Text: Robert A. Stewart (ed. J. A. Harrison), “Notes to The Man of the Crowd,” The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Vol. IV: Tales - part 03 (1902), 4:287-288

[page 287, continued:]

The text follows 1845.

Griswold varies in a few cases of spelling or punctuation. The tale was slightly revised from the earlier form. The note p. 145 does not occur in the Gentleman's Magazine.

Variations of the Gentleman's Magazine from the text.

Motto. être (o. a.) Bruyère (o. a.) page 134 l. 1 es (er) l. 1 lässt (o. a.) l. 23 [[Greek text]] etc. (o. a.) [Greek Text] (Greek Text) [Greek Text] (Greek Text) l. 25 yet (, yet) l. 26 Leibnitz (Combe) page 135 l. 13 , by (o. c.) l. 14 lighted, (litten) l. 19 , at length, (o. c.) l. 31 quickly; (,) page 136 l. 4 these (o. c.) l. 19 one; (,) l. 23 carriage, (o. c.) l. 24 deskism (n. i.) l. 28 gentry; — (—) page 137 l. 7 ; — if (—) l. 27 them; — (—) l. 30 , in (—) l. 30 sharpers, (—) page 138 l. 13 mob, (o. c.) l. 18 , even, (o. c.) page 139 par. III. and IV. not new pars, in G. M. l. 27 window, (o. c.) l. 33 scrutinizing (scrutinising) page 140 l. 1 sixty-five (o. h.) l. 1 — a (o. d.) l. 12 , the (o. c.) l. 15 — of (,) l. 32 and (o.) l. 34 roquelaire (n. i.) page 141 I. 1-2 both ... and (either ..., or) l. 6 soon ending (threatening to end) l. 15, I (o. c.) [page 288:] l. 25 way (street) l. 26 , that, (o. c.) l. 27 , I (o. c.) page 142 l. 1 lighted (litten) l. 4 brows, (o. c.) l. 8 steps. (. —) l. 12 another (about an) l. 16 of impatience (of what seemed to be petulant impatience) l. 16 by (bye) l. 29 caoutchouc (gum) page 143 l. 14 pale (deadly pale) l. 18 , at length, (o. c.) l. 20 hour. (. — l. 23 suburban (sub-urban) l. 33 , in (o. c.) page 145 l. 2 , with ... energy, (o. c. ) No note in G. M.

Variations of Griswold from text.

Page 134 l. 1 es (er) l. 2 lässt (o. a.) l. 23 accents supplied by Ed. l. 23 [[Greek Text]] (Greek Text) l. 23 [[Greek Text]] (Greek Text) page 141 l. 31 Park (s. l. ) page 142 l. 34 behaviour (behavior) page 143 l. 9 people-less (o. h.) page 144 l. 10 that (, that) page 145 l. 27 lässt (p. a.) [Motto] Grüninger (Grünninger).

The variations in the case of foreign words were made by the Ed., the others follow 1845.