Lectures] R. W. Emerson
Written from information supplied by Alcott (see EmJMN, VIII, 193).
- 279 [Lane and Henry Wright] R. W. Emerson
Written from information supplied by Alcott about his return visit to America.
- 279-80 [French journals] R. W. Emerson
Undoubtedly written by the editor.
- 280 Berlin R. W. Emerson
Although Emerson no doubt provided the introduction to this selection on Schelling, the selection itself was given to him by F. H. Hedge (EmL, III, 84-85).
Editor's Table
- 281-96 James Pierrepont Greaves [concluded] C. Lane
Signed "L." EmL, III, 97.
- 297-313 Lectures on the Times. Lecture III. The
Transcendentalist. R. W. Emerson
Signed "R. W. Emerson."
- 313 A Song of Spring W. E. Channing
Poems (1843), p. 65.
- 314-26 Discoveries in the Nubian Pyramids [translated] E.
Hoar
ChD, EmHD.
- 326 Anna W. E. Channing
"To Anna," Poems (1843), p. 89.
- 327-28 To Eva at the South R. W. Emerson
See "To E.T.E. at Philadelphia," One First Love, pp. 130-31, and "To Ellen at the South," Works, IX, 93-94.
- 328 The Brook C. Sturgis
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD; possibly referred to in EmL, II, 395.
- 329 The River W. E. Channing
Poems (1843), pp. 81-82.
- 329-30 Life W. E. Channing
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD; possibly referred to in Sanborn, "Biographical Introduction" to Channing, Poems of Sixty-Five Years, p. xxiv.
- 330 To ----- W. E. Channing
"The Lover's Fear," Poems (1843), p. 77.
- 331-40 The Laws of Menu [selected] H. D. Thoreau
Although EmLCD gives R.W. Emerson (see also EmJMN, V, 165), CoH&BI is probably correct in giving Thoreau (see ThJ, I, 251, 264, 279, and ThCor, p. 68).
- 340-42 Death W. E. Channing
Poems (1843), pp. 135-40.
- 343-62 The Life and Character of Dr. Follen [review of Follen,
Works of . . ., and Memoir of his Life] T.
Parker
Signed "P." See Parker, "Journal," II, 1, Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston; EmL, III, 87.
- 363-86 The Prometheus Bound [translation] H. D.
Thoreau
Signed "H.D.T." See Emerson to C.S. Wheeler, December 13, 1842, HCL; EmL, III, 129.
Volume Three Number Three January 1843
- 387 [Death of Dr. Channing] R. W. Emerson
EmL, III, 97, 102; Higginson, p. 171; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson.
- 387 [Death of Baron Degerando] R. W. Emerson
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Undoubtedly written by Emerson from an exchange paper.
- 387 [Introductory Note to "Letter from Germany"] R. W.
Emerson
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI; obviously by Emerson, as editor.
- 388-97 [Letter from Germany] C. S. Wheeler
See Wheeler's letters to Emerson, October 20, and November 11, 1842, HCL; Wheeler to Robert Bartlett, November 22, 1842, HCL.
- 398-404 Schelling's Introductory Lecture in Berlin [translated]
F. H. Hedge
See Emerson to C.S. Wheeler, February 3, 1843, HCL; EmL, III, 97-98.
Literary Intelligence
- 404-6 Review of Life of Jean-Paul Frederic Richter . .
.
Translated from the German M. Fuller?
Cabot does not assign this to Emerson; Higginson does not assign this to M. Fuller; CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?. Although Emerson definitely read this book (see EmL, III, 92, and EmJMN, VIII, 267), his personal feelings about Richter are often at odds with those expressed in the review. The reviewer, who says that Richter is his "favorite author," is probably M. Fuller, who had earlier promised to do the reviews for this number (EmL, III, 9on).
- 406-11 Review of An Essay on Transcendentalism
C. Lane
CoH&BI; the tone and style of the review both closely resemble Lane's writing.
- 411-13 Review of Letters of Schiller . . ., trans.
J.
L. Weisse R. W. Emerson?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R. W. Emerson?; Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. The review could possibly be by M. Fuller, but no firm evidence is available and the piece is not assigned to her by Higginson.
- 413-14 Review of Fables of La Fontaine, trans.
Elizur Wright, Jr. R. W. Emerson?
[see III, 411-13]
- 414-15 Review of Confessions of St. Augustine
R.
W. Emerson
ThD; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson.
- 415 Notice of Cornelius Mathews, The Career of Puffer
Hopkins R. W. Emerson?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI; probably written by Emerson, as editor.
- 415 Notice of H. W. Longfellow, Poems on
Slavery M. Fuller?
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. The tone of this notice of the "thinnest of all Mr. Longfellow's thin books" coincides with Margaret's own negative feelings about Longfellow.
- 416 Notice of the Lowell Offering, December
R.
W. Emerson?
[see III, 415 (Mathews)]
- 416 [English Books] R. W. Emerson
CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?; Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings, but it is surely Emerson's account of the many books which A.B. Alcott had been sending him from England.
- 416 Goethe and Swedenborg R. W. Emerson
CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?; Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings, but the tone and subject matter make his authorship seem certain.
Record of the Months
- 417-54 A. Bronson Alcott's Works [review of
Conversations with Children on the Gospels; Record of a School;
Exemplifying the General Principles of Spiritual Culture; and
Spiritual Culture . . .] C. Lane
Signed "C. L." See Lane, The Law and Method in Spirit-Culture (1843), which is a reprint of the Dial article.
- 454-83 Canova M. Fuller
EmL, III, 148-49; Hawthorne, American Notebooks, p. 177.
- 484-90 Anacreon H. D. Thoreau
Signed "H.D.T." See A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), p. 236.
- 490-92 What is Beauty? L. M. Child
Signed "L.M. Child."
- 493-94 Ethnical Scriptures. [Sayings of Confucius] [selected]
H. D. Thoreau?
EmLCD gives R.W. Emerson but Thoreau's authorship is more likely; see Roger Chester Mueller, "The Orient in American Transcendental Periodicals (1835-1866)" (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1968), pp. 58-59, and CoH&BI.
- 495-500 George Keats J. F. Clarke
Memorial and Biographical Sketches (1878), pp. 221-29.
- 500-4 Remarks on John Milton, by John Keats. Written in the
Fly-Leaf of Paradise Lost. [edited] J. F. Clarke
See Emerson to C.S. Wheeler, December 13, 1842, HCL.
- 505 To a Stray Fowl H. D. Thoreau
Signed "T." Collected Poems, p. 12.
- 505-6 Orphics. I. Smoke. II. Haze. H. D. Thoreau
Signed "T." "Light-Winged Smoke, Icarian Bird" and "Woof of the Sun, Ethereal Gauze" in Collected Poems, pp. 27 and 59.
- 506 Sonnets W. E. Channing?
Signed "W." CoH&BI gives W.E. Channing?, probably following EmLCD.
- 507-8 To *** W. E. Channing
Signed "C." Poems (1843), pp. 110-12.
- 508-9 To _____ W. E. Channing
Signed "C." "To Cleo," Poems (1843), pp. 38-39.
- 509-11 The Friends W. E. Channing
Signed "C." Poems (1843), pp. 115-18.
- 511-21 Europe and European Books R. W. Emerson
Works, XII, 365-78.
- 522-26 A Leaf from "A Voyage to Porto Rico" C. C.
Emerson
See EmJMN, VI, 256; EmL, III, 83, 163.
- 527-29 Dark Ages H. D. Thoreau
Signed "T." EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD; A Week, p. 159.
- 529-31 Friendship. From Chaucer's "Romaunt of the Rose"
[selected] R. W. Emerson?
CoJSP gives H. D. Thoreau; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, which is probably correct (see possibly EmJMN, VIII, 167).
Volume Three Number Four April 1843
- 532 Review of Frederika Bremer, The Neighbors
M. Fuller?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. This is probably part of the "Record of the Months" which Higginson says that Margaret did. For Margaret's probable authorship, see also EmL, III, 147.
- 532-33 Review of E. L. Bulwer, The Last of the
Barons R. W. Emerson?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. The thoughts are similar to those Emerson expressed in "Europe and European Books" (III, 518-20).
- 533-34 Review of Francis James Festis, Music
Explained M. Fuller
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives M. Fuller?. The topic is congenial to Margaret's tastes and this review is probably part of the "Record of the Months" credited to her by Higginson; see also EmJMN, VIII, 529.
- 534-35 Review of George Borrow, The Bible in
Spain
. . . R. W. Emerson
CoJSP gives R.W. Emerson?; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson, who had earlier reviewed Borrow's Zincali for the Dial.
- 535 Review of Robert Browning, Paracelsus M.
Fuller?
CoJSP gives R.W. Emerson?; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson, but Cabot feels that this is "doubtful." Although Emerson did read this book, his journal entries (EmJMN, VIII, 302-304) do not point towards his authorship. For Margaret's probable authorship, see Louise Greer, Browning and America (1952), pp. 218-23. This review is probably part of the "Record of the Months" assigned to Margaret by Higginson.
- 535 Review of Heinrich Zschokke, The Sleep
Walker M. Fuller?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. The book deals with "animal magnetism," or hypnotism, which was an interest of Margaret's, and this may be among the "Record of the Months" which Higginson assigned to her.
- 536-40 Review of John A. Heraud, The Life and Times of
Girolamo Savonarola . . . C. Lane
ThCor, p. 89.
Record of the Months
- 541-44 [Letter from Heidelberg] C. S. Wheeler
See Wheeler to Emerson, January 5, 24, 26, 1843, HCL.
- 545-48 Catalogue of Books C. Lane
CoH&BI gives A.B. Alcott as the author, but ThCor, pp. 87-88, clearly shows that Lane was the writer.
Literary Intelligence
- 1-47 The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men.
Woman
versus Women. M. Fuller
Revised and expanded as Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845).
- 48-58 The Youth of the Poet and the Painter [Letters I-IV] W.
E. Channing
Signed "William E. Channing" in the table of contents to volume four.
- 59-62 Ethnical Scriptures. Extracts from the Desatir. [selected]
R. W. Emerson
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?. Emerson is listed in EmLCD and strong supporting evidence is in Arthur Christy, The Orient in American Transcendentalism (1932), pp. 306-312, and in Frederic Ives Carpenter, Emerson and Asia (1930), p. 223.
- 62 Spring W. E. Channing?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives W.E. Channing?, probably on the authority of ChD, which attributes the poem to W.E. Channing?.
- 62 Abou Ben Adhem. By Leigh Hunt. [selected] R. W.
Emerson
CoJSP does not say who selected the poem; CoH&BI assigns Emerson?; EmLCD states only "Leigh Hunt". For Emerson's interest in this poem, see EmJMN, VIII, 174.
- 63 The Song of Birds in Spring W. E. Channing?
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives W.E. Channing?, probably on the authority of ChD, where W.E. Channing? is listed as the author.
- 64 The Earth W. E. Channing
Signed "William E. Channing."
- 65-86 Social Tendencies C. Lane
Signed "C.L." Alcott, "Autobiographical Index," July, 1843, HCL; ThCor, p. 145.
- 87 A Song of Death G. W. Curtis
See Curtis to Cooke, n.d., CoH&BI, II, 170; ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, ThD.
- 88-92 Notes from the Journal of a Scholar. No. II. C. C.
Emerson
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD.
- 92 Manhood C. A. Dana
Signed "C.A.D." See Dana to Cooke, n.d., CoH&BI, II, 133; Sophia Ripley to Emerson, July 5, [1843], HCL.
- 93-95 Gifts R. W. Emerson
Works, III, 159-65.
- 96-102 Past and Present [review of Thomas Carlyle, Past
and Present] R. W. Emerson
Emerson-Carlyle Correspondence, pp. 349-50; ThCor, pp. 125, 133; Works, XII, 379-91.
- 103 An Old Man W. E. Channing
Signed "C." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD; the attribution to C.P. Cranch in EmLCD is in error.
- 104-6 To Rhea R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 9-11.
- 106 The Journey W. E. Channing
Signed "C." Poems. Second Series. (1847), pp. 23-26.
- 107 [Introductory Note to "Notes on Art and Architecture"]
R. W. Emerson
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI. Both as the Dial's editor and as the person responsible for obtaining the following contribution, Emerson was certainly the author of the introduction to it.
- 107-15 Notes on Art and Architecture S. G. Ward
EmL, III, 179; ThCor, p. 118.
- 115 The Glade W. E. Channing
"Poems of the Heart, VI.," Poems (1847), pp. 113-14.
- 116-33 Voyage to Jamaica B. P. Hunt
Ms., HCL; see also EmL, III, 198-200.
- 133 [Notice to Correspondents] R. W. Emerson
Not listed by CoJSP or CoH&BI; undoubtedly by the editor.
Volume Four Number One July 1843
- 134 Review of John Pierpont, Antislavery Poems
R.
W. Emerson
EmLCD; Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson.
- 134 Review of William Lloyd Garrison, Sonnets and Other Poems R. W. Emerson
- 134 Review of N. W. Coffin, America—An Ode;
and
Other Poems R. W. Emerson
[see IV, 134 (Pierpont)]
- 135 Review of William Ellery Channing, Poems
(1843) R. W. Emerson
[see IV, 134 (Pierpont)]
- 135 Review of Frederika Bremer, The H. Family
and
The President's Daughters R. W. Emerson
EmLCD gives R.W. Emerson; Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings; CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?.
Record of the Months
- 135-36 Fruitlands C. Lane
Cited in the text as being a letter from A.B. Alcott and Lane. CoH&BI gives Alcott, but Lane and Alcott to Emerson, June 12, 1843, HCL, clearly indicates that Lane wrote the major portion.
- 136 To Correspondents R. W. Emerson
Cabot says that this seems to be by Emerson; see also Emerson to James Munroe and Co., July 13, 1843, Barrett Library of the University of Virginia Library, for Emerson's authorship.
Intelligence
- 137-65 Hennell on the Origin of Christianity [review of Charles
C. Hennell, An Inquiry Concerning the Origin of
Christianity]
T. Parker
Signed "P." See Parker to Emerson, August 2, 1843, HCL.
- 165-73 A Day with the Shakers C. Lane
Signed "C.L." ThCor, p. 138.
- 174-86 The Youth of the Poet and the Painter [Letters V-IX]
W. E. Channing
[see IV, 48-58]
- 186-87 Autumn W. E. Channing
ChD, EmBMD; possibly referred to in Sanborn, "Biographical Introduction" to Channing, Poems of Sixty-Five Years, p. xxiv.
- 188-204 Social Tendencies [concluded] C. Lane
[see IV, 65-86]
- 205-10 Ethnical Scriptures. Chinese Four Books. [selected] R.
W. Emerson?
EmLCD; CoH&BI gives H.D. Thoreau, but Emerson's greater familiarity with this work (see EmJMN, VIII, 146, 354, 366-67, 383, 410) makes him the probable author, although Thoreau might have made the selections, using Emerson's copy of the book.
- 210 Via Sacra C. A. Dana
Signed "C. A. D." See Dana to Cooke, n.d., CoH&BI, II, 133; ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 211-26 A Winter Walk H. D. Thoreau
Signed "H. D. T." ThCor, pp. 107, 118, 127, 137-39.
- 226 The Three Dimensions R. W. Emerson
EmJMN, VIII, 431.
- 227-44 Voyage to Jamaica [concluded] B. P. Hunt
[see IV, 116-33]
- 244 The Mother's Grief W. E. Channing
ChD, EmBMD, ThD.
- 245 Sweep Ho! E. S. Hooper
"The Chimney Sweep," ["Poems by Ellen Sturgis Hooper"].
- 246 The Sail W. A. Tappan
EmL, III, 211; ChD, EmBMD, ThD. EmHD gives W. A. Tappan for all but the last stanza, by which Emerson entered "Giles Waldo", making it possible that Waldo, who was sharing quarters with Tappan in New York, helped in writing the poem.
- 247-56 The Comic R. W. Emerson
Works, VIII, 157-74.
- 257-59 Ode to Beauty R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 87-90.
- 259 Allston's Funeral W. E. Channing
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD.
- 260-61 To the Muse W. E. Channing
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD.
- 261 William Tell's Song W. E. Channing
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD.
- 262-70 A Letter R. W. Emerson
Works, XII, 392-404.
Volume Four Number Two October 1843
- 270 Review of The Huguenots in France and
America R. W. Emerson?
163
CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings.
- 270-71 Review of H. W. Longfellow, The Spanish
Student R. W. Emerson?
CoJSP gives R.W. Emerson?; CoH&BI gives R. W. Emerson, but Cabot feels that Emerson's authorship is "doubtful." Emerson did have a copy of this book in November (EmL, III, 222).
- 271-72 Review of James G. Percival, The Dream of a
Day,
and Other Poems R. W. Emerson?
CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson, but Cabot feels that Emerson's authorship is "doubtful." Many of the ideas, and especially the comments on W.C. Bryant, are close to Emerson's own.
- 272 [Notices of Books] R. W. Emerson
CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, which is probably correct, since these are the type of notices usually supplied by the editor.
New Books
- 273-84 The Youth of the Poet and the Painter [Letters X-XIII]
W. E. Channing
[see IV, 48-58]
- 285-90 Translation of Dante [review of The First Ten
Cantos of the Inferno of Dante . . ., trans. T. W. Parsons] S. G.
Ward
ChD, EmBMD, EmHD.
- 290-305 Homer. Ossian. Chaucer. H. D. Thoreau
Signed "Henry D. Thoreau."
- 306 Lines C. Sturgis
ChD, ClD, EmBMD; the attribution to E.S. Hooper in EmHD is incorrect.
- 307-49 The Modern Drama [review of J. Westland Marston,
The Patrician's Daughter; W. Smith,
Athelwold;
and John Sterling, Strafford] M. Fuller
Papers on Literature and Art, I, 100-150.
- 349 To R. B. C. A. Dana
Signed "C.A.D." Dana to Emerson, October 31, 1843, HCL.
- 350 Autumn Woods W. E. Channing
Poems (1847), pp. 60-61.
- 351-57 Brook Farm C. Lane
Signed "C.L." EmBMD, EmLCD, ThD; Emerson wrote in E.P. Peabody in EmHD, then crossed her name out and entered C. Lane.
- 357-63 Tantalus R. W. Emerson
See "Nature," Works, III, 184-94.
- 364-73 The Fatal Passion,—A Dramatic Sketch W. E.
Channing
Signed "William Ellery Channing."
- 373-78 Interior or Hidden Life [review of Thomas C. Upham,
Principles of the Interior or Hidden Life . . .] C.
Lane
EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD; the attribution to E. P. Peabody in ChD is incorrect.
- 379 [Introductory Note to "Pindar"] R. W.
Emerson
Assigned to H.D. Thoreau in CoJSP and CoH&BI but obviously by the editor.
- 379-90 Pindar H. D. Thoreau
Mentioned in the introductory note as being from Thoreau's "manuscripts."
- 391-401 The Preaching of Buddha [selected] H. D.
Thoreau?
CoJSP, CoH&BI. Although EmLCD gives R.W. Emerson, the style of the text accompanying the selections mark it as Thoreau's.
- 401 Eros R. W. Emerson
Works, IX, 100.
- 402-4 Ethnical Scriptures. Hermes Trismegistus. [selected] R.
W. Emerson?
EmLCD. CoJSP, CoH&BI give H. D. Thoreau, who may have made the selections, but the Hermes section was undoubtedly the same as that which A.B. Alcott sent to Emerson in August, 1842 (Alcott, Letters, p. 88), and which Emerson promised in the October Dial to print in the future (III, 278). Emerson had a life-long interest in Saadi. See also EmL, III, 248, where Emerson sends M. Fuller a "fair copy" (his own?) of this piece.
- 405-6 The Times. A Fragment. R. W. Emerson
"Blight," Works, IX, 139-41.
Volume Four Number Three January 1844
- 407 Review of L. M. Child, Letters from New York M. Fuller
- CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. Although Higginson does not assign this to Margaret, the evidence in EmL, III, 230, and Emerson to L.M. Child, January 8, 1844, Pierpont Morgan Library, strongly support her claim of authorship.
- 407 Review of L. M. Child, Letters from New York M. Fuller
- CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R. W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include it as among Emerson's writings. The tone is unlike Emerson's; the writer could possibly be C. Lane, but no firm evidence is available.
- 407 Review of President Hopkins's Address . . . Williams College, August, 1843 R. W. Emerson?
- CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings.
- 408 Review of the Deutsche Schnellpost R. W. Emerson
- CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. The review of this exchange paper is most likely to have been done by the editor.
Critical Notices
- 409-15 Immanuel Kant J. E. Cabot
- ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 415-25 Life in the Woods C. Lane
- Signed "C.L." EmL, III, 243.
- 425-26 The Emigrants [translated] C. T. Brooks
- Signed "Charles T. Brooks."
- 427-54 The Youth of the Poet and the Painter [Letters XIV-XXVIII] W. E. Channing
- [see IV, 48-58]
- 455-57 The Twin Loves S. G. Ward
- ChD, EmBMD, ThD; see also Ward to Cooke, n.d., CoH&BI, II, 194.
- 458-69 Dialogue M. Fuller
- Papers on Literature and Art, I, 151-64.
- 469 The Consolers S. G. Ward
- Signed "J." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, ThD; see also Ward to Cooke, n.d., CoH&BI, II, 194.
- 470-71 To Readers W. E. Channing
- Signed "C." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 471 The Death of Shelley W. E. Channing
- Signed "C." ChD, EmBMD, EmLCD.
- 472 A Song of the Sea W E. Channing
- Signed "C." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 473 To the Poets W. E. Channing
- Signed "C." Poems (1847), pp. 73-74.
- 473-83 Fourierism E. P. Peabody
- Signed "E.P.P." Last Evening with Allston, pp. 202-216.
- 484-507 The Young American R. W. Emerson
- Signed "R.W. Emerson" in the table of contents to volume four.
- 507-12 Herald of Freedom [review of Herald of Freedom, Vol. X, No. 4] H. D. Thoreau
- Signed "H.D.T." ChD, EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD.
- 513-14 Fragments of Pindar H. D. Thoreau
- Signed "T." Described in the text as being from the same author as the translations from Pindar in the previous issue; EmBMD, EmHD, EmLCD; manuscript owned by Bixby (see Francis H. Allen, A Bibliography of Henry David Thoreau [1908], p. 68).
- 515-21 The Tragic R. W. Emerson
- Works, XII, 405-17.
- 521-24 Saturday and Sunday Among the Creoles. A Letter from the West Indies. B. P. Hunt
- EmBMD, EmLCD.
- 525-28 The Moorish Prince [translated] C. T. Brooks
- Signed "C.T. Brooks."
- 528 The Visit R. W. Emerson
- Works, IX, 12-13.
- 529-36 Ethnical Scriptures. Chaldæan Oracles. [selected] R. W. Emerson
- EmLCD; see also EmJMN, VII, 389; VIII, 527; EmL, III, 248.
- 537-40 Millennial Church [review of A Holy, Sacred, and Divine ROLL and BOOK . . . revealed . . . at New Lebanon . . . New York . . .] C. Lane
- EmL, III, 243; the attribution to W. B. Greene? in EmHD is incorrect.
- 540 Review of Human Nature R. W. Emerson?
- CoJSP gives no author; CoH&BI gives R.W. Emerson?, but Cabot does not include this as among Emerson's writings. The book was published by James Munroe, the Dial's publisher, and was probably given to Emerson for review in the Dial.
Volume Four Number Four April 1844
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