Text: Anonymous, “[Review of The Raven and Other Poems],” Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer (New York, NY), vol. XXXIII, whole no. 5758, November 22, 1845, p. 2, col. 5

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The Raven and other Poems is the title of a small volume by E. A. Poe, issued as No. VIII. of Wiley & Putnam's American Books. The chief characteristic of its contents is the perfect smoothness of its versification, — a smoothness which is purely and thoroughly artistic, and which springs from a complete knowledge of an art but little understood especially in this country. In this particular Mr. POE has very few equals. His poems evince a brilliant and at times fantastic fancy, but have not the characteristics requisite to wide popularity.