The First American Edition of Heidi: A Correction to “Heidi in English: A Bibliographic Study”

Abstract

ABSTRACT Susan Stan’s discussion of the first American edition of Heidi (1884) and subsequent reissues is inaccurate. Using material from Publishers Weekly and other contemporary sources, we demonstrate that the first American edition was actually published by the Boston firm of Cupples, Upham, & Co. The editions by Platt & Peck and DeWolfe, Fiske, & Co., identified by Stan as first editions, are in fact reissues dating to 1911 and 1889, respectively. We also present biographical information about the translator, Louise Winsor Brooks, a Boston philanthropist who donated all proceeds from sales of the book to charity.