Text: George Lippard, “Prose Romances of Poe, “ Citizen Soldier (Philadelphia, PA), vol. I, no. 22, July 26, 1843, p. 172, col. 2

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PROSE ROMANCES OF POE. — We have received from Van Yorz, Chesnut street below Third, N. Side, the first number of the Serial edition of the works of Mr. Poe. The number before us, containing “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” and “The man that was used up, strikingly develope [[develop]] the analytic talent of the gifted author, as well as his powers of cutting and sarcastic humor. The first story is, like the “Gold Bug,” unique, original and impressive in its style and character.