Text: Anonymous, “[Notice of Poe's Tales],” New York Evening Post (New York, NY), vol. XLIII, July 9, 1845, p. 2, col. 3


∞∞∞∞∞∞∞


[page 2, column 3, continued:]

POE'S TALES. — The third number of the American series of Wiley & Putnam's library, contains a collection of Tales by Edgar A. Poe. Many of these, having appeared in magazines, are doubtles [[doubtless]] familiar to our readers. They are marked by great and peculiar ability. They are mostly written in illustration of a curious analytical faculty which Mr. Poe possesses to a higher degree than any other person we know. It enables him to unravel the most complicated and apparently inextricable knot of circumstances with delightful ease. The Gold Bug, the Murders of the Rue Morgue, and the Mystery of Mary Roget, are happy instances of his rare power in this way. But the Mesmeric Revelation, the Una and Monos, &c. &c. show that he is a master of higher regions of thought. In fact these tales will very much increase the reputation of Mr. Poe, and we should hope, both from their intrinsic merits and the elegant manner on which they are printed, add materially to his pocket.

 


∞∞∞∞∞∞∞


Notes:

None.

 

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

[S:0 - NYEP, 1845] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Bookshelf - Review of Tales (Anonymous, 1845)