NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Critical Assessments Edited by Brian Harding VOLUME I The Contemporary Context HELM INFORMATION
Contents VOLUME I: Hawthorne The Contemporary Context General Editor's Preface 1 Introduction 3 Chronology of Hawthorne' s Life 8 Bibliography: Hawthorne's Major Works 12 Critical Bibliographies 18 Chronological List of Criticism Included 26 Acknowledgements 40 The Early Work Reviews: Fanshawe to Mossesfroman Old Manse Fanshawe (1828) 1. Fanshawe: Five Notices 45 1. U.T. BUCKINGHAM], New England Galaxy, IX, 577, 31 October 1828 2. [SARAH JOSEPHA HALE], Ladies Magazine, I, November 1828 3. Anonymous, Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette, 1, 6 November 1828 4. Anonymous, Bower of Taste, I, 8 November 1828 5. Anonymous, Boston Weekly Messenger, XVIII, 13 November 1828 2. [WILLIAM LEGGETT], 'Fanshawe, a Tale', Critic, 1,1828 47 vn
The Token (1847) 3. [JAMES HALL], from 'The Annuals', Illinois Monthly Magazine, II, November 1832 53 4. Extracts from Two Reviews: 55 1. [PARK BENJAMIN], from a review, New-England Magazine, IX, October 1835 2. [HENRY F. CHORLEY], from a review, Athenaeum, 419, 7 November 1835 5. [PARK BENJAMIN], from a review, American Monthly Magazine, n.s. 2, October 1836 56 6. [LEWIS GAYLORD CLARK], from a review, Knickerbocker Magazine, X, November 1837 58 Twice-told Tales (1837) and Other Writing 7. Anonymous Review, Salem Gazette, 14 March 1837 61 8. Anonymous Review, Knickerbocker Magazine, IX, April 1837 62 9. [H.W. LONGFELLOW], Review, North American Review, XLV, July 1837 64 10. [CHARLES F. HOFFMAN], Review, American Monthly Magazine, n.s.5, March 1838 68 11. [ELIZABETH PALMER PEABODY], Review, New Yorker, 24 March 1838 71 12. Anonymous Notice, Family Magazine, V, November 1838 78 13. A[NDREW] P. P [EABODY], Review, Christian Examiner, XXV, November 1838 79 The Gentle Boy. A Thrice-told Tale (1839) 14. Extracts from Three Reviews: 85 1. Anonymous Review, New Yorker, VI, 19/149, 26 January 1839 2. Anonymous Review, New York Review, IV, April 1839 3. Anonymous Review, Literary Gazette &Journal of the Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, 22 June 1839 Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth (1841) 15. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], Review, Arcturus, I, January 1841 89 16. Anonymous Review, North American Review, LII, January 1841 91 17. Anonymous Review, Dial, I, January 1841 93 viii
Liberty Tree: With the Last Words of Grandfather's Chair (1841) 18. [HENRY F. CHORLEY], Athenaeum, 762, 4June 1842 97 Biographical Stories for Children (1842) 19. Anonymous, from a review, Knickerbocker, XIX, June 1842 101 20. (J.R. LOWELL], 'Hawthorne's Historical Tales for Youth', The Pioneer, I, Boston, 1843 102 Twice-told Tales (1842) 21. [NATHAN HALE JR], Review, Boston Miscellany, 1,1842 109 22. [H.W. LONGFELLOW], Review, North American Review, UV, April 1842 111 23. [EDGAR ALLAN POE], Review, Graham's Magazine, XX, April 1842 115 24. [ORESTES BROWNSON], Review, Boston Quarterly Review, V, April 1842 121 25. [LEWIS GAYLORD CLARK], Review, Knickerbocker, XIX, March 1842 123 26. [MARGARET FULLER], Review, Dial, III, July 1842 124 27. [G.P.R. JAMES], from 'American Works of Fiction', Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review, II, October 1843 126 28. EDGAR ALLAN POE, from 'Marginalia', Democratic Review, XV, December 1844 : 128 29. [HENRY F. CHORLEY], from a review, Athenaeum, 931, 23 August 1845 129 Mossesfroman Old Manse (1846) 30. Anonymous Notice, Graham's Magazine, XXIX, August 1846 133 31. [MARGARET FULLER], Review, New YorkDaily Tribune; rptd in Papers on Literature and Art, London, 1846 134 32. [HENRY F. CHORLEY], Review, Athenaeum, 980, 8 August 1846 137 33. Anonymous, from 'The American Library: Mosses from an Old Manse', Blackwood'sMagazine, LXII, November 1847 143 34. Anonymous Review, Graham's Magazine, XLV, November 1854 149 IX
The 1840s: Building and Consolidating a Reputation: Hawthorne as a National Author 35. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', Arcturus, I, May 1841 153 36. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', Democratic Review, XVI, April 1845 158 37. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], from 'American Humor', Democratic Review, XVII, September 1845 165 38. [CHARLES W. WEBBER], 'Hawthorne', American WhigReview, IV, September 1846 166 39. MARGARET FULLER, from 'American Literature: Its Position in the Present Time, and Prospects for the Future', Papers on Literature and Art, London, 1846 194 40. EDGAR ALLAN POE, 'Tale-Writing Nathaniel Hawthorne', Godey's Lady's Book, XXXV, Novemberl847 196 41. S[AMUEL] W.S. D[UTTON], 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', New Englander, V, January 1847 205 42. RUFUS GRISWOLD, 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', Prose Writers of America, London, 1847 211 43. J.R. LOWELL, from A Fablefor Critics, New York, 1848 214 44. [HERMAN MELVILLE], 'Hawthorne and his Mosses: by a Virginian spending July in Vermont', Literary World, VII, 185 and 186, 17 and 24 August 1850 215 Reviews: The Scarlet Letter to The Marble Faun The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850) 45. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], Review, Literary World, VI, 165, 30 March 1850 231 46. [GEORGE RIPLEY], from a review, New York Tribune Supplement, IX, 1 April 1850 234 47. [E.P. WHIPPLE], Review, Graham's Magazine, XXXVI, May 1850 236 48. [HENRY F. CHORLEY], Review, Athenaeum, 1181, 15 June 1850 239 49. [ANNE W. ABBOTT], Review, North American Review, LXXI, July 1850 241 50. [GEORGE B. LORING], Review, Massachusetts Quarterly Review, III, September 1850 252 51. [ORESTES BROWNSON], Review, Brownson 's Quarterly Review, TV, n.s., October 1850 266
52. [ARTHUR C. COXE], 'The Writings of Hawthorne', Church Review, III, 4, January 1851 271 True StoriesfromHistory and Biography (1850; dated 1851) 53. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], Notice, Literary World, VII, 201, December 1850 293 54. Anonymous Notice, Graham's Magazine, XXXVIII, February 1851 294 55. Anonymous Notice, Southern Quarterly Review, n.s. 3, April 1851 295 The House of the Seven Gables (1851) 56. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], Review, Literary World, VIII, 26 April 1851 299 57. Anonymous Review,' Twice-told Tales and The House of the Seven Gables', Christian Examiner, L, May 1851 305 58. Anonymous Review, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, II, May 1851 307 59. [E.P. WHIPPLE], Review, Graham's Magazine, XXXVIII, May 1851 309 60. [HENRY F. CHORLEY], Review, Athenaeum, 1230, 24 May 1851 313 61. Anonymous Review, Southern Quarterly Review, n.s. 4, July 1851 317 62. Anonymous Review, Knickerbocker, XXXVII, May 1851 319 63. [RUFUS W. GRISWOLD], 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', International Monthly Magazine, III, April-July 1851 321 64. HENRY T. TUCKERMAN, 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', Southern Literary Messenger, XVII, June 1851 326 Twice-told Tales (1851) 65. Anonymous Review, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, II, April 1851 339 66. [E.P. WHIPPLE],' Twice-Told Tales, A New Edition', Graham's Magazine, XXXVIII, May 1851 341 67. [LEWIS GAYLORD CLARK], Review, Knickerbocker, XXXVII, March 1851 342 A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys (1852) and The Snow Image and Other Twice-told Tales (1852) 68. Anonymous Review, A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, Graham's Magazine, XL, January 1852 345 xi
69. [HENRY F. CHORLEY], 'Books for Children', Athenaeum, 1264, 17january1852 346 70. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], 'New Tales by Hawthorne', Literary World, X, 258,10January 1852 348 71. [E.P. WHIPPLE], 'The Snow Image and Other Twice-told Tales', Graham's Magazine, XL, April 1852 352 The Blithedale Romance (1852) 72. Anonymous Review, Spectator, XXV, 3 July 1852 355 73. [HENRY F. CHORLEY],' The Blithedale Romance', Athenaeum, 1289, lojuly 1852 358 74. [CHARLES HALE],' The Blithedale Romance, To-Day, II, 17 July 1852 363 75. Anonymous Review, 'Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance', Literary World, XI, 24 July 1852 365 76. Anonymous Review, Christian Examiner, LIII, September 1852 368 77. [E.P. WHIPPLE] Review, Graham's Magazine, XLI, September 1852 371 78. Anonymous Review, 'Hawthorne's Blithedale', Southern Quarterly Review, n.s. 6, October 1852 376 79. Anonymous, from 'Contemporary Literature of America', Westminster Review, n.s. 2, October 1852 377 80. [ORESTES BROWNSON] ' The Blithedale Romance', Brownson 's Quarterly Review, n.s. 6, October 1852 383 81. Anonymous Review, American WhigReview, XVI, n.s. 10, November 1852 387 82. [ANDREW PRESTON PEABODY], 'House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance', North American Review, LXXVI, January 1853 395 Life of Franklin Pierce (1852) 83. Anonymous Review, from 'Hawthorne's Life of Pierce-PPerspective', Democratic Review, XXXI, n.s. 2, September 1852 411 84. [E.A. DUYCKINCK], Review, Literary World, XI, 25 September 1852 419 85. [CHARLES HALE], Review, To-Day, II, July-December 1852 425 86. Anonymous, from 'Contemporary Literature of America', Westminster Review, n.s. 3, January 1853 434 xn
Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys (1853) 87. Anonymous Review, Graham's Magazine, XLIII, September 1853 437 88. Anonymous Review, Knickerbocker, XLVlll, October 1853 440 89. Anonymous Review, Putnam's Monthly, II, July-December 1853 441 The Marble Faun: or, The Romance of Monte Beni (1860) Transformation: or, The Romance of Monte Beni (British edition) 90. [HENRYF. CHORLEY], Review, Athenaeum, 1688, 3 March 1860 445 91. Anonymous Review, The Times, 7 April 1860 449 92. [J.R. LOWELL], Review, Atlantic Monthly, V, April 1860 456 93. [CHARLES A. SMITH], Review, North American Review, XC, April 1860 459 94. [E.P. WHIPPLE], 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', Atlantic Monthly, V, May 1860 461 95. Anonymous,' The Marble Faun: Completed', Knickerbocker, LVI, July 1860 472 96. Anonymous, from 'Belles Lettres', Westminster Review, n.s. 17, (o.s. 77), 1860 481 97. Anonymous from 'Imaginative Literature. The Author of Adam Bedeand Nathaniel Hawthorne', North British Review, XXXIII, August-November 1860 485 British and American Assessments of Hawthorne: 1851-60 98. [AMORY DWIGHT MAYO], 'The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne', Universalist Quarterly and General Review, VIII, July 1851 491 99. Anonymous, 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, XCIV, 1852 508 100. Anonymous, 'American Authorship: Nathaniel Hawthorne', New Monthly Magazine, XCVIII, 390, June 1853 515 101. Anonymous, from 'American Novels', North British Review, XX, 39,1853-4 527 102. Anonymous, 'American Literature: Poe; Hawthorne', Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, XXII, 1855 537 103. Anonymous, from 'Modern Novelists Great and Small', Blackwood'sMagazine, LXXVII, May 1855 551 xiii
104. E.A. AND G.L. DUYCKINCK, 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', Cyclopedia of American Literature, II, New York, 1855 556 105. MARYRUSSELL MITFORD, from Recollections of a Literary Life, New York, 1852 564 106. Anonymous, 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', Universal Review, III, 15, May 1860 571 107. [R.H. HUTTON], 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', National Review, XI, July-October 1860 594