Edward Sherman Gould (11 May 1808

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- 21 February 1885 New York City) was a nineteenth-century United States author and critic.

Biography

He was the son of jurist James Gould, and an early contributor of tales to the ''Knickerbocker Magazine'', to the ''New World'', the ''Mirror'', ''The Literary World'', and other journals. His signature of "Cassio" in Charles King's ''American'' was at one time well-known. In 1830 he lectured before the New York Mercantile Library Association on "American Criticism in American Literature". In his talk, he opposed the prevalent spirit of overflowing praise as injurious to the interests of the country. His examination of correct use of English is the subject of several of his books, such as, ''Good English, or Popular Errors in Language'' (1867). At the time, there was great interest among many Victorian authors about the Germanic origin, evolution, and proper use of English,Hitchings, Henry, "The Language Wars: A History of Proper English'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 25, 2011, page 175 ff. among criticism that continues into contemporary times.

Works

Translations: * Alexandre Dumas, ''Travels in Egypt and Arabia Petraea'' (1839) * Dupré, ''Progress of Democracy'' (1841) *

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 179 ...

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Eugénie Grandet ''Eugénie Grandet'' is a novel first published in 1833 by French author Honoré de Balzac. While he was writing it he conceived his ambitious project, ''La Comédie humaine'', and almost immediately prepared a second edition, revising the names ...

'' (1841) *

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Père Goriot ''Le Père Goriot'' (, ''"Old Goriot"'' or ''"Father Goriot"'') is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the ''Scènes de la vie privée'' section of his novel sequence ''La Comédie hum ...

'' (1842) * Alexandre Dumas, ''Impressions of Travel in Switzerland'' *

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

, ''Handsome Pecopin'' * A. Royer, ''Charles de Bourbon'' (1842-1843) In addition to contributing to many literary and theological journals, he wrote: * *''Abridgment of Alison's History of Europe'' (New York, 1843) *''The Very Age'', a comedy (1850) *''John Doe and Richard Roe; or, Episodes of Life in New York'' (1862) *''Good English, or Popular Errors in Language'' (1867) *''Classical Elocution'' (1867) *''Supplement to Duyckinck's History of the New World'' (1871)

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