Contents -- Introduction -- Chronology -- [Letter about Poe's West Point Matriculation] (1829) -- [Letter about Poe at West Point] (1884) -- [Letter about Commencement of Poe's Professional Literary Life] (1835) -- [Letter about Poe's Drinking and the Messenger] (1835) -- [Letter about Mixed Modesin Poe's Early Tales] (1836) -- [Epistolary Response with Comment on Humor] (1836) -- [Harper's Rejection of "Tales of the Folio Club"] (1836) -- [Letter Advising Poe to Compose a Novel] (1836) -- [Letter Justifying Poe's Critical Practices] (1836) -- [Letter Seeking Political Appointment] (1841) -- [Letter Encouraging Poe's Political Desires] (1841) -- [Additional Comments on Political Aspirations] -- [Letter about Poe's Political Qualifications] (1841) -- "Autographs" (1842) -- [Letter about Poe's Possible Custom House Appointment] (1842) -- [Letter about Reasons for Leaving Graham's] (1842) -- From The Poets and Poetry of America (1842) -- From "Poets and Poetry of Philadelphia . . ." (1843) -- "Mr. Poe's Lecture" (1843) -- "For the Delaware State Journal" (1844) -- "Lecture by Mr. Poe" (1844) -- [Letter Detailing Life in New York City] (1844) -- [Early Criticism of Poe's Works] (1845) -- From "A Failure" (1845) -- From "Edgar A. Poe" in Boston Evening Transcript (1845) -- "Quizzing the Bostonians" (1845) -- "Mr. Poe's Poem" (1845) -- From Memories of Many Menand of Some Women (1875) -- From "Hints to Authors" (1848) -- [Untitled Headnote to Reprint of "Ulalume"] (1849) -- From "Mr. Poe's Lecture" (1849) -- From "Edgar A. Poe" in Semi-Weekly Examiner (1849) -- [Note Requesting Assistance for Poe] (1849) -- [Letter from Poe's Attending Physician] (1849) -- "Death of Edgar Allan Poe" in New York Daily Tribune (1849) -- From "Topics of the Month" (1849) -- "To the Reader" (1850) -- "Edgar A. Poe" (1850) -- "Death of Edgar A. Poe" (1850).

"Memoir of the Author" (1850) -- "Edgar Allan Poe" in McMakin's Model American Courier (1849) -- From "Edgar Allan Poe" in Southern Literary Messenger (1850) -- "The Late Edgar A. Poe" in Southern Literary Messenger (1849) -- From "Editor's Table" (1850) -- Editorial Note to "Poe on Headley and Channing" (1850) -- "Estimates of Edgar A. Poe" in Home Journal (1850) -- From Athenaeum (1852) -- "Authors and Books. Edgar Poe." (1854) -- "Preface" to Works of the Late Edgar A. Poe (1856) -- "Edgar Allan Poe: A Letter to the Editor of The Train" (1857) -- From "Edgar Allan Poe" in Edinburgh Review (1858) -- "Editorial Etchings" (1858) -- From "Nathaniel Hawthorne" (1860) -- "Reminiscences of Edgar Poe" (1863) -- From American Art (1864) -- "Autobiographic Notes. Edgar Allan Poe." (1867) -- "The Facts of Poe's Death and Burial" (1867) -- "Another View of Edgar A. Poe" (1867) -- From Edgar Allan Poe (1891) -- "Edgar Poe" in Temple Bar (1874) -- "A Mad Man of Letters" (1875) -- From "The Poet Not an Epileptic" (1875) -- From "Poe, Critic, and Hobby. A Reply to Mr. Fairfield . . ." (1875) -- From [Editorial Notice of Reply to Fairfield] (1875) -- From "Edgar Allan Poe. A Letter . . ." (1875) -- From "The Personality of Poe" (1877) -- Bibliography -- Index.