Fraser's Magazine later ascribed to JP
an anonymous gothic romance published this month, entitled The Spirit of the Elbe and dedicated to Elizabeth Gunning
. Scholar Nicholas A. Joukovsky
confirmed this ascription.
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Joukovsky, Nicholas A. “Jane Porters First Novel: The Evidence of an Unpublished Letter”. Notes and Queries, pp. 15 -16.