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The volumes of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine followed the usual approach of two volumes each year, with periods running from January-June and July-December. Poe's connection with the magazine seems not to have started until the June 1839 issue.
These items are arranged chronologically, divided by volumes as defined by the periodical.
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(An announcement in the middle of the outside of the back cover states: “WILLIAM E. BURTON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, [/] Has much pleasure in stating that he has made arrangements with EDGAR A. POE, ESQ. [[,]] late Editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, to devote his abilities and experience to a portion of the Editorial duties of the Gentleman's Magazine.” This notice is repeated on the August 1839 wrapper as well. Inside the front paper cover, Poe is noted as “Assistant Editor.”)
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(Both the front and rear paper wrappers list the editors as William E. Burton & Edgar A. Poe. Poe is not listed as being among the contributors to the issue, presumably because there are no items bearing his name. Although the first installment does not appear until the March issue, the rear cover the paper wraps announce the series “A CHAPTER ON SCIENCE AND ART, in every number; chronicling the new discoveries in Europe and America, with illustrations and remarks.” The covers also promote “A CHAPTER ON FIELD SPORTS AND MANLY PASTIMES, By an experienced practitioner, with countless Engravings on wood. The extraordinary popularity of the chapters already given are the best criterion of the nature of this department of the Magazine.”)
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Poe left Burton's after the June issue. A notice on the rear paper wrappers for the June 1840 issue states: “Our readers are respectfully informed that in future Edgar A. Poe will not be connected with this Magazine.”
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The December issue was technically the first issue of the new Graham's Magazine, combining the Gentleman's with the Casket. This final issue was distributed to subscribers of the respective magazines with the old titles. The contents were nearly identical for both magazines for this issue, with only a few differences for the sake of completing the old series.
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Notes:
Poe accepts the authorship of at least one of installments in the series “Field Sports and Manly Pastimes,” but since his connection with the magazine seems not to have started until the June 1839 issue, it seems unlikely that the installments of February - June 1839 could be Poe's. Except for the article on Gymnastics, the attribution of the series to Poe was disputed by T. O. Mabbott, who felt that they may have been compiled by Richard Penn Smith or Charles West Thomson.
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