Text: Anonymous, [Review of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym], Albion, a Journal of Politics and Literature (New York, NY), vol. 6, no. 33, August 18, 1838, p. 263

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Narrative Arthur Gordon Pym — New York, Harpers. The author of this work very gravely assures us that the details of his book are veritable facts; if so, they are a further illustration the of trite remark that “Truth is strange, stranger than fiction,” for such a tissue of wonderful adventures and escapes we have not read since we perused those of “Sindbad the Sailor.” Let them pass, however, for what they are worth, in the belief of readers, but we cannot pass them by without remarking on the interest which the relator has thrown over the events, and the very attractive book he has succeeded in making[[.]] We are disposed to believe that the author is a second Capt. Lemuel Gulliver as regards authenticity, and think that although he does not deal in political and moral satire he has fabricated a volume which will be extensively read and very pleasing.