Text: Edward W. Bok, “[Comment on the forthcoming The Works of Edgar Allan Poe,” Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY), vol. XXX, no. 258, March 24, 1894, p. 7, col. 2

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— It is a curious thing that a really satisfactory or standard edition of Edgar Allan Poe's writings was ever [[never]] made. Editions there are innumerable, but not one is there which is complete or authoritative. Now, however, we are to have such an edition, and to Edmund Clarence Stedman and Prof. George E. Woodberry, of Columbia Coltege, the two editors of the forthcoming work, is the credit due. The edition will contain a biography by Prof. Woodberry, and critical introductions to the poems, tales and literary writings. There will be a thorough rearrangement of the works; a careful revision of text — based on Poe's maturest judgment — and a correction of much of Mr. Griswold's work, which has been mechanically followed by later editors. The volumes will be illustrated with portraits, fac-similes, etc. The printing will be done on specially made English paper with deckled edges, and in all respects the manufacture will be as perfect as it is possible to make it. The edition is to be complete in ten volumes, and will be issued in large and small paper forms.

EDWARD W. BOK.