Text: Robert A. Stewart (ed. J. A. Harrison), “Notes to The Premature Burial,” The Complete Works of Edgar Allan PoeVol. V: Tales - part 04 (1902), 5:327


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[page 327:]

THE PREMATURE BURIAL.

SOME UNKNOWN PHILADELPHIA PUBLICATION; BROADWAY JOURNAL, I, 24.

The text follows Broadway Journal.

Variations of Griswold from the text.

Page 255 l. 6 Truth (s. l. ) l. 24 woe (wo) page 256 l. 20 meantime (mean time) l. 21 [à] (a) page 257 l. 5 she (, she) page 258 l. 13 littérateur (o. a.) l. 18 Rénelle (o. a.) throughout. Page 259 l. 6 recognized (recognised) l. 15 that (, that) l. 16 recognize (recognise) l. 18 recognize (recognise) l. 22 but (, but) l. 24 of (, of) page 260 l. 11 that (, that) l. 13 first (first,) l. 16 , at length, (o. c.) l. 24 Hospital (s. l. ) l. 26 recognized (recognised) page 261 l. 16 who (, who) l. 25 when (, when) page 262 l. 5 [B. J. has life-likeliness] l. 13 but (, but) page 263 l. 3 were (, were) l. 3 Hospital (s. l.) l. 4 recognizing (recognising) l. 22 from (of) l. 23 of (to) page 264 l. 14 , of (o. c.) l. 15 mysteries (mysterious) page 265 l. 11 hemi (semi) l. 23 [B. J. has seiure] (G. seisure) page 267 l. 8 mournfully (, mournfully) l. 10 — My (o. d.) l. 17 woe (wo) page 268 l. 1 — but (But) l. 6 again — (,) l. 10 — My (o. d.) page 269 l. 22 — Slowly (o. d.) l. 31 non-entity (o. h.) page 270 l. 4 that (, that) page 271 l. 14 forever (for ever) l. 24 forever (for ever) l. 32 in, (, in) page 273 l. 12 sshort, (o. c).


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Notes:

The Philadelphia publication is now known to have been the Dollar Newspaper for July 31, 1844.


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