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ABBREVIATIONS

A — Aristidean.

AM — American Metropolitan.

Am.Lit. — American Literature.

Am. Mus. — American Museum.

AWR — American Whig Review.

BJ — Broadway Journal.

BGM — Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.

BM — Boston Miscellany.

Cas. — Casket.

CHAL. — Cambridge History of American Literature.

CCSLM — D. K. Jackson. Contributors and Contributions to the Southern Literary Messenger.

DNB — Dictionary of National Biography.

DR — Democratic Review.

EM — New York Evening Mirror.

GM — Graham's Magazine.

GLB — Godey's Lady's Book.

Gr. MSS. — Griswold Manuscripts..

H — The Harrison edition of the complete works of Poe.

LE — Pittsburg Literary Examiner.

MLN — Modern Language Notes.

NW — New World.

NYR — New York Quarterly Review.

PMLA — Publications of the Modern Language Association.

PSLM — D. K. Jackson, Poe and the Southern Literary Messenger.

SEP — Saturday waning Post.

SLM — Southern Literary Messenger.

TQHGM — Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine.

UVL — Alderman Library, University of Virginia.

WM — New York Weekly Mirror.