Mabbott, Thomas Ollive: 118n1, 122, 125n9, 128n11, 198, 212, 232, 250, 326n29, 357n19, 377n54, 393n73, 411n5, 507n26, 513n34, 520n43, 532n59, 655n24

Macaulay, Thomas Babington: Poe's analysis of art of (quote), 315-316; 314, 418, 510

MacKenzie, John: 569, 622, 623, 625, 636

MacKenzie, Mrs. William: takes Rosalie, 46; 51, 66, 622, 625, 656n29-657n29

Maelzel, J. N.: 248

Magruder, General Allan B.: impression of Poe, 170

“Man of the Crowd, The”: analysis of, 309-310; French criticism of, 519; publication of, 309; 337, 466, 468

“Man that was Used Up, The”: analysis of, 283; publication of, 283; republished, 464n39; 337, 397-399, 399n79, 446, 748

Manly, John M.: 327

Manor House School: picture of, 74; Poe at, 71-77, his expenses at, 72-73; Poe's description of, in “William Wilson,” 74-76

“Ms. Found in a Bottle”: analysis of, 212-213; Poe's own criticism of, 236; publication of, 203; republished, 285, 464n39; 202, 205, 226, 337, 640, 746, 748

“Marginalia”: nature of, 436-438; publication of, 436, 438n38, 438n39, 474, 500-501, 509-510, 560, 593, 600-601, 668; 446, 473n62, 567n52, 659

Marlowe, Christopher: Tamburlaine, 125

Marriage Bond: of David Poe, Jr. and Mrs. Eliza Hopkins, 22-23 (facsimile); of Edgar Poe and Virginia Clemm, 252-253 (facsimile)

Marshall, John: 52, 94, 95, 103

Martin, Henry Bradley: x

“Mask of the Red Death, The”: analysis of, 331; publication of, 331; republished, 464n39; source of, 187; 324, 337, 404, 466

Mathews, Cornelius: Poe's review of “Wakondah” by, 402-403; 333, 494, 538, 602 — Letter to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

McIntosh, M. J.: 575

McMakin's Model American Courier: 644, 644n8, 653-654

“Mellonta Tauta”: analysis of, 596; publication of, 596n54

“Memoir of the Author” (Griswold): publication of, 668; “Preface” to, 668-671; forgeries of and slanders against Poe in, 671-676; 647, 684

“Mesmeric Revelation”: analysis of, 391, 392, 419-421; French criticism of, 518; French translation of, 519; Poe's letter to George Bush, concerning, 420; publication of, 419; revision of in TALES (of 1845), 466; sends it to Lowell, 430; 417, 427, 446, 464, 518, 678

“Mesmerism in Articulo Mortis”: See “Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The”

“Metzengerstein” (“The Horse Shade”): analysis of, 192-193; publication of, 192; revisions, 192, 193; source of, 132, 193; 212, 337, 746

Meunier, Madame Isabelle: French translator of Poe, 519

“Meurtre sans example daps les Fastes de la Justice, Un”: free version of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” 517

Miller, Mrs. Elizabeth: 63

Miller, J. H.: 203

Miller, Mrs. John C.: 506

Minor, Lucian: Poe's review of “Address on Education” by, 248-249 — Letters (and extracts) to, from T. W. White, 218

Mirror, The: See New York Mirror, The

Mitchell, Dr. John Kearsley: 248, 268

Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir: 268, 534

Model American Courier: See McMakin's Model American Courier

“Monos and Una”: See “Colloquy of Monos and Una, The”

Monroe, Fortress: Poe at, 133-137; 129

Montgomery, James: 250

Monthly Record of Science, The: 516

Moody, William Vaughn: 391, 392, 557

Moore, Thomas: influence on Poe, 125, 160; 164, 180, 236-237, 388

Mordecai, Samuel: authoritative picture of last days of Elizabeth Poe, 44; description of Allan house, 53; 54, 63

Morell, Benjamin: 264

“Morella”: analysis of, 213-214; Poe's own criticism of, 236; publication of, 208; republication of, 287; 217, 269, 271, 329, 337, 456n21, 457, 746, 747

“Morning on the Wissahiccon”: See “Elk, The”

Morning Post, The: 516

Morris, George P. (Editor, The New York Mirror): 175, 324, 434, 476, 502, 516.

Moss, James P.: befriends Poe on last visit to Philadelphia, 637

Mosses from an Old Manse: publication of Poe's review of, 510, 529n56; 511

Mott, Dr. Valentine: 528, 528n53

Moultrie, Fort: Poe at, 129-132

“Mount Tom”: Poe in habit of going to, 414; 415n11

Mowatt, Anna Cora: Poe's criticism of as playwright and actress, 470-471; 501

“Murders in the Rue Morgue, The”: analysis of, 310-312; French criticism and translation of, 518-519; Poe's criticism of, 514, his opinion of, 430; publication of, 310; reprinted, 465-466; revision of, 466; sources of, 310-311; theme of, as explained by Poe, 355; 69, 283, 336, 337, 393, 397, 404, 441

“Mystery of Marie Roget, The”: analysis of, 355-356, 357-358; French criticism of, 519; publication of, 340, 357; source of, 357-358; 337, 393, 413, 466, 538-539

“Mystification” (“Von Jung”): analysis of, 215; republished, 494, 494n107; 266, 337, 340, 746

NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM, THE: See ARTHUR GORDON PYM

National Intelligencer: See Baltimore National Intelligencer

National Magazine, The: 593, 681n69

Neal, John: criticism of “Al Aaraaf,” 152-154; defence of Poe, 667-668; 148; 290, 366, 400, 690

“Never Bet the Devil Your Head” (“Never Bet Your Head, A Moral Tale”): analysis of, 325; publication of, 325; republished, 464; 337

New England Magazine: 200, 212

New Monthly Magazine (London): 596

New-World, The: 435

New York: description of, 404, 475-476; literary society in 475-477 notices of Poe's death in newspapers of, 645-647; Poe in, 174-186, 263-267, 404-450, 451-495, 535-571, 574-614; Poe's father in, 24, 35-37; Poe's impression of, 411-413; Poe's mother in, 8, 24, 35-37, 39; 208, 350, 369, 403-404, 615, 616, 629, 632

New York Commercial Advertiser, The: 245n

New York Express, The: reviews lecture Eureka, 541; 525, 672

New York Post, The: reviews lecture Eureka, 541

New York Mirror, The (N. P. Willis and G. P. Morris, Editors): becomes daily (Evening Mirror) with weekly (Weekly Mirror) supplement, 434; Clason new proprietor of, 505; controversy over Longfellow's Waif in, 453-454; English, T. D.; attacks on Poe in, 503, 504-505; frequent references to Poe in, 457; Fuller new editor of, 502; Poe joins staff of, 434; Poe leaves staff of, 451; Poe sues Fuller and Clason, 505; Poe's account of result of suit, 529; “The Raven” published in, 438; 244, 245n35, 258, 417, 436n35, 436n36, 436n37, 439, 454, 459, 476, 479, 523, 530, 538, 539, 652

New York Review, The: 263

New York Sun, The: 410

New York Times, The: 411n5

New York Tribune, The (Horace Greeley, Editor): favorable, criticism of Poe's lecture in, 458; notice of Poe's death by Griswold in, 645-647, 656; restrained defence of Poe in, 679; reviews lecture Eureka, 541; reviews THE RAVEN, 483-484; 538, 606n64, 613, 661, 681

Newtonian Law: Poe's modification of, in EUREKA, 547-548

Nichols, Mrs. Mary Gove: See Gove, Mrs. Mary

Nichols, Robert: 548

Nimmo, James: 68 — Letter to, from John Allan, 56-57

Nimmo, Margaret: See Ellis, Mrs. Charles H.

Nineteenth Century, The (American): defence of Poe in, 678, 678n64; 618

Nordman, Charles: 547

Norfolk [[VA]]: Poe in, 629-632; Poe's father in, 21, 730; Poe's mother in, 12-13, 21, 41, 730; 626, 633

Norman Leslie: Poe's vicious review of, 243-244; 266

Norstedt, George: 547

North American Beacon, The: favorable review of Poe's lecture in, 629

North American Review, The: reviews THE WORKS OF THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE, 684-685; 243, 318, 389, 531, 685n77

“Notes on English Verse”: publication of, 366; 561

Nouvelles Choisies d’Edgar Poe: first volume Poe's stories published in France, 519

Nouvelles Histoires Extraordinaires: French translation of Poe in, 683-684

O’Beirne, General James R.: 415

O’Beirne, Mrs. James R.: 414-415

“Oblong Box, The”: analysis of, 422; publication of, 422; republished, 494n107; 132, 417, 418, 430

Odell, George C. D.: 39

Old Point Comfort: Poe in, 629-631

Olivier, Dr. Charles P.: letter from, to present writer [[A. H. Quinn]], 556

“Omniana”: 296

“Omnibus, The”: 414

O’Neill, Eugene: 391-392, 472

Opal, The: 395, 417, 418

Osgood, Mrs. Frances S.: background of, 478; description of first meeting with Poe, 477-478; description of Poe's love for Virginia; 478; defence of Poe after his death, 675-676; last meeting with Poe, 498-499; Poe dedicates “A Valentine,” “To F — ,” “To F — s S. O — d,” to, 479; Poe's literary courtship of, 477-480; verses to Poe, 478, 479; 217, 230, 330, 457, 473, 497, 538, 573, 574, 581, 594, 606, 607, 613, 650, 692, 694 — Letter to, from E. J. Thomas, 505

Otis Broaders and Co.: 321

“Outis”: replies to Poe's attack on Longfellow, 454-455; 523

“Oval Portrait, The” (“Life in Death”): analysis of, 331; assumes new title, 457; publication of, 330-331 reprinted, 456n21; source of, 331; 337

Pabodie, William J.: restrained defence of Poe, 679-680; 582, 583, 585-586, 586n37, 681

“Paean, A”: See “Sleeper, The”

“Palindromes”: 296

Pascal, Blaise: Poe adopts his definition of Universe in EUREKA, 545

“Passages in the Life of a Lion”: 456. See also “Lionizing”

Patriot, The: See Baltimore Patriot, The

Patterson, E. H. N.: agrees to support five dollar magazine with conditions, 624; Poe interested in hopes for magazine, 612-613; 615, 621, 622n12 — Letter to, from John R. Thompson, 569-570

Patterson, S. D.: aids Poe, 621, 621n11

Paulding, James Kirke: advice to Poe, 250; Poe reviews his Slavery in the United States, 249; 251, 254, 319

“Pay for Periodical Writing”: 436

Payne, John Howard 34, 39, also Appendix I

Peck, George W. appreciation of Poe, 665-666

Penn Magazine: Poe's projected magazine, 305; prospectus of, 306, 308; publication postponed, 309; 318, 319, 321, 342, 364, 367, 368, 371, 375

Pennsylvania, University of: 386, 504

Pennsylvania Freeman, The: 644, 644n7

Pennsylvanian, The: 644, 644n6

Perry, Edgar A. (name assumed by Poe): 119, 134, 135

“Peter Pendulum, the Business Man”: analysis and publication of, 294

Petersburg: 626

Peterson, Charles J.: 330, 342, 621n

Peterson, Henry: 676

Phantasy-Pieces: proposed contents of (facsimile), 337-340; revision of, 747-750; 216, 216n58, 286, 340, 340n43, 397, 399, 420, 457, 464

Philadelphia: description of city, 385-386; epidemic of cholera in, 618; notices of Poe's death in newspapers of, 644; Poe's father in, 24; Poe in, 138-143, 268-377, 379-404, 531-532, 616-619, 637-638; Poe's mother in, 9-11, 24; Poe's position in literary group in, 344; things accomplished by Poe in Philadelphia period, 404; 208, 248; 378, 409, 412, 416, 417, 418, 431, 439, 461, 519, 558, 632, 678

Philadelphia Casket, The: 309, 418n16

Philadelphia Daily Standard, The: See Daily Standard, The

Philadelphia Gazette, The: 245n35

Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, The: See The Pennsylvanian

Philadelphia Public Ledger, The: 406, 414, 644, 644n5

Philadelphia Saturday Chronicle, The: 289, 406

Philadelphia Saturday Courier, The: “The Gold Bug” republished in, 392; Poe's first stories in, 191-193; prospectus of Penn Magazine published in, 306-308; 395, 511n32, 746, 748

Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post, The: defence of Poe in, 676-677; notice of Poe's illness and poverty in, 525; 269, 296, 309, 310n8, 330, 332, 394n77, 528

Philadelphia Saturday Museum, The (T. C. Clarke, Editor): defence of Poe in, 654; Hirst's biography of Poe in, 370-375; Poe's statement of relations with, 383; prospectus of Stylus in, 375-376; “To Helen” first in present form in, 87; 181, 354, 371, 374, 377, 388, 429n25, 464, 488n93, 674

Phillips, Mary E.: 279n25, 386n63, 621n11, 732

“Philosophy of Composition, The”: Poe's opinion of, 515; publication of, 500; 440, 443, 607, 660

“Philosophy of Furniture”: 456n21

Phipps [Fipps?], Mrs.: 45, 739, 740

Phrenology: Poe's interest in, 469

Pierce, President Franklin: 324

“Pig Tale, A”: See “Tale of Jerusalem, A”

“Pinakidia or Tablets”: 249-250

Pioneer, The: 331, 364, 365, 366, 373, 381, 382, 384, 394, 561

“Pit and the Pendulum, The”: analysis of, 359; publication of, 340, 359; republished, 456n21; sources of, 359-360; 285, 324, 337, 394

Playwrights’ Theatre: 390

Pleasants, Dr. J. Hall: 190

Plot: Poe's definition of, 438

Poe, Amelia: birth of, 725

Poe, David (of Ireland): 16

Poe, David, Jr. (Poe's father): ancestry of, 13-20; birth of, 16, 19, 725; children of, 26, 30, 40; criticisms of, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 36, 37, 38; in Norfolk, 730; last contemporary reference to, 42-44; last stage appearance of, 37; marriage of, 22; only known letter by, 32-33; qualities transmitted to Edgar Poe, 33-34, 49-50, 693; summary and analysis of parts played by, 47-49; theatrical debut, 19; theatrical career of, complete record, 707-720, in, Baltimore, 21, Boston, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, Charleston, 19; New York City, 24, 35, 36, 57, Norfolk, 21, Philadelphia, 24, Richmond, 21-22; 252, 256, 373

Poe, Mrs. David, Jr. (Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins): arrival of in America, 3; children of, birth of William Henry, 26, birth of Edgar, 30, birth of Rosalie, 40; criticisms of, 25, 27, 28, 29, 34, 40, 41, 42; death, obituary notice of, 46-47, place of, in. Richmond, 45-46, 732-741; early successes of, 6; first appearance on stage, 1; in Norfolk, 730-731; last days of, 44-45; looked after by Mr. and Mrs. Usher, 11; marriage of, to Charles Hopkins, 12, to David Poe, Jr., 22; maternal ancestry of, 2-4; qualities transmitted to Edgar Poe, 1, 4950; separation from David Poe, Jr., 44; summary and analysis of parts played, 47-48; theatrical career of, complete record, 697-724, in, Alexandria, 12, Baltimore, 10-12, Boston, 1, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, Charleston, 8, 9, 40, 41, New York City, 8, 24, 35, 36, 37, 39, Norfolk, 12, 13, 21, 41, Philadelphia, 9, 10, 11, 24, Richmond, 20, 21, 22, 40, 44, Washington, 11, 22; tribute to, 235; 51, 85, 90, 237, 373

Poe, David, Sr. (Poe's grandfather): ancestry and career of, 13-18; birth and death of, 16; guardian of William Henry Poe, 51; 33, 256, 257

Poe, Mrs. David, Sr. (Elizabeth Cairnes): ancestry and account of, 15-18; birth and death of, 16, 218; pension of; 256; 150, 186, 205

Poe, Edgar Allan: (Only main references are given, arranged alphabetically. For more detailed indices see under, persons, places, periodicals concerned. Poems, stories and criticisms by Poe are indexed under titles) — AL AARAAF TAMERLANE AND MINOR POEMS, 156-164; Allan, John and, see Allan; Allan, Mrs. John, takes Poe, 46, see also Allan, Mrs. F. V.; American Literature, knowledge of, 210-212; Ancestry, maternal, 1-4, qualities inherited from mother, 1, 49-50; Ancestry, paternal, 13-20, qualities inherited from father, 33-34, 49-50, 693; Army service, 119-135; Art, definition of, 601; Autography, knowledge of, 326; Birth of, in Boston, 1, 30, 31, 464, 728; Biography of, in The Philadelphia Saturday Museum, 370-371, in Graham's Magazine, 432-434; Burton, William E. and, 279-304, see also Burton and Letters; Characteristics, duality of nature, 693-695, fastidious love of neatness, 620, fondness for children, 414, knowledge of human nature, 623, mental depression of, 555-557, 604, 609-611, 618; 620, 638, 640, mental resiliency of, 497, 627, natural reserve of, 94-95, own inward struggles reflected, 554-555, pride of, 525-526, 597-599; CONCHOLOGIST’S FIRST BOOK, THE, 275-277; Copyright and, 305-306, 369, 436; Critic, position as, 241-250, 261-262; Criticism, attitude toward British, 473, definition of, 474, difficulties of, 484, influence of, on American, 245, integrity of, 665, 683, keen critical sense of, in, 413, of early stories, 194-195, of own work, 514-515, 522-524, self-defence of policy of, 456, theory of, 331-332; Cryptography, knowledge of, 326-328; Death of, 640-641, notices of, 644-647; Democracy and, 94; Drama, criticisms of, 283-284, 470-473; Drugs, use of denied, 350, 457, 579, 590-591, 592, 618n4, 639, 693-694; Education of, in Richmond, 60, 82-85, in London, 69-77, at the University of Virginia; 93-117; at West Point, 169-174, see also under separate heads; Editor of, Broadway Journal, 452-492, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, 278-304, Graham's Magazine, 309-345, Southern Literary Messenger, 218-262, see also under separate heads; England and Scotland, Poe in, 64-80; English, Thomas Dunn, dispute with, 503-506; EUREKA, 539-557; Financial integrity of, 95, 663; Financial sense of, 342-343, 344; First stories published, 191-195; Foreign influence on, English, 125, French, 595-596, German, 289, 510, Spanish, 139-144; Foreign recognition and translations, see England and France; Government post, efforts to obtain, 340-341, 352-353, 360-363, 368, 377-381; Graham, George R. and, see Graham; Graves, Sergeant Samuel, (Poe's substitute in the Army), and, see Graves; Griswold, Rufus W. and, see Griswold and Letters; Homes of, in Baltimore, 186, 205, in London, 67, 77, in Philadelphia, 273, 274, 361, 384-385, in New York, 267, 406-408, 414, 435, 463, 475-476, 506, 506-509, in Richmond, 53, 81, 82, 88-89, 92-93, 230, 622; Intoxication, habits of, as explained by self, 4950, 303, 347-348, 558, as explained by others, 381, 401, 414, 458, 461-462, 478, 486, 511, 520, 526, 568; 569-570, 580, 583, 584, 616-618, 621, 623-624, 664-665, 676, 682-683, 693; Journalism, knowledge of, 209-210; last journey of, 635-641, 755; Lectures by, 450, 457-458, 478, 485-489, 565, 579, 583, 588, 624, 629, 632, 632n36, 634, 635; Literary integrity, of, 511, 601, 615, 616, 663, 664, 665, 694-695; Longfellow, H. W. and, see Longfellow and Letters; Love for Virginia, 198, 219-224, 228, 252-254, 255, 343, 346-348, 476, 478, 480, 497, 506, 511, 524, 528, 605-607; Lowell, J. R. and, see Lowell and Letters; Magazine, hopes for own, prospectus for Penn Magazine, 306-308, Stylus, 375-376, 559, continued hopes for, 269, 304, 305, 309, 317-321, 369-378, 378-384, 404, 422, 423-4261, 475, 496-497, 515, 524, 535, 539; 612-613, 615, 624, 625-626; Marriage of, 252-254, supposed “secret” marriage, 228; Modern ideas, his sources of, 317-321, 391-392, 542, 547, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 555-557; Music, definition of, 429; NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM, THE, 263-266; Osgood, Mrs. Frances, literary courtship of, 477-480; POEMS (of 1831), 174-185; Poetry, definitions of, 175-176, 245-246, 334, 387-388, evaluation of own, 429-430, ideas of criticism of, 247-248, poetic creed, 181, 182, theories of, 179, 244, 245, 247, 333-335, 482, universal themes in, 122; Politics of, 323-324, 639n52; posthumous attack and defence of, 644-695; Prize awards, Saturday Visiter, 201-204, Southern Literary Messenger, 197; PROSE ROMANCES OF EDGAR A. POE, THE, 397-399; Public affairs, knowledge , of, 248-249, 436, 499, 605; RAVEN AND OTHER POEMS, THE, 481-485; Richmond, Mrs. “Annie,” romance with, 586-600, 603-605, 613-614; Science, attitude toward, 162, 419-420, 438, 469, 533, 542-557, 559-560; Shelton, Mrs. Elmira Royster, first romance with, 90-93, 116, second romance with, 628-629, 632-633, 634-636; Shew, Mrs. M. L., friendship with, 609-611; Short story, definition of, 334-335, grotesque and arabesque, 194, plot; definition of, 438, theory of, 394; Southerner, in the North, 615-616; Stanard, Mrs. Jane Stith Craig, influence of on, 85, 86, 87; Straitened circumstances of, 305, 386-387, 524-527, 566, 682-683; TALES (6f 1845), 465-468; TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS, BY A BOSTONIAN, 119-128; Versification, knowledge of, 125-126, 127, 236-237, 261-262, 272; Whitman, Mrs. Sarah Helen, affair with, 572-587; Willis, Nathaniel P. and, see Willis — Letters (and extracts) from Poe, to, Allan, John, 102, 105-106, 109-111, 114-115, 133-134, 144-145, 145-146, 146-148, 149-150, 151, 152, 166-167, 172-173, 174-175, 188-191, 195; Anthon, Charles, 423-426; Blackwell, Anna, 574; Bristed, C. A., 566; Brooks, N. C., 273; Buckingham, J. T., 199-201 (facsimile); Burton, William E., 297-300; Bush, George, 420; Carey, Lea and Carey, 148-149; Causten, J. H., 256-257; Chivers, T. H., 367-369, 430, 490-491, 512-513, 568; Clarke, T. C., 377; Clemm, Mrs. Maria, 219-224 (facsimile), 406-407, 618, 619, 620-621, 625-626, 632-633; Conrad, Robert T., 531-532; Cooke, P. P., 514-515; Crocker, Rev. Dr., 585; Dow, J. E., 379-380; Duane, William, 408-409; Duyckinck, Evert, 481, 492-493, 493-494, 496, 516; Eveleth, G. W., 275-277, 347-348, 443, 466, 521-524, 529, 535-539, 557-559; Field, J. N., 502-503; Greeley, Horace, 529-530; Griswold, Rufus W., 386, 445, 446448 (facsimile and forged Griswold version), 449-450 (and forged Griswold version), 612; Haines, H., 273-274; Hale, Mrs. Sarah J., 257-258, 417-418, 496497; Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 490491; Herron, James, 360-361; Hirst, H. B., 503-504; Ingrain, Susan V. C., 534; Isbell, George E., 559-560; Kennedy, John P., 207, 225-226, 239, 241, 254-255, 309, 318-320, 490; Lea, Isaac, 138-143 (facsimile); Lea and Blanchard, 336; Lewis, Mrs. Sarah A., 633; . Lippard, George, 403; Locke, Mrs. Jane E., 564-565; Longfellow, H. W., 316-317; Lowell, J. R., 364, 365, 365-366, 382-384, 384, 386-387, 387-388, 389-390, 416-417, 427-430, 432; Mathews, Cornelius, 402; Neal, John, 153-154; Poe, Neilson, 474-475; Poe, Virginia, 224, 510; Poe, William, Jr., 259; Richmond, Mrs. “Annie,” 589-592, 593-594, 594-595, 597-599, 603-604, 613-614; Shew, Mrs. M. L., 527, 609-611; Sigourney, Mrs. L. H., 238-239; Snodgrass, J. E., 291-292, 301, 301-303, 308, 309, 320-321, 352, 355-357; Taylor, Bayard, 567-568; Thomas, F. W., 274, 322, 322-323, 340-341, 346, 348, 352-354, 361-362, 362-363, 371-372, 379-380, 431, 435, 459-460, 601-603; Tucker, Nathaniel Beverley, 235-237; White, T. W., 209-210, 210-212; Whitman, Mrs. Sarah H., 575, 576-578, 579, 580-581, 582 Letters (and extracts) to Poe, from, Allan, John, 137; Anthon, Charles, 427; Browning, Mrs. Elizabeth .B., 485; Burton, William E., 278, 279282 (and forged Griswold version); Cooke, P. P., 293; Crump, Edward G., 115-116; Griswold, Rufus W., 444 (and forged Griswold version); Harper and Brothers, 250-251; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 511; Kennedy, John P., 227, 240-241; Lea and Blanchard, 287-289; Longfellow, H. W., 317; White, T. W., 228-229 — Letters concerning Poe, see individual writers

Poe, Mrs. Edgar Allan (Virginia Eliza Clemm): birth of, 17, 219, 726; death of, 527-528; description of home life of, by Mrs. Osgood, 479-480; grave of, 642; illness of, 493, 524-527; impressions of, by Mrs. Gove, 508, by Mrs. Osgood, 478, by Mrs. Shelton, 634, by Mrs. Whitman, 476; inspiration for “Annabel Lee,” 606-607; love of, for Poe, 497; marriage, of, 252-254, supposed “secret” of, 228; precarious health of, 474-475; Poe's love for, 219-224, 346-348; Poe's tribute to, in sonnet, 605-606; “Ulalume” and, 533; 93, 150, 186, 198, 218, 230, 244, 255, 263, 267, 273, 275, 306, 329, 341, 343, 354, 360, 361, 372, 378, 379, 385, 404, 406, 407, 408, 414, 431, 435, 442, 460, 495, 498, 506, 507, 509, 510, 527, 531, 532, 578, 592, 618, 619, 635n40, 652, 653, 672, 689, 694 — Letters to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Poe, Elizabeth (Mrs. Henry. Herring): baptism of, 725; birth and marriage of, 17; 197, 640 — Letter from, to Mrs. John Allan, 61-62

Poe, family records: 725

Poe, family tree: 16-17

Poe, George, Jr.: biography of, 33; 150, 230n17, 252, 491

Poe, George, Sr.: birth and death of, 16; 33

Poe, George Washington: birth of, 16, 725

Poe, H. T., Jr.: 230n16

Poe, Harriet (Mrs. William Clemm, Jr.): 33, 150

Poe, Jacob: birth and marriage of, 725

Poe, James Mosher: baptism of, 725; 145-146

Poe, Jane McBride: 113

Poe, John (Poe's great grandfather): 13, 16

Poe, John Hancock: birth, 16, 725

Poe, Neilson: aids Poe, 640; birth of, 725; 165, 219, 291, 292, 509n30, 642, 643, 656, 656n29, 658 — Letter from, to Mrs. Clemm, 642-643 — Letter to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Poe, Mrs. Neilson (Josephine Emily Clemm): birth of, 726; 219

Poe, Rosalie: benefits by Joseph Gallego's will, 58; birth of, 16, 40; Christening of, 57-58; death of, 58; taken by Mrs. William MacKenzie, 46; 66, 89, 93, 226, 622, 625, 656, 656n29-657n29, 657, 658

Poe, Samuel: baptism of, 725; birth of, 17

Poe, William Henry (Leonard): birth of, 16, 26; burial of, 725; death of, 187-188; taken by David Poe, Sr., 51; 89, 90, 93, 149, 150, 186, 189, 321

Poe, William, Jr.: 17n1, 218n1, 230n16, 252, 693n88 — Letter to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Poe, William, Sr.: birth and death of, 17, 725

Poe Society of Baltimore: 205

POEMS BY EDGAR A. POE, SECOND EDITION: See POEMS OF 1831

POEMS OF 1831: contents of, 177-185; dedication of, 175; prefaced by definition of poetry, 175-176; publication of, 175; reception of, 175; title page of, 176 (facsimile); 191, 374

“Poe's Mary”: 196-197, 196n26, 527

“Poetic Principle, The”: analysis of, 607-609; Poe lectures on, 624, 629, 635; Poe's theory of true function of poetry (quoted) in, 607-609; price paid Poe for, 607n66; publication of, 607; 532, 581, 634, 658, 668

Poetry: Poe's, definition of, 175-176, 254-256, 334, 387-388, evaluation of own, 429-430, ideal and criticisms of, 247-248, poetic creed, 181, 182, theories of, 179244, 245, 247, 333-335, 482, universal themes in, 122

“Poetry of Rufus Dawes, The”: review by Poe, 399

Poets and Poetry of America: 351, 448, 457-458, 662, 669, 692

Poitiaux, C. W.: 68, 627

“Politian”: Poe's only poetic drama, analysis of, 231-234; publication of, 231, 232; sources of, 231; republished, 481n81, 522

Pope, Alexander: 236, 261

Popular Record of Modern Science (London): reprints “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,” 560

Portfolio, The: 243

Portland Advertiser, The: defence of Poe in, 667-668

Power, Mrs. Anna Marsh: 581, 582, 584, 585, 586, 595

Power, Susan Anna: 581

“Power of Words, The”: analysis of, 469; publication of, 468; reprinted, 494n107

“Predicament, A” (“The Scythe of Time”): analysis of, 272; new title assumed, 464; publication of, 272; reprinted, 464n39; 337, 340, 750

“Preface”: See “Memoir of the Author”

“Preface” (poem): See “Romance”

“Premature Burial, The”: analysis of, 418-419; publication of, 418; sources of, 418n16; reprinted, 456n21; 417

Prescott, W. H.: 242, 243, 666

Presse, La: 517

Preston, James P.: 137

Preston, John T. L.: 84-85, 107

Providence (R. I.): Poe in, 579, 581, 583-586, 590; 580, 587, 589, 592, 593, 594

PROSE ROMANCES OF EDGAR A. POE, THE: contents of, 397-399; original price of, 399; present value of, 399; publication of, 397; revisions in, 399; 267, 748

Prose Writers of America: 443

“Psyche Zenobia, The”: See “How To Write a Blackwood Article”

Public Ledger, The: See Philadelphia Public Ledger, The

“Purloined Letter, The”: analysis of, 421-422; characteristics of Poe revealed in, 421-422; French criticism of, 519; Poe's opinion of, 430; publication of, abroad, 422n21, in America, 285, 421; republished, 466; 417

Putnam, George Palmer: publisher of EUREKA, 539; 611. See also Wiley and Putnam

“Quacks of Helicon, The”: Poe's review of, 326

Quinn, F. McD.: 755

Quotidienne, La: free version of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” published in, 517

“Raising the Wind”: See “Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences”

Randolph, David Meade: 92

Randolph, Edmund: 94

“Rationale of Verse, The”: analysis of, 561-562; publication of, 561; 366, 443, 510, 523, 524, 535, 558, 568, 607, 660

“Raven, The”: analysis of, 440-441, 442; completed in Brennan home, 415; genesis of, 441; Poe's opinion of, 522; publication of, 438-439; reception of, 439; reprinted in England, 502-503; revisions of, 439-440, 452; sources of, 439-440, 442-443; 182, 346, 432, 448, 454, 457, 459, 476, 478, 481, 481n81, 484, 485, 508, 511, 574, 594, 614, 624, 630, 635n41, 645

RAVEN AND OTHER POEMS, THE: contents of, 481, 481n81; dedication of, 485; Lorimer Graham Copy of, 482, 485n90; preface of, 481-482; publication of, 481; reception of, in America, 482-484, in England, 484-485; revisions of, 482; 404, 488, 502, 657

Ravenel, Dr. Edmund: 130, 277

Redfield, J. S.: 461, 658, 658n33

Reid, Captain Mayne: impression of Poe, 349; impression of Virginia, 346-347; 385n62, 694

Reveillee, The: appreciation of Poe in England, 513

“Revelation Magnetique”: French translation of “Mesmeric Revelation,” 519

Revue Brittannique: Poe's recognition in France begins in, with translation of “The Gold Bug,” 516; published translation of “Descent into the Maelstrom, A,” 516-517, 516n38

Revue de Paris: 683

Reynolds, E. R.: 506

Reynolds, Jeremiah N.: 343, 640, 640n55

Richmond: effect of, on Poe, 627-628; notices of Poe's death in, 644-645; place of Mrs. Poe's death in, 732-741; Poe in, 116, 118n1, 133, 166-168, 218-226, 229-261, 568, 569-570, 572, 574, 619-629, 632-637; Poe's father in, 21; Poe's final arrival in, 615; Poe's final departure from, 635; Poe's mother in, 20, 21, 22, 40, 44; reception of Poe in, 625, 627; 114, 115, 116, 118, 135, 136; 189; 195, 208, 303, 527, 557, 568, 571, 572, 613, 618, 639, 648

Richmond, Charles: 593, 595, 597, 598, 599, 614, 626, 648

Richmond, Mrs. Charles (Nancy Locke Heywood) (Annie): description of, by Poe, 588; home of, 588; nature of Poe's feelings for, 589, 592; Poe's last meeting with, 613; Poe turns to for sympathy, 587; romance with Poe, 586-600, 603-605, 613-614; sends sympathy to Mrs. Clemm, 647-648; 300n57, 566, 579, 586, 587, 606, 625, 626, 694 — Letters (and extracts) from Mrs. Richmond, to Ingram, 600; to Mrs. Clemm, 648 — Letter (extract) to, from Mrs. Clemm, 619 — Letters (and extracts) to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Richmond Dispatch, The: 636, 637n44

Richmond Enquirer, The: announcement of Poe's marriage to Virginia, 252n48; Griswold's obituary account of Poe reprinted in, 647; 624n21

Richmond Republican: defence of Poe in, 651-652

Richmond Whig, The: notice of Poe's death in, 644; 624, 629

Rindfleisch, J. H.: 370n44

Rivanna River: 98

Robertson, Dr. John W.: 337n42

Robertson, William: 103

Rollins, Charles: 103

“Romance” (“Preface”): analysis and publication of, 156, 163; reprinted, 374n50, 464, 464n39, 481n81; 485

Rosenbach, Dr. Abram S. W.: 296n54, 348n4, 536-537, 539n6

Rover, The: 454

Rowe, Nicholas: 125

Royster, Elmira: See Shelton, Mrs. Elmira R.

Russell's Magazine: defence of Poe in, 686-687

St. John's College: Poe finds intellectual and spiritual companionship at, 520; 507

St. Louis Bulletin, The: notice of Poe's works in, 290

Sale, George: 180

Sands, Robert: 242, 351

Sartain, John: account of Poe's adventures in Philadelphia, 616-618; impression of Poe, 274-275; Poe indebted to, 621; 273n15, 274, 275, 285, 330, 342n46, 563-564, 564n45, 604, 607n66, 621n11

Sartain's Union Magazine: 563, 616

Saturday Courier, The: See Philadelphia Saturday Courier, The

Saturday Evening Post, The: See Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post, The

Saturday Museum, The: See Philadelphia Saturday Museum, The

Saturday Visiter, The: See Baltimore Saturday Visiter

Savage, John" influenced in review by Griswold's account, 678

“Scarabee d’Or, Le,” French translation of “The Gold Bug”: 516

“Scenes from an Unpublished Drama”: See “Politian”

Schiller, J. C. Friedrich von: 678

Schlegel, A. W.: 242, 244, 246, 247, 249-250, 510

Schlegel, Friedrich: 243, 247, 510

“Science”: See “Sonnet — To Science”

Science: Poe's, anticipation of modern physics, 547, attitude toward, 162, conception, of “Island Universe,” 552, of solar system, 551-555, description of dogmatism of, 559-560, interest in, 469, knowledge of, astronomical, 438, 533, 542-557, of mesmerism, 419-420, 469

Scotland: Poe in, 66-67; recognition of Poe's work in, 516

Scott, Mary Wingfield: research on Richmond houses, 81n3, 90n23, 622n15

Scott, Sir Walter: 289, 312n12

Scott, General Winfield: 170

“The Scythe of Time”: See “Predicament, A”

Sedgwick, Catherine: 254, 476, 501

“Serenade”: analysis of, 199; publication of, 199

Seylaz, Louis: correct facts of French suit, 516n38-517n38

“Shadow, A Parable” (“A Fable”): analysis of, 215-216; publication of, 230; reprinted, 456n21; source of, 216; 337, 466, 746, 748

Shelley, Percy Bysshe: Poe's opinion of, 429; 452, 453, 522-523

Shelton, Mrs. Elmira Royster: concerning Poe's last days in Richmond, 636n44-637n44; description of Poe's visits, 628-629, 636, 636n44; fast romance with Poe, 90-93, 116; nature of feelings for Poe, 629, 632; second romance with Poe, 628-629, 632-633, 634-636; 198, 571, 625, 626, 629n28, 633, 694 — Letters and extracts from, to Mrs. Clemm, 632-635, 636, 648

Shew, Mrs. Marie Louise (later Houghton): account of effect of Virginia's death and poverty upon Poe, 528; impression of Poe, 564; nurses Virginia, 525; Poe's feelings toward, 609-611; Poe's verses to, 530-531, 562-563; suggests “The Bells” to Poe, 563; things given her by Virginia, 527; 510n31, 527, 573, 609, 611, 611n67, 611n68, 694 — Letter (extract) from, to J. H. Ingram, 563 — For Letters to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Short and Company (London): publish “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” as “Mesmerism in Articulo Mortis,” 516

Short Story: Poe illustrates two classes of stories, 194; Poe's definition of, 334-335; Poe's definition of plot in, 314, 438; his theory of, as exemplified in “The Tell-Tale Heart,” 394

“Signora Zenobia”: See “How to Write a Blackwood Article”

Sigourney, Mrs. Lydia: 254, 351, 594 — Letter to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

“Silence” (Sonnet): See “Sonnet — Silence”

“Silence, A Fable” (“Siope”): analysis of, 215; assumes new title, 464; publication of, 285; reprinted, 464n39; source of, 215; 202, 226, 266, 337, 340, 746

Simms, William Gilmore: friendly advice to Poe, 514; Poe's reviews of, 244, 473; 257, 400, 468, 501

“Siope”: See “Silence”

Slavery: Poe's attitude toward, 248-249

“Sleeper, The” (“Irene”): analysis of, 184-185; Poe's opinion of, 429-430, 522; published, 175, 184; replacement of two verses in, 457; republished, 481n81; 234, 330, 351, 374n50, 456n21, 484

Smith, Mrs. E. Oakes: description of Poe in the literary society of New York, 476

Smith, Horace W.: 193, 344

Smith, J. Somers: 397n78

Smith, Richard Penn: 344

Smyth, Albert H.: 310n8

Smyth, Ellison A., Jr.: 130n16

Snodgrass, Dr. Joseph Evans: 259, 269, 290, 291, 292, 301, 304n60, 308, 309, 313n14; 320, 321, 352, 355, 357, 638n49, 639, 640, 642, 643, 675 — Letter to, from J. W. Walker, 638 — Letters to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Snowden's Ladies’ Companion: 357, 413

“Some Words with a Mummy”: analysis of, 468-469; publication of, 468-469; republished, 494; 94, 684

“Song” (“I saw thee on thy bridal day”): as “To — ,” 127; 464n39, 481n81

“Song of the Newly-Wedded”: See “Bridal Ballad”

“Sonnet — Silence”: analysis of, 294-295; publication of, 294; reprinted, 294, 374n50, 464n39, 481n81; 532

“Sonnet — To Science”: analysis of (quoted), 161-162; publication of, 156, 161; reprinted, 314, 374n50, 481n81

Southern Literary Messenger, The: attack on Poe in, 666; Poe editor of, 218-262; Poe's own statement of duties as editor of, 239; Poe's reasons for leaving, 306; Poe's “Valedictory,” 260; publication of stories in, 208; reprints Gilfillan's savage attack on Poe, 681; 208, 209, 217, 263, 278, 295, 303, 308, 328, 371, 372, 373, 394n75, 407, 408, 409, 410n3, 422, 424, 427, 433n32, 436, 456, 463, 481, 486, 500, 561, 593, 600, 602, 604, 613, 615n1, 624n22, 625, 640n55, 655, 667, 671, 674, 675, 745

Spanish influence on Poe: 142-143

Spanish Student: 430, 454, 472

Sparhawk, Edward V.: 208

“Spectacles, The”: analysis of, 400; publication of, 400; republication of, 494; 416, 496

“Spectator, The”: 502

“Sphinx, The”: analysis and publication of, 499

Spirit of the Times (Philadelphia): Poe's attack on English in, 504-505; 530

“Spirits of the Dead” (“Visit of the Dead”): analysis of, 127; publication of, 119; revision and new title, 163; 283, 482

Spotswood, George W.: letter to John Allan, 111-112

Sprague, Charles: criticism of by Poe, 458

Stanard, Mrs. Jane Stith Craig: inspiration for Poe's “To Helen” (1831), 85-87, 177-179; portrait of, 86; 573

Stanard, Mrs. Mary Newton: 51, 51n1-52n1, 88n18, 118n1, 167, 657n29

Stanard, Robert: 85, 87, 627

“Stanzas” (“In youth have I known one with whom the Earth”): analysis of, 127; publication of, 119

Starr, Mary (Mary Devereaux): 196-197, 196n27,

Stedman, Mrs. E. Clementine: 324

Stedman, Edmund Clarence: 564n46

Steele, Silas S.: dramatization of “The Gold Bug,” 392

“Stella”: See Lewis, Mrs. Sarah Anna Stephens, Mrs. Anne S., 330, 389

Stephens, J. T.: Poe's criticism of, 263

Stevenson, Robert Louis: 440

Stoddard, Richard H.: 478, 579n23, 681

Stylus, The: abandonment of, 384; continued hopes for, 515, 524, 539, 624; prospectus for, 375-376, 559, 559n36; 364, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 383, 529, 541, 629

“Succession of Sundays, A”: See “Three Sundays in a Week”

Sullivan's Island: 130, 131, 132, 393

Sully, Matthew: 13, 85

Sully, Robert: 85, 627

Sully, Thomas: 85, 274

Sun, Baltimore, The: See Baltimore Sun

Sunday World Herald: 456, 458n25

Sunday Times and Messenger, The: 486

Swan Tavern (Richmond): Poe at, 622, 637

“System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, The”: analysis of, 469-470; publication of, 469; 417, 496

Tait's Magazine: 679

“Tale of Jerusalem, A” (“A Pig Tale”): analysis of, 193; concerning title, 337; publication of, 192; sources of, 193; reprinted, 464n39; 746

“Tale of the Ragged Mountains, A”: analysis of, 400-401; influence of Charlottesville upon Poe reflected in, 113-114; publication of, 400; reprinted, 494n107; 416

TALES (of 1845): contents of, 464-466; French, criticism of, 517-519, translation of, 519; Lorimer Graham copy of, 393, 466n42, 485n90; Poe's criticism of, 466; publication of, 464; reception of, in America, 467, in England, 467-468; revision of stories for, 466-467; royalty received for, 466; sale of, 480; title page of, 465 (facsimile); 310, 311n11, 393, 405, 419n18, 467, 468, 484, 485n90, 502, 515, 516, 657, 747

Tales of the Folio Club: 201, 202, 203, 204, 212, 226, 266, 313, 745-746

TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE: contents of, 289; proposed second edition (Phantasy Pieces) , 336-340; publication of, 288-289; reception of, 290; revision of stories for, 289-290; title page, 288 (facsimile); 76n39, 107, 129, 192, 193, 203, 213, 216n58, 286, 287, 336, 417, 457, 466, 747, 748, 749

Talley, Susan Archer: See Weiss, Mrs. Susan A. T.

Tamburlaine (Marlowe's): 125

Tamerlane: analysis of, 122-127, 441; publication of, 119; reprinted, 481n81; revisions of, 122, 124; sources of, 124, 125; 98, 153, 154, 185, 199, 243, 374n50, 481, 606

TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS: contents of, 119-128; publication of, 119; reception of, 128-129; title page and front cover of, 120-121 (facsimiles); universal themes in, 128; 156

Tamerlane (Rowe's): 125

Taylor, Bayard: Poe's defence of “Rhymes of Travel,” 600-601; 567, 573 — Letter to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

“Teeth, The”: See “Berenice’

“Tell-Tale Heart, The”: analysis of, 394; Poe's opinion of, 430; Poe's theory of short story exemplified in, 394; publication of, 364, 394; reprinted, 464n39; source of, 394; 395, 404, 467

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord: Poe's opinion of, 429; 295, 389, 417, 452, 482

Thayer, Colonel Sylvanus: 170

Thomas, Calvin F. S.: publisher of TAMERLANE AND OTHER POEMS, 119-122

Thomas, E. J.: letter from, to Mrs. Frances Osgood, 505

Thomas, Frederick W.: background of, 321; suggests Poe apply for government position, 321-322; sympathetic note on Poe's letter, 381; 274, 323, 341, 346, 348, 352, 360, 362, 371, 377, 378, 380n57, 382, 416, 431, 435, 459, 476, 495, 601 Letters (and extracts) to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Thompson, John Reuben: acts as Rosalie Poe's attorney, 656; impression of Poe, 570; Poe's last visit to, 636; posthumous criticism of Poe, 655; unreliable as a witness, 570; 600, 613, 618, 625, 636n44, 655n25, 656, 656n29, 657; 658 — Letters (and extracts) to, from R. W. Griswold, 656, 660 — Letters (and extracts) from Thompson, to, P. P. Cooke, 568; R. W. Griswold, 656, 657; E. H. N. Patterson, 569-570

Thompson, Ralph: 204

“Thou Art the Man”: analysis of, 422; publication of, 422; 417, 418, 430

“Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade, The”: analysis and publication of, 468; reprinted, 494n107; 496

“Three Sundays in a Week” (“A Succession of Sundays”): analysis and publication of, 330; reprinted, 456n21; 337

“To —” (“I heed not that my earthly lot”; “To M ——”): publication of, 156; 163

“To —” (“I saw thee on thy bridal day”): publication of, 127. See also “Song”

“To —” (“Not long ago the writer of these lines”; to Mrs. Shew): publication of, 562-563

“To —” (“Should my early life seem”): See “Dream Within a Dream, A”

“To —” (“The bowers whereat in dreams I see”): publication of, 156, 163; republished, 481n81

“To a Fair Maiden”: See “To F—s S. O—d”

“To F—” (to Mrs Osgood): publication of, 479, as “To Mary,” 217, as “To One Departed,” 331; reprinted, 374n50, 456n21, 481n81

“To F—s S. O—d”: publication of, as “Lines Written in an Album,” 230, as “To a Fair Maiden,” 283, as “To F—” 464n39, as “To F—— s S. O—d,” 479; reprinted 481n

“To Helen” (1831): analysis of, 177-179; Lowell's criticism, of, 433; publication of, 175; reprinted, 374, 374n50, 481n81; revisions of, 325, 374; sources of, 177, 178, 179; 86, 87, 103, 326, 439, 482, 573, 666, 690

To Helen” (1848): analysis and publication of, 573-574; 567, 574

“To lanthe in Heaven”: See “To One in Paradise”

“To M—”: See “To —” (“I heed not that my earthly lot”)

“To M. L. S.”: analysis and publication of, 530-531

“To Mary”: See “To F —”

“To My Mother”: analysis of (quoted), 605-606; publication of, 605; 604

“To One Departed”: See “To F —”

“To One in Paradise” (“To lanthe in Heaven”): publication of, 214; reprinted, 374n50, 456n21, 481n81; revisions of, 482n82; 104, 217, 283, 484

“To the River”: publication of, 156; reprinted, 283, 374n50, 464n39, 481n81; 163

Token, The: 204, 204n37

Tomlin, John: — letter to, from Lambert Wilmer, 401-402

Tortesa the Usurer: Poe's reviews of, 283-284, 472

Transcript, The: See Boston Transcript, The

Tribune, The: See New York Tribune, The

Tubbs, Charles: arrival in America, 3; marriage to Mrs. Arnold, 4; theatrical career of, 4, 8, 9, 10

Tubbs, Mrs. Charles: See Arnold, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith

Tucker, George: 102

Tucker, Nathaniel Beverley: 218n2 — Letters (and extracts) from, to T. W. White, 234-235, 237-238 — Letter to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Tuckerman, Henry T. (Editor, Boston Miscellany): 364, 365, 459, 467

Tupper, Martin F.: 467, 502

Turtle Bay: 506

Twice Told Tales: Poe's review of, 334-336; publication of review, 529n56

Tycho Brahe: 142, 154, 489

Tyler, President John: 322, 323, 324, 362, 363, 368, 377, 378, 380, 381

Tyler, Robert: 353, 360, 362, 363, 372, 377, 379, 380, 431

“Ulalume”: analysis of, 532-533; form of, 533, publication of, 509, 532, 630n32; revision of, 532; 127, 182, 346, 528, 535, 630, 631n33, 631n34, 689

Union Magazine, The (New York): 567, 573

United States Army: See Army, United States

United States Magazine and Democratic, Review, The: See DemocraticReview, The

United States Military Academy: See West Point

“Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall, The”: See “Hans Pfaall”

Upshur, Judge: 372, 377

Usher, Luke: looks after Elizabeth Arnold, 11; 28

Usher, Mrs. Luke: looks after Elizabeth Arnold, 11; 28

“Valentine, A”: dedication of, to Mrs. Osgood, 479; publication of, 479; revision of, 479n75

Valentine, Ann Moore: home of, 53; 67, 68, 92-93, 117, 627, 627n26

Valentine, Edward V.: 91, 624n20, 629, 629n28; 635n41, 635n42, 732 — Letter to, from Mrs. Elmira R. Shelton, 628-629

Valentine, Granville: 273

Valentine, John: owner of Poe's house at Fordham, 507, ‘528

Valentine, William Winston: impression of Poe, 635; 627n26

Valentine Collection: See Valentine Letters

Valentine Historical Museum: 51, 54, 68, 732

Valentine Letters: 51, 51n1-52n1, 63, 67, 68, 70, 71, 78, 79, 81, 88-89, 90-91, 94, 99n2, 102, 105, 107-108, 110-111, 114-115, 116, 118, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 166, 167, 168, 172, 173, 189, 190, 191, 195

“Valley Nis, The”: See “Valley of Unrest, The”

“Valley of Unrest, The” (“The Valley Nis”): analysis of, 184; Poe's opinion of, 522; publication of, 175, 184, 185; republished, 464n39, 481n81; revisions in, 184-185; 215, 374n50

Van Buren, President Martin: 326

Versification: Poe's knowledge of, 125-126, 127, 236-237, 261-262, 272

Virginia, University of: gambling and other dissipation at, 105-107; influence of, on Poe, 113-114; John Allan refuses Poe permission to return to, 109; Poe at, 97-117; Poe's debts at, 109-113; Poe's reading at, 103-104; Poe's studies at, 99-101; 134, 172, 373, 510n31, 521n43, 642, 684

“Visionary, The”: See “Assignation, The”

“Visit of the Dead”: See “Spirits of the Dead”

Voltaire (Francois Arouet): 103-104, 194, 310, 510

“Von Jung”: See “Mystification”

“Von Kempelen and His Discovery”: analysis of, 596; publication of, 596

Waif, The: “Longfellow War” concerning, 452-454; Poe's praise of, 608; 455

Walker, Joseph W.: 639 — Letter from, to Snodgrass, 638

Walsh, Robert M.: Poe's review of, 327; 138, 145, 242, 268

Walter, Comelia M.: attacks Poe in The Boston Transcript, 488-489; Poe's retaliation, 486-487

War Department (United States): 135, 167, 174, 327n31, 742-744

Washington, D. C.: Poe in, 146-147; 377-378; Poe's father in, 22; Poe's mother in, 11, 22; 322, 324, 360, 371, 381

Washington College Hospital: Poe dies in, 640; 640n54

Watson, Henry C.: 452, 463

Weekly Mirror, The: See New York Mirror, The

Weekly Tribune: Griswold's obituary account of Poe reprinted in, 647

Weekly Universe, The: reviews lecture Eureka, 541; 557, 558

Weiss, Mrs. Susan A. T. (Miss Talley): impressions of Poe, 622-623, 627-628; account of Poe's last days, 635-636; 58, 255, 440n44, 622n16, 623n17, 624, 636n-637n44, 651, 651n20, 689, 694, 730-731, 732

Wemyss, Francis C.: impression of Burton, 301

Wertenbaker, William: 99, 109

West Point: effect of on Poe, 170, 174; pay at, 173; Poe at, 169-174; Poe's court-martial at, and dismissal from, 173-174; Poe's expenses at, 170, 173; Poe's quarters at, 170; standing of Poe at, 170-171; 109, 134, 135, 166; 168, 175, 258, 373, 671, 685

Western Quarterly Review: 625

Westford: 591, 592, 595

Westminster Review: attack on Poe, 678-679; 679n65

Weygandt, Cornelius: 397n78

Whig, The: See Richmond Whig, The

Whig Club: 14

White, Eliza: 230, 626

White, J. B.: 215

White, Thomas W.: 208, 209, 212n50, 223, 225, 230-231, 236, 238, 250, 251, 254, 257, 258, 262, 371, 417, 671, 674 — Letters (and extracts) from White to, L. Minor, 218; Wm. Scott, 258-259, 260, 262; Tucker, 257, 259 — Letter to, from B. Tucker; 234-235 — Letters to, and from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

White, Viola C.: 258

Whitman, Mrs. Sarah Helen: background of, 572; defence of Poe, 572; description by Poe of first meeting with, 575-576; description of Virginia, 476; Edgar Poe and his Critics, analyzes works of Poe in, 690-691, defence of Poe in, 687-691, preface of, quoted, 688, reprinted, 691; engagement of to Poe, 572; first meeting with Poe, 575, 575n9; fragility of, 576-577; Griswold's slanders of Poe and, 672-673; marriage banns of, 583n33; mother's opposition to marriage of, 584, 585; plans for marriage to Poe, 581-586; Poe sends “To Helen” to, 573; Poe's feelings for, 589, 592; receives attack on Poe by Griswold, 651; release of Poe's claims to property of, 581-582; tribute to Poe's devotion for Virginia, 689; verses to Poe, 573; 86, 177, 271, 476, 497-498, 499, 507, 532, 533, 571n61, 573n3, 573n5, 575, 578, 581, 586, 593, 594-595, 680, 686n80, 694 — Letters (and extracts) from Mrs. Whitman to, Mrs. Clemm, 687-688, 649; Griswold, 649-651; Mrs. Mary Hewitt, 583-585, 587 — Letters to, from Poe, see Poe, Edgar Allan, Letters

Whittier, John Greenleaf: 129, 249, 268, 305, 351, 615

Whitty, J. H.: 67n11, 68, 195, 196, 570, 732

“Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling”: publication of, 289; reprinted, 464n39, in England, 291n43; 337

Wiley and Putnam: publishers of, THE RAVEN AND OTHER POEMS, 481n81, 483 (facsimile), the TALES (of 1845), 464, 465 (facsimile); 466, 485n90, 496, 515, 522, 566, 657, 673

Wilks Street: Baltimore (Residence of Mrs. Clemm), Poe at, 186, 188, 188n6, 194

William and Mary College: 97

“William Wilson”: analysis of, 286-287; change in birth date of, 464; description of Poe's school in, 71-76, 77; picture of gambling and dissipation at the University of Virginia in, 106-107; Poe's opinion of, 430; publication of, 285; reprinted, 289, 464n39; source of, 286; 81, 290n41, 292, 336, 337, 404, 466, 532, 673, 674, 747-748

Willis, Nathaniel P.: defences of Poe, 434-435, 525-526, 652-653, 666-667; editor of The New York Mirror, 434; Poe's criticism of, 389; Poe's reviews of, 413, 452, Tortesa the Usurer, 283-284, 472; preface to “The Raven,” 438; relations to Poe, 457; 154-155, 175, 290, 305, 319, 417, 435n33, 436, 439, 453, 458, 476, 478, 501, 502, 516, 523, 535, 557, 589, 600, 614, 615, 659, 660, 661, 662, 666n43, 672, 679, 689, 694

Wilmer, Lambert: defence of Poe, 654-655; impression of Poe, 197-198; Poe's review of “Quacks of Helicon,” 326; 195, 197, 655n24 — Letter from, to John Tomlin, 401-402

Wilson, James Southall: 193, 215n55, 237n24, 257n54, 259, 300n57, 325n26, 370n45, 521n43, 559n35, 589n44

Wilson, John (Editor, Blackwood's Magazine): Lowell compares to Poe, 433; Poe's defence of Lowell against, 462

Wings Over Europe: 548

Wirt, William: 138, 145, 187-188

Wise, H. A.: 504

Wissahickon, The: description of by Poe in “The Elk,” 395-397; 348, 531

Woodberry, George E.: 180n29, 189n9, 198n29, 215n55, 228n12, 249, 273, 277, 279n25, 282, 283, 292n47, 296n54, 312-313, 313n13, 341n44, 363n31, 364n34, 369n42, 411n5, 426n22, 427n24, 431n29, 464n39, 565n50, 611n67, 626n25, 636n44-637n44, 648n16, 656n29 — Letter to, from J. R. Lowell, 461

Wordsworth, William: 175, 554

WORKS OF THE LATE EDGAR ALLAN POE (Griswold's Edition): contents of, 660, 668; publication of, Vol. I and Vol. II, 660, Vol. III, 668, Vol. IV, 685; reviews of, 660, 668 ff., in England, 678-679, 685-687

Worth, W. J.: 136

Wrenn Library: 670

Wyatt, Thomas: Poe rewrites textbook of, 130; 275, 277, 372

Wylie, John C.: 370n45

“X-ing a Paragrab”: publication of, 596

Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette: 152-154

Yarrington, Mrs. James: 230, 252-254

“Zante” (“Sonnet to Zante”): analysis of, 260; publication of, 260; republished, 464n39, 481n81; 374n50, 441

Zieber, George B.: 446