Text: Anonymous, “[Review of The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, volume 4],.” Graham's Magazine (Philadelphia, PA), vol. 48, no. 5, May 1856, p. 466, col. 2

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The Works of the Late Edgar Allen Poe. Vol. 4. New York: Redfield. 12 mo.

This volume completes Redfield's elegant edition of Poe's works. It contains tho curious nautical adventures of Arthur Gordon Sym, one of the author's happiest mystifications, and n variety of stories and essays never before collected. Among these may be especially emphasized. “The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Father,” “The Man that was Used Up,” “Diddling Considered as one of the Exact Siences,” and “ Maelzel's Chess Player.” This volume illustrates more, perhaps, than either of the others, the love of mischief and intellectual frolic, which formed so prominent an element of Poe's brilliant and ingenious mind.