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EDGAR ALLAN POE
His Life, Letters, and Opinions
BY
JOHN H. INGRAM.
“Unhappy Master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his Songs one burden bore —
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of ‘Never, — nevermore.’ ”
NEW EDITION.
LONDON:
W. H. ALLEN AND CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE, S. W.
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1886.
(All rights reserved.)
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CONTENTS
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| PAGE | |||
| PREFACE | iii | ||
| BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | vi | ||
| CHAP | |||
| I. | PARENTAGE | 1 | |
| II. | CHILDHOOD | 8 | |
| III. | BOYHOOD | 16 | |
| IV. | FIRST LOVE | 30 | |
| V. | ALMA MATER | 35 | |
| VI. | DAWNINGS OF GENIUS | 44 | |
| VII. | EASTWARD HO! | 51 | |
| VIII. | WEST POINT | 65 | |
| IX. | LITERATURE | 75 | |
| X. | MARRIAGE | 110 | |
| XI. | IN THE CITY OF PENN | 124 | |
| XII. | EDITOR OF “GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE” | 146 | |
| XIII. | REVERSES | 167 | |
| XIV. | NEW YORK ONCE MORE | 209 | |
| XV. | THE “BROADWAY JOURNAL” | 238 | |
| XVI. | THE LITERATI OF NEW YORK | 286 | |
| XVII. | MARIE LOUISE SHEW | 316 | |
| XVIII. | EUREKA! | 341 | |
| XIX. | HELEN WHITMAN | 366 | |
| XX. | “ANNIE” | 388 | |
| XXI. | LAST DAYS | 416 | |
| FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM POE | 323 | ||
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| APPENDIX A. POE’S ANCESTRY | 435 | ||
| ″ B. WILLIAM HENRY LEONARD POE | 441 | ||
| ″ C. ROSALIE M. POE | 444 | ||
| ″ D. LADY FRIENDSHIPS | 445 | ||
| ″ E. THE POE MEMORIAL | 449 | ||
| ″ F. BIOGRAPHIES OF POE | 468 | ||
| ″ G. BIBLIOGRAPHY | 474 | ||
| ″ G. BIBLIOGRAPHY [[1891 version]] | 474 | ||
| INDEX | 481 | ||
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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| PAGE | |||
| FRONTISPIECE [[only in later printings]] | |||
| POE'S SCHOOL AT STOKE NEWINGTON | 8 | ||
| MRS. CLEMM | 110 | ||
| FACSIMILE LETTER FROM POE TO MRS. SHEW, JANUARY 29, 1847 | 324 | ||
Notes:
There is no list of illustrations in the original.
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