Text: Anonymous, “[Review of Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe],” Literary World (Boston, MA), vol. XI, no. 21, October 9, 1880, pp. 355, cols. 1-2

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Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose. With memoir by R. H. Stoddard. Household edition. [W. J. Widdleton. $2.00.] The widening interest in Poe receives a new mark in the publication of this volume. His writings, complete or in parts, are before the public in several forms: as, for example, the Library Edition of his works, complete in four vols., with a memoir by Ingram, and critical notices by Lowell, Whipple, and others; the Memorial Edition of his Poems and Essays, with Ingram's memoir, and other biographical and critical material, one vol.; and his poems and tales, each in a volume by themselves. The present collection is the first of its kind, so far as we know, giving upwards of 40 of his poems, 23 of his tales of mystery and imagination, 14 of his humorous tales and sketches, and 10 critical essays. “The [column 2:] Raven,” “Lenore,” “The Bells,” “Annabe[[l]] Lee,” “Israfel,” “The Gold Bug,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” “The Black Cat,” and the criticisms of Macaulay and Longfellow — all are here, with pretty much everything else that the reader of Poe needs to have before him. Mr. Stoddard's life is the most recent of the short biographies of Poe, and we shall refer to it again in connection with Mr. Stedman's sketch. For a single-volume collection of Poe's writings, this is certainly all that could be desired.