Text: Edward Howard (?), “[Review of Poe's Pym],” Metropolitan Magazine (London, UK), vol. 23, no. 91, November 1838, p. 81

[page 81:]

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, North America.

In matters of shipwrecks, sailors’ adventures, and new “ discovered islands far away,” we have, thank the stars, as large a faith as most men of our years and discretion ; but this Nantucket man is too much for us — his narrative is more than we can swallow! The marvellous story — as we learn from the preface — was first published in an American periodical as a work of fiction. It is a pity it was not left as such. As a romance, some portions of it are sufficiently amusing and exciting; but, when palmed upon the public as a true thing, it cannot appear in any other light than that of a bungling business — an impudent attempt at imposing on the credulity of the ignorant.