Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), May 3, 1845, vol. 1, no. 18, p. ???-???

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Remarks on an Address delivered before the New England Society of the City of New York, December 23, 1844, by George P. Marsh. Boston: C. Stimpson.

The manner of writing and punctuating the title-page of this pamphlet, is every thing. The remarks are certainly not by George P. Marsh. They are by some person anonymous, and are levelled against Mr. M — a point which it is just as well to understand. The treatise is pungently written, but we disagree with it throughout in its estimate of Mr. Marsh's eloquence. The floridity which is objectionable in a written book, is not unfrequently a merit in an oration. In this case we can easily conceive not only that Mr. Marsh's oratory was enthusiastically received, but that it was skilfully planned for the purpose of ensuring an enthusiastic reception.