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Title page:
LIFE
AND LETTERS
OF
Edgar Allan Poe
By
JAMES A. HARRISON
of the University of Virginia
——
VOLUME I.
NEW YORK
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
PUBLISHERS
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
PAGE
Editor's Preface [[Introduction]] · · · · · · · · · ·
vii
CHAPTER I. 1809-1824.
Poe's Ancestry, Birth, and Earlier Years at Richmond: School-Days in England and Virginia ·
1
CHAPTER II. 1826.
Poe's Environment at the University of Virginia · ·
35
CHAPTER III. 1827-1829.
The Early Poems. The Legendary Years. · · · · · · · · ·
64
CHAPTER IV. 1829-1830.
At West Point, The Poems of 1831. · · · · ·
77
CHAPTER V. 1831-1836.
The Dark Years. The Baltimore “Visiter” and Latrobe's Reminiscences. Marriage. · · ·
96
CHAPTER VI. 1837-1840.
Adrift: New York and Philadelphia. · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
120
CHAPTER VII. 1840-1844.
Philadelphia; New York; Burton's “Gentleman's Magazine;” “Graham's Magazine.” · · ·
153
CHAPTER VIII. 1844-1845.
New York; “The Broadway Journal.” · · ·
187
CHAPTER IX. 1845.
“The Raven” · · ·
213
CHAPTER X. 1845.
Tales; Poems; Longfellow's War; End of “The Broadway Journal.” · · ·
228
CHAPTER XI. 1846.
Social and Literary Life in New York: The Literati. · · ·
241
CHAPTER XII. 1846-1847.
Fordham; The Death of Virginia Poe. · · ·
252
CHAPTER XIII. 1848.
“Eureka.” · · ·
269
CHAPTER XIV. 1848.
Mrs. Whitman; “The Bells;” Mrs. Osgood. · · ·
281
CHAPTER XV. 1848-1849.
“Stella;” “Annie;” Philadelphia. · · ·
299
CHAPTER XVI. 1849.
Last Days in Richmond. · · ·
310
CHAPTER XVII. 1849.
In Baltimore; The End. · · ·
327
APPENDIX.
Poe's Autobiography · · ·
343
Mrs. Clemm's Preface to the Griswold Edition · · ·
347
The “Ludwig Article” (R. W. Griswold) · · ·
348
Death of Edgar A. Poe (N. P. Willis) · · ·
360
Edgar Allan Poe (J. R. Lowell) · · ·
367
Edgar A. Poe (P. Pendleton Cooke) · · ·
383
The Late Edgar Allan A. Poe (John R. Thompson) · · ·
392
Defence of Poe (George R. Graham) · · ·
399
Index · · ·
411
Index to Appendix · · ·
427
Bibliography of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe · · ·
431
Table of Illustrations
ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME I
EDGAR ALLAN POE · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Frontispiece
From [[a]] painting, by Samuel S. Osgood, owned by the New York Historical Society.
ELIZABETH POE · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
10
Mother of Edgar Allan Poe. From a miniature in the possession of J. H. Ingram.
JOHN ALLAN · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
16
From a silhouette.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, WEST RANGE · · · ·
52
Poe's room, No. 13, is back of the second arch to the left of the letter-box. The room at the extreme right of the picture (in the other building) is also claimed to be Poe's room.
FACULTY RECORD FOR DEC. 20, 1826 · · · · · · ·
56
Containing an examination into the charge that the University of Virginia hotel-keepers drank and gambled with students.
FACULTY RECORD FOR DEC. 20, 1826 · · · · · · ·
58
Containing an examination into the charge that the University of Virginia hotel-keepers drank and gambled with students.
FACULTY RECORD · · · · · · ·
61
University of Virginia. (Excelled in Latin.)
FACULTY RECORD · · · · · · ·
62
University of Virginia. (Excelled in Senior French Class.)
TAMERLANE. (Titlepage) · · · · · · ·
65
AL AARAAF. (Titlepage) · · · · · · ·
74
MRS. JOHN ALLAN, 2d. · · · · · · ·
78
From a small, white marble bust carved in Naples, hre reproduced by the courtesy of Mrs. G. W. Mayo, Mrs. Allan’ niece.
POEMS, 1831. (Titlepage) · · · · · · ·
94
WILLIAM CLEMM · · · · · · ·
110
Father of Virginia Poe. From an engraving in the possession of Amelia F. Poe.
THE POE MARRIAGE BOND · · · · · · ·
114
“SOUTHERN” LITERARY MESSENGER BUILDING, RICMOND, VA. (1902) · · ·
118
From an engraving by Allard, after a photograph.
GEORGE R. GAHAM · · · · · · ·
138
From [[an]] engraving, by Armstrong, of portrait by Read.
RUFUS WILMOT GRISWOLD · · · · · · ·
142
From [[an]] engraving.
CONCHOLOGIST's FIRST BOOK. (Titlepage) · · · · · · ·
146
VIRGINIA POE · · · · · · ·
180
Mrs. Clemm's daughter and the wife of Edgar Allan Poe. Reproduced from a photograph of a watercolor sketch in the possession of Amelia F. Poe. Copyright, 1893, by Amelia F. Poe.
MARIA CLEMM · · · · · · ·
206
Poe's mother-in-law. From daguerreotype taken in Lowell in 1849.
CHARLES F. BRIGGS · · · · · · ·
212
From [[an]] engraving by Capewell and Kimmell.
THE RAVEN. (Titlepage) · · · · · · ·
213
FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD · · · · · · ·
244
From [[an]] engraving.
POE's COTTAGE AT FORDHAM · · · · · · ·
252
Where he resided, 1846-49.
LETTER FROM POE TO MRS. SHEW (Facsimile) · · · · · · ·
265
THE’ BELLS. (Facsimile of original MSS.) · · · · · · ·
286
SARAH HELEN WHITMAN · · · · · · ·
290
From an engraving by Charles Skinner, after a painting by C. J. Thompson. Reproduced by permission of the Whitman heirs.
THE SHELTON HOUSE · · · · · · ·
312
From photograph by Edyth Carter Beveridge, Richmond, Va.
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