Text: Anonymous, “[Review of The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe],” Moore's Rural New-Yorker (Rochester, NY), vol. 7, no. 12, March 22, 1856, p. 98, col. 4

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THE WORKS OF THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE, with a memoir by R. W. GRISWOLD, and Notices of his life and genius by N. P. WILLIS and J. R. LOWELL, in Four Volumes. Vol. IV. New York: Redfield, 1856.

THE writings of Poe will always command and most generally reward attention. His characteristics are a subtle power of analysis, a rare perfection of style, and the most grotesque imagination, as shown in the plots and incidents of his tales and poems. In every department of literature he made his mark, and will retain his place though with a class rather than the mass of readers. Sold at Dewey's.