Edgar Allan Poe — “The Journal of Julius Rodman”

Reading copy:

• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — reading copy

Manuscripts and Authorized Printings:

• Text-01 — “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1839 — (There are no known draft manuscripts or scratch notes reflecting the original effort of composition.)
• Text-02 — “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1839-1840 (Speculated faircopy manuscript or manuscripts, prepared for publication. Because Poe was at this time an editor of the magazine, he may have been able to use material in a somewhat rougher form, and made additional changes in proof.)
  • Text-02a — “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1839-1840
  • Text-02b — “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1840 — Burton's — (Mabbott/Pollin text A)  (This is the Mabbott/Pollin copy-text)
    • “The Journal of Julius Rodman - Chapter I” — January 1840
    • “The Journal of Julius Rodman - Chapter II” — February 1840
    • “The Journal of Julius Rodman - Chapter III” — March 1840
    • “The Journal of Julius Rodman - Chapter IV” — April 1840 (with 1 illustration)
    • “The Journal of Julius Rodman - Chapter V” — May 1840
    • “The Journal of Julius Rodman - Chapter VI” — June 1840
    • “[[The Journal of Julius Rodman - Chapters VII-XII]]” — (according to an editorial note on the cover of the issue of January 1840, there were to be 12 installments of the story. The series was discontinued after Poe's split with W. E. Burton, and there is no evidence that any of the material was written after chapter 6.)

Reprints:

• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” (includes a substantial excerpt of Chapter IV, omitting the illustration and the sentence referring to it, and a much smaller excerpt of Chapter III, in that order) — November 3, 1877 — Mirror of Literature (London), vol. I, no. 1, pp. 9-10  (A clipping of this rare item is in the Ingram collection at U. of VA.)
• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1884 — Works (Ingram) (London: John C. Nimmo) (Ingram was the first to reprint the full text, dropping the illustration of the Indian and the text that drew attention to it. It was first included, in vol. IV on pages 3-90, in the 1884 edition, then called Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.)
• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1894-1895 — The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Philadelphia: George Barrie (5:169-256).
• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (4:35-143)
• The Journal of Julius Rodman — 1947 — San Francisco: Colt Press (the first reprint to restore the illustration of the Indian riding the horse)

Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:

• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1894-1895 — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 5: Tales, eds. E. C. Stedman and G. E. Woodberry, Chicago: Stone and Kimball (5:255-351, and 5:359-361) (This is the first American reprint of the story, using Ingram's text.)
• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 4: Tales III, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (4:9-101, and 4:277-278)
• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1981 — The Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, vol 1.: The Imaginary Voyages, ed. B. R. Pollin, Boston: Twayne Publishers (1:507-653).
• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America), pp. 1183-1255

Instream Comparative and Study Texts:

• None.

Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items:

• “A Dangerous Adventure” — June 20, 1840 — Boston Weekly Magazine (Boston, MA), vol. II, no. 40, pp. 316-317 (a long fragment, from “During our sojourn here, an incident of note” to “had made his way down its bed to the river shore.” There is an introductory note: “(We extract the following account of a hazardous adventure from ‘Julius Rodman's Journal of the first passage ever achieved across the Rocky Mountains,’ published in Burton's Magazine).” (Information on this item was provided by Ton Fafianie in an e-mail to the Poe Society dated March 18, 2019.)
• “A Dangerous Adventure” — July 24 1841 — Bradshaw's Manchester Journal (Manchester, UK), vol. I, no. 13, pp. 202-204 (the same long fragment quoted in the Boston Weekly Magazine of June 20, 1840). (Information on this item was provided by Ton Fafianie in an e-mail to the Poe Society dated March 18, 2019.)
• “Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — 1882 — Contes Grotesques par Edgar Poe, Paris: Paul Ollendorff, pp. 169-200 (French translation by Émile Hennequin of three long extracts, from chapters 3-5, with linking commentary and summaries by the translator. Hennequin follows Ingram in omitting the woodcut illustration of the Indian and the sentence which refers to it.)
• “Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — (French translation of the complete text, as much as Poe published, by M. D. Calvocoressi)
  • “Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — April 16-May 1, 1913 — Le Mercure de France (Paris)
  • “Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — part I — April 16, 1913
  • “Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — part II — May 1, 1913
• “Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — 1914 — Edgar Poe: Histories étranges et Merrveilleuses, Paris: Mercure de France (proceeded by an introduction by the translator)
• “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 2009 — Audio book (unabridged), read by Chris Aruffo (part of a 6-CD set)

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• Nelson, William, “Julius Rodman and His Journey: Notes on the Publication in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine,” Magazine of American History (March 1891), 25:255-256
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