Though the authorship is mistaken, Godey’s Magazine and Lady’s Book reviews A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers:
Those who have read “Margaret Smith’s Journal” will be at no loss in settling the authorship of this clever and interesting work. Mr. Whittier touches all his themes with the true poet’s wand; all show forms of beauty and gleams of light that, like the sunbeams on the far-off mountain, make the cold and rugged landscape appear soft and charming. It is just the book to read in the idleness of summer, when wishing to enjoy the pleasures of journeying, without the inconvenience which the actual packing up and going off in hot steamboats and dusty cars occasion. Read it and see.
