Text: Anonymous, “[Review of The Raven and Other Poems,]” Baltimore Daily Commercial (Baltimore, MD), vol. XIII, no. 142, December 19, 1845, p. 2, col. 3

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No. VIII of the same series is “The Raven, and other poems, by Edgar A. Poe.” As a Critic and writer of Novellettes Mr. Poe has no superior in the country. He has devoted less attention to Poetry, we presume, because depending on his literary efforts for a livelihood, he has found other departments of literature more profitable. He has written but little poetry since he was a youth. That he possesses all the elements of a find poet, “The Raven” itself is a sufficient evidence. In harmony of expression, beauty of language, and mystic dreaminess of thought, it is unequalled by any American poem. The same delightful tone pervades his “Haunted Palace,” and other pieces. We commend the volume to the lovers of song.