A Bibliography of John Greenleaf Whittier [Reprint 2014 ed.] 9780674491816, 9780674187214

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W H I T T I E R BIBLIOGRAPHY

LONDON : HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY P R E S S

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF

John Greenleaf Whittier

BY

THOMAS FRANKLIN CURRIER

Cambridge, Massachusetts HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1937

COPYRIGHT, 1 9 3 7 B Y T H E PRESIDENT A N D FELLOWS OF H A R V A R D C O L L E G E

PRINTED A T T H E H A R V A R D U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U . S . A .

TO MY S T A F F AT

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY W H I C H HAS SO T I R E L E S S L Y CARRIED ON DURING MY PILGRIMAGES I N W H I T T I E R LAND

CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTE

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L I S T OF I L L U S T R A T I O N S

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ABBREVIATIONS PART I. II. III.

POEMS.

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Ι

Arranged alphabetically

P R O S E E S S A Y S AND T A L E S . L E T T E R S TO T H E P R E S S .

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Arranged chronologically .

EDITIONS AND L E A F L E T S .

NEWSPAPERS

EDITED

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Arranged alphabetically

Arranged chronologically

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BY W H I T T I E R

BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM.

By Pauline

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Pulsifer. Ar-

ranged chronologically

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APPENDICES:

Ι . Pseudonyms and Early Initialled and Unsigned Poems

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2. Editions of the Collected Writings

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3. Sheet Music Editions

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4. Editions for the Use of the Blind

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5. Advance Printings made by Fred Brown, of Amesbury

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6. The Whittier Leaflet "Pericles"

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7. Hymns taken from Whittier's Poems

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8. " A Love Letter"

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9. Poems Incorrectly Attributed to Whittier

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10. First Printings within a Book or Pamphlet of Whittier's Prose and Verse, 1828-1892

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11. Chronology of the Poems

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INDEX

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E R R A T A AND ADDENDUM

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PREFATORY NOTE " D o n ' t make too big a book, and don't try to account for everything I have written or not written, or done, or not done." Thus Whittier wrote, in 1883, to his chosen biographer, Francis H. Underwood, and a few months later, as the biography progressed, he reiterated the warning, writing in January, 1884, " I am sorry to find thee lay so much stress on dragging to light all the foolish things written by me, and which I hate the thought of. For mercy's sake let the dead rest." Submission to the bibliographer's searchlight has, however, become the penalty of literary fame, and the justification for flagrantly disobeying the Quaker poet's commands, expressed so emphatically, is that it is due one who played no mean role in American politics and letters during the last century to make available complete and detailed information about his whole literary work. A minute survey, including even the least of his labors, may throw light on what is obscure concerning his life and literary activity, reveal unexpected side lights, and, in some instances, relieve Whittier of the burden of paternity for writings that have, without sufficient cause, been ascribed to him. One who would study with complete understanding Whittier's life and works should procure every scrap of authentic information that will picture his indefatigable activity as a youth and young man, that will make clear his sacrifice of early literary fame to the stern work of the reformer, and bring to light his whole-hearted devotion to the anti-slavery cause. Letters and printed references to him during his lifetime, and books and articles about him published since his death show clearly how, as the years passed, he became an acknowledged leader in Quaker thought and principles, although his deep religious convictions and utterances extended in scope far beyond the bounds of a single sect. This breadth of religious conviction is indicated by the universal acceptance of his hymns by so many religious denominations. Whittier's poetic genius, his masterly delineations of New England life and scenes, his interpretation of New England history and legend, his depiction of nature, and his sympathetic and, at times, playful relations

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with his friends can be appreciated only by those who become intimately familiar with his verse and prose. I t is less the province of the bibliographer than of the critic and biographer to point to these, but the bibliographer can blaze the way to a correct study by an orderly, comprehensive, and thoroughly documented listing of the man's work, and by pointing out where his uncollected writings may rest concealed from the passing glance. I t is, then, the aim of the present book to present precise information about Whittier's printed writings, correct errors that have crept into previous studies through the lack of just such a bibliographical survey, supplement the story of his literary labors, and provide a work of reference to those who read and study Whittier, and to those who show their appreciation of him by gathering together the books, pamphlets, leaflets, newspapers, and periodicals by which his poems and prose pieces were given to the public. Considerable success has here been attained in tracing the progress of Whittier's writings through their authorized printings, and in establishing their true position in the chronological tables of his literary activity, while new or little known facts are frequently related. Preparation for this work has led to a protracted survey of the almost forgotten writings of the poet's earlier years, and it may surprise many who know their Whittier to learn that while the authorized editions of his complete works contain some five hundred poems, the present bibliography lists nine hundred. Whittier's prose has presented greater difficulties than his verse, largely because of the immense quantity of unsigned material printed during the earlier years of his newspaper activities, and partly from the difficulty of recognizing a passage extracted from some longer composition. I t was an unfulfilled plan of Whittier's to bring together a volume of his anti-slavery prose that could serve to some extent as a history of the abolition movement. Because of the failure of this enterprise, owing to advancing years and poor health, this important phase of his writing is but little known to the casual reader, and those who consider Whittier only as a poet will derive a new interest in discovering the immense quantity and scope of his prose during the period of his early life and the years of political activity. To respond to the demands of the student and collector, minute bibliographical descriptions are given here of the important im-

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pressions and editions of Whittier's printed works, and lesser editions are listed with brevity. Special attention has been devoted to tracing and listing the many fugitive leaflets and pamphlets that are the prize and reward of those who will devote time, patience, and money to procuring them. Some of the items listed in these pages are now for the first time recorded, and in a few cases but a single copy has been located. Certain pieces, moreover, previously recorded as rare first printings, are now shown to be of little or no importance either to the collector or to the literary investigator. Where so many friends and institutions have freely given their help, it is impossible to apportion acknowledgments without making a statement as long as Homer's famous catalogue of the ships of the Achaeans, but it would be out of question to let this book go to press without mentioning how my good friends Carroll A. Wilson and George T. Goodspeed emphatically insisted that I resume a project abandoned twenty years earlier because library duties made it impossible to complete in a way that would be satisfying, this bibliography, started as one of the Houghton Mifflin Company's bibliographies of American authors. To this firm my thanks are due for having first set me at so fascinating a task. Mr. Wilson not only urged me on to a new pilgrimage through Whittier-land, but he has constantly given advice and help, loaned freely from his library, served as gracious host while turning me loose among his books, has kindly read a large portion of the book while it was still in the formidable shape of typed copy, and combed the proof sheets with diligence. In doing all this he has worthily carried out the traditions of older collectors, since many years ago the hospitality of Stephen H. Wakeman and visits to other private collections, whose owners are no longer with us, gave me a truer insight into the debt that scholarship owes to the collector, and a realization of how often the collector is the scholar. Today the writer gratefully acknowledges the unstinting help of a goodly number of collectors, including Mr. Parkman D. Howe, Mr. William T. Howe, Mr. Charles F. Jenkins, Mr. Robert W. Lull, and Mr. Abel Cary Thomas. The justly famed Whittier collections in the Haverhill Public Library, the Essex Institute of Salem, and Yale University have been used to the full, and their curators have not only permitted the utmost liberty in consulting

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their treasures, but have personally contributed to whatever excellence this bibliography may have. The large public libraries of Boston and New York, as well as the Library of Congress and the British Museum, have done far more than allow their resources to be used, for they have at times undertaken to investigate complicated problems, and in this same way much assistance has been given by such private, institutional, and society libraries as the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, the Library of the Boston Athenaeum, the Congregational Library in Boston, and the Henry E. Huntington and Pierpont Morgan libraries. With these libraries should be listed the state historical societies that have invariably shown warm cordiality, including those of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania, while the state libraries of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York have been consulted with like response. One of the pleasantest by-products of the labor of compilation was the making of contacts with university and college libraries from the point of view of the research investigator rather than of a fellow administrator, for, besides my own institution, splendid help has been freely given and invaluable source material used in the libraries of Brown, the Catholic University of America, Cornell, Haverford, Swarthmore, Williams, and Yale, while in the far West I have turned to the University of California and to Stanford. In New England recourse has been made to the public libraries of Amesbury, Bangor, Boston, Hartford, Haverhill, Lynn, New Bedford, Newburyport, Portland, Quincy, and Springfield. In many of the libraries listed individual members of the staff have made special effort to make this bibliography complete and accurate by personal attention and by correspondence, for it has often been found necessary to turn to them for verification and checking of data. Personal friends and new acquaintances have lent their aid generously and loyally, and special thanks are due to Miss Elizabeth F. Hume and Mr. Roland H. Woodwell of Amesbury, Mr. Homer W. Brainard of Amherst, Mr. P. K. Foley, Mr. George T. Goodspeed, Mr. Milton EL Lord, and Mr. J. Francis Driscoll of Boston, Mrs. John W. Ames, Professor Henry J. Cadbury, Mr. Samuel Henshaw, and Mrs. Luther S. Livingston of Cambridge, Mr. W. R. Boyd of Cedar Rapids, Professor Dean P. Lockwood of Haver-

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ford, Mr. Donald K . Campbell, Mr. Edward McAleer, Mr. Charles H. Potter, and Miss Pauline F . Pulsifer of Haverhill, Mr. Albert Mordell of Philadelphia, Mr. C. Howard Roberts of the Riverside Press, Mr. Charles E . Tuttle and Mr. John Baker Evans of Rutland, Mr. John Albree of Swampscott, and Mr. John Pollard, who is even now projecting a new life of Whittier. Particular thanks are due to Mr. Greenleaf Whittier Pickard for so kindly placing his father's papers at my disposal. This long list of helpers may not be closed without grateful reference to my wife, who has constantly given such skilful and sympathetic assistance and has read the proofs, and to my sister and my daughter, to whom I have turned for particular services as needed, my daughter being responsible for the index. T o the General Education Board and to the Rockefeller Foundation I express my deep obligation for material support which has enabled me to complete and publish the results of my investigations, and to Harvard University for authorization to interrupt professional duties with this piece of research. The wealth of assistance and the readiness with which it has been offered bring the realization that it has been less the writer of this book than the subject, John Greenleaf Whittier, that has elicited such generous response, and reveal that there is a genuine revival of interest in the poet who so well represents the spirit behind the higher movements in our country during the last century, which may well be taken to heart and applied amidst the perplexities of the present. THOMAS FRANKLIN CURRIER Harvard College Library August i, 1936.

ILLUSTRATIONS THE earliest published portrait of Whittier, lithographed by Sinclair, of Philadelphia, drawn by John Collins after the Porter miniature in the Whittier house at Amesbury, or from a copy of the same. This extremely rare lithograph must be the portrait that was advertised as for sale in the Pennsylvania Freeman, September 26,1839, as follows: " a few (and only a few) copies are for sale at this office; the profits (if any) go to benefit the cause in which this estimable individual is so efficiently engaged. Apply to Joseph Healy." This lithograph is, in rare instances, found bound in copies of "History of Pennsylvania Hall," Philadelphia, 1838 Frontispiece 1. Program of the services at the first opening of Haverhill Academy, April 30, 1827, containing Whittier's ode ("Hail, Star of Science!") written for the occasion

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2. The Bishop and Tracy broadside of " T h e Song of the Vermonters," printed in Windsor, Vermont, probably in 1843, the copy here reproduced having been presented to Harvard College Library by Henry Stevens, the bibliographer, in 1845

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3. A later printing of " T h e Song of the Vermonters," which is sometimes confused with the Windsor broadside

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4. Illuminated wrapper of "Ballads, and Other Poems," London, 1844, the first English edition of Whittier's poems

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5. Leaflet printing of " T h e Quakers are Out," together with a corner of the Amesbury town report of March, 1859, showing from the border that the leaflet may well have been printed by the same printer, presumably the printer of the Amesbury and Salisbury Villager . . .

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6. Section from a galley proof of the poem "Sumner," with Whittier's corrections

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7. Circular letter addressed by Whittier to the friends and neighbors of James Squires, of Amesbury, on the occasion of the latter's ninetyfourth birthday, November 12, 1883

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8. Program for the dedication of the library building of Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia, May 28, 1889, containing the quatrain written by Whittier for the occasion

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9. Program for the Sabbath School celebration held in Haverhill, July 4, 1833, with Whittier's hymn written for the occasion, showing that the hymn was originally written for this celebration, and not as commonly stated, for the meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society at Chatham Street Chapel, New York, the next year

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ίο. Leaflet printing of the hymn beginning " O h Thou, whose presence went before," on which it is incorrectly stated that the hymn was written for the celebration at Chatham Street Chapel, New York, J u l y 4, 1834

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i i , 12. The original manuscript draft, two corrected proofs, and the final leaflet of the poem " R . S. S . " in memory of Whittier's friend Richard Smith Spofford, 1888. The copy used for the last reproduction is the one sient by the author to Mrs. Spofford, dated "Amesbury, 1 1 mo. 9 "

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13. Slip containing a notice written by Whittier for the purpose of advertising L u c y Larcom's poems (published in 1868)

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14. Cover used for the sheet-music editions of Whittier's Fremont campaign song, " W e ' r e F r e e , " 1856, and of Elizabeth Whittier's " W h o ' l l Follow," a copy of the latter not having been located. Also the cover for a reimpression of these songs altered for the Lincoln campaign of i860

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1 5 . An advance printing, by Fred A. Brown, of " B e t w e e n the G a t e s , " 1 8 9 1 , with Whittier's corrections

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16. Leaflet printing of " P e r i c l e s , " made by George D. Morse on old paper from an early font of type, often incorrectly dated as of 1827 . . .

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17. Whittier's rhymed catalogue of his father's books, being the earliest autograph verses by Whittier yet located

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18. Autograph, dated 1823, of the acrostic for Lois Jones. Note the marked advance from the boyish hand of the rhymed catalogue . .

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ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations not self-explanatory have been avoided. In Part III and in Appendix 11 a small circle (°) has been prefixed to some titles to indicate a degree of doubt as to authorship. The reasons for affixing the circles are detailed in the introductions to these portions of the bibliography. The month and year added at the right of the titles in Part I are inserted to enable the eye to grasp quickly the order of arrangement, further information as to this date being included, in each case, in the bibliographical description of the title concerned. In Part I, after the date of Whittier's death in 1892, certain titles are inserted that have not been seen by the compiler but have been reported to him, or taken from publishers' lists. These are indicated by appending, in italics, the source of the information, as is further explained at the head of that section (page 172, infra). The same is true of Appendix 3 (Sheet Music). In Part II (Poems) page references are given to the location of such poems as are printed in the Riverside and Cambridge editions, the abbreviations Riv. and Cam. being used for the purpose. A t the head of the chronological list (Appendix 11) will be found a table of abbreviations used in that list. Occasional references to Pickard's " L i f e and Letters of Whittier" and the fourth volume of the Riverside edition of Whittier's writings will be found giving double pagination, e.g.: Writings. Riverside edition, vol. 4, page 319 (351). This is because in different impressions from the same plates of the two works mentioned identical matter receives differing pagination, due to the insertion of additional matter previous to the page in question, thus requiring that succeeding pages be repaged. In Pickard's book this happens only in the first portion of the volume, and in the Riverside edition in the Appendix. Square brackets are used throughout to enclose words, phrases, titles, page-numbers, and the like not quoted verbatim from the book, pamphlet, or paper concerned.

PART I EDITIONS AND LEAFLETS

PART I EDITIONS A N D LEAFLETS This section is devoted to editions of Whittier's writings and to books and pamphlets which he edited or compiled; also books with introductions and prefatory letters by him when such introductions and letters are mentioned on the title-pages. Included are leaflet printings of Whittier's poems and prose writings, even when such printings are not first separate printings; also programs, menus, and the like, which contain the first printing of a poem, and, in addition, a few items of such importance as to merit inclusion, because they require detailed description or are so commonly listed as Whittier items that they would be missed by those who may consult the book. Entire consistency is not attempted, the principle of usefulness being the major consideration, as is exemplified among the earlier titles. Furthermore, this Part I is not limited to being a list of "first editions," and numerous items, even of minor importance, are included for the sake of record, these frequently being described with brevity and far less bibliographical minuteness. First printings of Whittier's poems, prose pieces, and letters, in books and pamphlets not entirely devoted to his writing, are listed in Appendix 10. The arrangement of separate entries up to the time of Whittier's death (September, 1892) is chronological, except when a lack of knowledge of the facts makes this impossible; after Whittier's death the order is chronological by years and alphabetic within each year. The date used for the purpose of arrangement before 1892 is indicated at the right of each title, and may be the date of distribution of the book or pamphlet, of publication, or of copyright, the earliest of these dates being the one preferably selected. Here and there chronological order is slightly disregarded in order to bring together titles that should stand in close proximity, or books bearing the same date on their title-pages, since the person using this bibliography will have in mind the title-page date rather than the date of actual distribution, publication, or copyright. When the dates of publication, copyright, or distribution for any one title fall into different years, the rubric at the right will be of the following form: DEC. 1868 (1869). The year in parentheses is the title-page date. It has not been deemed necessary, after 1853, when describing the successive volumes that Whittier published, to repeat the statement that the poems included are all contained in the Riverside and Cambridge editions or other editions of like content, since, barring a very few ex-

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ceptions, all of the poems printed in the authorized editions, beginning with 1849, a r e t o be found in the Riverside edition. The exceptions are three of the " P o e m s " of 1849 (namely, " S o n g of the Free," " T h e Response," and " T h e A l b u m " ) , and one poem in " T h e Chapel of the Hermits, and Other Poems," 1853 ( " T h e Californian at the Grave of his Wife " ) . The " S o n g of the Free," included in the complete collections up to 1888, was omitted by Whittier from the Riverside edition of that year. N o attempt has been made to indicate the typography of the titlepages here transcribed. It is the custom of many bibliographers to show the lining of title-pages by means of vertical strokes. Of the volumes and pamphlets described there is but one instance ("Songs of Three Centuries," 1876) where the lining has the slightest significance; this feature has therefore been disregarded in describing volumes and pamphlets. With leaflet publications, however, the lining is, at times, useful and has been regularly employed. For the same reason (lack of bibliographical significance) no mention has been made of printer's rules on title-pages, covers, or bindings, except where they surround the text. Care has been taken for titles before September, 189a, to reproduce the punctuation exactly. When (for the same period) the title-page makes no distinction between large and small initial letters the important words in the main titles and alternative titles are capitalized, while lower case is used for initial letters in explanatory sub-titles; if, however, an initial letter is printed large on the title-page, it is so copied. For titles after September, 1892, minute bibliographical copying is not employed for capitals, punctuation, and the like. The method of collation is self-explanatory. When the verso of the last leaf is blank, this blank page is not included in the number of pages stated in the collation, but its presence is duly noted. The peculiarities of the printed signature numbers and letters have been described, although no suggestion has been offered to explain the numerous curious irregularities. The detailed descriptions of sheet-music editions of Whittier's poems and of the so-called "advance printings" ascribed to Fred A. Brown, of Amesbury, have been relegated to the appendices, but lest they should be overlooked, a reference has been made to each one from the appropriate place in Part I . CHECK-LIST Order of Services, Opening of Haverhill Academy. 1827 Incidental Poems. B y Robert Dinsmoor. 1828 . . . New Year's Address, New England Weekly Review. 1831 Biography of Henry Clay. B y George D. Prentice. 1831

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EDITIONS AND LEAFLETS Legends of New-England. 1831 The History of Haverhill. By B. L. Mirick. 1832 Moll Pitcher. 1832 The Literary Remains of John G. C. Brainard. [1832] Justice and Expediency. 1833 Order of Exercises, Sabbath School Celebration [Haverhill]. 1833 . To William Lloyd Garrison. 1833 Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention. 1833 Hymn [O Thou, whose presence went before]. 1834 Our Countrymen in Chains! 1834 Lines written on the Passage of Pinckney's Resolutions. [1836?] . Mogg Megone. 1836 Letters from John Quincy Adams. 1837 Poems written during the Progress of the Abolition Question. 1837 Views of Slavery & Emancipation. By Harriet Martineau. 1837 . Narrative of James Williams. 1838 Address read at the Opening of Pennsylvania Hall. 1838 Poems. 1838 New Year's Address, Pennsylvania Freeman. 1839 The North Star. 1840 Moll Pitcher, and The Minstrel Girl. 1840 To the Memory of Daniel Wheeler. [1840] New England. [1840?] Folien. [1842] Lays of My Home, and Other Poems. 1843 The Song of the Vermonters. [1843] Ballads, and Other Poems. London, 1844 To George M'Duffie. [1844?] The Stranger in Lowell. 1845 The Branded Hand. [1845] Voices of Freedom. 1846 The Supernaturalism of New England. 1847 Sketch of Daniel O'Connell. [1847?] "The Dark Eye has Left Us." [Sheet music: Dempster.] 1848 .

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Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal. 1849 Order of Exercises, Newbury High School House. 1849 The Poetical Works. London, 1850 Cassandra Southwick. [circa 1850] Old Portraits and Modern Sketches. 1850 A Sabbath Scene. [Broadside.] 1850 Songs of Labor, and Other Poems. 1850 Abolition Treason! [1851] Circular. [Amesbury-Salisbury strike, 1852] Little Eva. [Sheet music: Emilio.] 1852 Leeds Anti-Slavery Tracts. [1852-1853] The Chapel of the Hermits, and Other Poems. 1853

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A Sabbath Scene. 1854 Lays of the Emigrants. 1854 Western Emigrants. [1854?] We Cross the Prairie. [Sheet music: Sullivan.] 1854 Literary Recreations and Miscellanies. 1854 Maud Muller. [1854?] The Panorama, and Other Poems. 1856 [Letter on the Sumner Outrage.] 1856 The Campaign. 2 Fremont Songs. [Sheet music: Cora.] 1856 . . . Song. [A Lay of Old Time. 1856.] The Poetical Works. [Blue and Gold edition.] 1857 The Sycamores. 1857 [Charity. By Elizabeth Whittier.] 1858 The Pipes at Lucknow. [Sheet music: Wiebe.] 1858 Agricultural Exhibition. Order of Exercises. [A Song of Harvest.] 1858 Agricultural Exhibition. Order of Exercises. [For an Autumn Festival.] 1859 M y Psalm, [circa 1859] Tribute to Dea. Wm. Carruthers. i860 Home Ballads and Poems, i860 The Quakers are Out! i860 We see the Break of Day. [Sheet music: Cora.] Naples, i860 A-Word for the Hour. 1861 Song of the Negro Boatmen. [Sheet music.] 1862 "•Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott." [Sheet music.] 1862 The Patience of Hope. [By Dora Greenwell.] 1862 In War Time. [1863] Barbara Frietchie. [1863] The Poetical Works. [Cabinet edition.] 1863 In War Time, and Other Poems. 1864 Song of the Negro Boatman. [Leaflet. 1863/64] We wait beneath the Furnace Blast. [Sheet music: Towne.] 1864 . . Hymn written for the Patriotic Dedication of the Unitarian Church in San Francisco [T. S. King's]. 1864 Barbara Fritchie. [In German. 1865] National Lyrics. 1865 Song of the Shoemakers, [circa 1865] Snow-Bound. 1866 Prose Works. 1866 Maud Muller. With illustrations. 1867 Snow-Bound. London, 1867 The Tent on the Beach, and Other Poems. 1867 G. L. S. [1867] The Poetical Works. [Diamond edition.] 1867 Spow-Bound. With illustrations. 1868 Order of Exercises. Memorial Church, Georgetown. 1868

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EDITIONS AND LEAFLETS The Motherless. [1868?] Poems by Lucy Larcom. [Leaflet, 1868] Laus Deo. [Sheet music: Boott.] 1868 The Poetical Works. [Red Line edition.] 1869 Among the Hills, and Other Poems. 1869 [Humboldt anniversary. 1869.] The Poetical Works. [Merrimac edition.] 1870 Ballads of New England. 1870 Letter to the " F r i e n d s ' R e v i e w . " 1870 Two Letters on the Present Aspect of the Society of Friends. London, 1870 Our Master, [circa 1870] Miriam, and Other Poems. 1871 Disarmament. [1871] The Journal of John Woolman. 1871 Child Life. 1872 T o Edward and Elizabeth Gove. 1872 The Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and Other Poems. 1872 The Complete Poetical Works. Household edition. 1873 Poetical Works. London, 1873 Child Life in Prose. 1874 Poems. [Illustrated Library edition.] 1874 Agassiz Memorial. 1874 Sumner. 1874 Lingering Memories. [Sheet music: Hodges.] 1874 Barbara Frietchie. [Sheet music: Sloman.] 1874 Hazel-Blossoms. 1875 One Hundredth Anniversary. Battle of Lexington. 1875 Snow-Bound. [Vest Pocket edition.] 1875 Haverhill Public Library Dedication. 1875 Mabel Martin. With illustrations. 1876 Songs of Three Centuries. 1876 Centennial Hymn. 1876 The Complete Poetical Works. [Centennial edition.] 1876 Fitz-Greene Halleck. [1877] Favorite Poems. [Vest Pocket edition.] 1877 Indian Civilization. B y Stanley Pumphrey. 1877 The Tent on the Beach. [Vest Pocket edition.] 1877 The Sailor's Wife. [Sheet music: Stones.] 1877 The River Path. With illustrations. 1878 Order of Services. Children's Mission. 1878 The Vision of Echard, and Other Poems. 1878 An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson. 1879 [Letter to Daniel A. Drown.] 1879 M y Lady. [Sheet music: Osgood.] 1879 Copy of Lines. [Winter Roses.] 1879 Barbara Frietchie. [Sheet music: Sloman.] 1879 William Lloyd Garrison. By Oliver Johnson. 1879

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A Name. [1880] The Poetical Works. [Cambridge-Riverside edition.] 1880 The Prose Works. [Cambridge-Riverside edition.] 1880 The Lost Occasion. [1880?] The Poetical Works. London, 1880 Barbara Frietchie. [Leaflet, 1880-1886] The King's Missive, and Other Poems. 1881 The King's Missive, Mabel Martin, and Later Poems. London, 1881 In Memory. [1881] Grand Banquet given to the American Pomological Society. [Garden.] 1881 Siege of Yorktown. 1881 Poems. London, 1881 The Whittier Birthday-Book. 1881 Modern Classics. 1881 The Rock-Tomb of Bradore. [1881?] Copy of a Letter. 1882 Leaflets from Standard Authors. 1882 In Memoriam. [Rebecca Chase Grinnell.] 1882 The Three Bells. [Sheet music: Holden.] 1882 A Summer Pilgrimage. [1882] Letters of Lydia Maria Child. 1883 How the Women went from Dover. [1883] Snow-Bound, and Among the Hills. 1883 Our Country. [1883] The Bay of Seven Islands, and Other Poems. 1883 [James Squires' Birthday. 1883] Jack in the Pulpit. 1883 Banished from Massachusetts. [1884] Mabel Martin, and Other Poems. 1884 The Fishermen. [Sheet music: Bissell.] 1884 Text and Verse for Every Day in the Year. By Gertrude W.Cartland. 1884 Jack in the Pulpit. 1884 The Early Poems. 1885 Nineteen Beautiful Years. By Frances E . Willard. 1885 The Two Elizabeths. [1885] My Psalm. [Sheet music: Hair.] 1885 [Invitation. Haverhill Academy reunion.] 1885 The Reunion. 1885 The Whittier Album. 1885 Maud Muller. London, [1885] The Poetical Works. London, 1885 Poems of Nature. 1886 Revelation. [1886] To a Cape Ann Schooner. 1886 Saint Gregory's Guest, and Recent Poems. 1886 Norembega. 1886

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EDITIONS AND LEAFLETS Nauhaught the Deacon. 1886 On the Big Horn. [1886] American Literature. By E. P. Whipple. 1887 "The Holy Experiment." 1887 [Birthday Acknowledgment.] 1887 The Worship of Nature. [1887] Selections from the Writings. 1888 One of the Signers. 1888 R. S. S. 1888 The Christmas of 1888. [1888] The Gospel of Divine Help. By Edward Worsdell. London, 1888 The Writings. Large-Paper edition. 1888 The Writings. Riverside edition. 1888 Whittier Gems. 1889 The Vow of Washington. [1889] The Tent on the Beach. 1889 Dedication of the Library Building, Gammon Theological Seminary. The Vow of Washington. [Sheet music: Sloman.] 1889 "Veni, Sancte Spiritus." [1889] Burning Driftwood. [1889] The Captain's Well. 1890 The Captain's Well. [Leaflet.] 1890 Thomas Fisher Hinkley. [1890] Haverhill. 1890 The Last Eve of Summer. 1890 The Poetical Works. London, 1890 At Sundown. 1890 Legends and Lyrics from the Poetic Works. 1890 The Poetical Works. London, 1891 (Albion) Between the Gates. 1891 Poetical Works. London, 1891 (Excelsior) Poetical Works. London, 1891 (Red-Line) An Outdoor Reception. [1891] Maud Muller. London, [1891] Snow-Bound. 1892 The Wind of March. 1892 At Sundown. 1892

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Editions published after Whittier's death are listed on pages 171 to 190, infra.

EDITIONS AND LEAFLETS * O R D E R OF S E R V I C E S , |

at the opening of | Haverhill Acad[APR.

1827.

Contains, without naming the author, Whittier's ode written for the occasion, beginning "Hail, Star of Science!" (see page 312, infra). Reproduced, in facsimile, opposite. Single sheet, 9 X 8J inches, but the edges of the only copy located (Haverhill Public Library) have been trimmed. White wove paper, verso blank.

P O E M S accompanied with letters, and a few select pieces, mostly original, for their illustration, together with a preface, and Sketch of the Author's Life. B y Robert Dinsmoor, the "Rustic Bard." Haverhill A. W. Thayer, printer. 1828. [FEB. 1828.

INCIDENTAL

Contains, on pages 248 to 250, the poem " J . G. Whittier to the 'Rustic Bard.'" Entered for copyright January 23,1828. Leaf: 7 J- X 4J inches, untrimmed. Collation: xxiv, 264 pages. Sig. [1], 2; 1-22, all in 6's. Page [i], title-page, [ii], copyright notice, 23d day of January, 1828, [by] Robert Dinsmoor. [iii]-ix, Preface, [x], blank. [xi]-xx, Life of the Author, written by himself, xxi-xxiv, A Letter from Robert Dinsmore, of Bellywattick, Ireland . . . containing an Account of the Dinsmore Family. [i]-254, text. [2551-264, Glossary. Binding: Boards, purple cloth back, untrimmed, white end-papers, with paper label: Poems I of the | Rustic Bard. | Variant: Some copies have a comma on the title-page after the word " P o e m s . "

In this volume Whittier, for the first time, saw one of his poems printed within the covers of a published book. Although the volume, "Incidental Poems," was copyrighted January 23, 1828, it apparently was not ready for distribution until late in February. The Essex Gazette of February 23, 1828, carries an advertisement, " T h e Poems of the Rustic * A leaflet printing of Whittier's early poem " Pericles " was described and reproduced in reduced facsimile in the American Art Association's catalogue of the Wakeman sale, April, 1924, lot 1076. Although listed in the Wakeman catalogue under the year 1827 it is not a genuine product of that period, in spite of its being printed on old paper and from early type. Suspicions had been aroused as to its genuineness, but no proof had been found that it was a late printing until the present writer's investigations in 1931, the results of which were published in the Library Quarterly, Chicago, April, 1934, this study being now reprinted as Appendix 6 of the present bibliography. Similar leaflet printings of Whittier's poems "Psalm 1 3 7 " and " T h e Sicilian Vespers" are recorded at page 190, infra.

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