Book reviews.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Report on Morris Bishop, history of Cornell University
Collection — Manuscript box 16 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065303871]
Identifier: 14-18-m.481
Scope and content
Review of Bishop's A History of Cornell (typescript, carbon copy). Quotes were used in publicity for the book.
Dates:
1962.
Susan Jaffe Tane Melville collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924092811573]
Identifier: 8539
Scope and content
Reviews of Herman Melville's work in contemporary American and British periodicals, including the Athenaeum, Littell's living age, and the Spectator. Works reviewed include Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, Moby-Dick, The piazza tales, The confidence man, Typee, and White-Jacket. A brief obituary notice in the Athenaeum in 1891 documents how Melville was remembered at that time. Also included in the collection are letters from Melville to publisher Richard Bentley and to James Billson (letters cataloged...
Dates:
1849-1984-(bulk 1849-1891).