Cover -- EDGAR ALLAN POE: THE CRITICAL HERITAGE -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827) -- 1 Poe's 'Preface', 1827 -- Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems (1829) -- 2 [JOHN NEAL], pre-publication notices in the Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette, September and December 1829 -- 3 [JOHN NEAL], notice in the Boston Ladies' Magazine, January 1830 -- 4 Review in an unidentified Baltimore paper, 1830 -- 5 JOHN HILL HEWITT, review in the Baltimore Minerva and Emerald, 1830 -- Poems (1831) -- 6 Notice in the New-York Mirror, May 1831 -- 7 [JOHN NEAL], notice in the Morning Courier and New York Enquirer, July 1831 -- The Young Magazinist (1832-6) -- 8 Editorial in the Baltimore Saturday Visiter, August 1832 -- 9 From reports in the Baltimore Saturday Visiter, October 1833 -- 10 Editorial notices of Poe's tales in the Southern Literary Messenger, March, April and June 1835 -- 11 PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE, from a letter to Thomas White in the Southern Literary Messenger, September 1835 -- 12 From the 'Supplement' to the Southern Literary Messenger, January 1836 -- 13 From the 'Supplement' to the Southern Literary Messenger, April 1836 -- 14 From the 'Supplement' to the Southern Literary Messenger, July 1836 -- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838) -- 15 Unsigned review in the New-York Mirror, August 1838 -- 16 [LEWIS GAYLORD CLARK], review in the Knickerbocker Magazine, August 1838 -- 17 Notice in the New York Albion, August 1838 -- 18 Unsigned notice in Alexander's Weekly Messenger, August 1838 -- 19 [WILLIAM BURTON], review in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, September 1838 -- 20 Unsigned notice in the New York Review, October 1838 -- 21 From an unsigned review in the Torch, October 1838.

22 From an unsigned review in the London Atlas, October 1838 -- 23 From an unsigned review in the London Spectator, October 1838 -- 24 Review in the London New Monthly Magazine, November 1838 -- 25 Unsigned review in the London Monthly Review, December 1838 -- Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1839) -- 26 JAMES E. HEATH condemns Poe's 'Germanism', September and October 1839 -- 27 PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE, from letters to Poe, September and December 1839 -- 28 Poe's 'Preface', December 1839 -- 29 'Personal' and 'Editorial Opinions', December 1839 -- 30 [JOSEPH CLAY NEAL], notice in the Pennsylvanian, December 1839 -- 31 Notice in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier, December 1839 -- 32 Unsigned notice in the Boston Morning Post, December 1839 -- 33 [JOHN FROST], review in Alexander's Weekly Messenger, December 1839 -- 34 Unsigned notice in the New York American, December 1839 -- 35 Notices in the New-York Mirror, December 1839 -- 36 [MORTON MCMICHAEL], notice in Godey's Lady's Book, January 1840 -- 37 [JAMES E. HEATH], review in the Southern Literary Messenger, January 1840 -- Prose Romances (1843) -- 38 Unsigned notice in the Philadelphia Saturday Museum, July 1843 -- 39 Unsigned review in the Pennsylvania Inquirer, July 1843 -- 40 Notice in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier, July 1843 -- 41 Notice in the Ladies' National Magazine, September 1843 -- Some Popular Successes -- (a) 'The Gold-Bug' (1843) -- 42 Discussion of 'The Gold-Bug' in the Philadelphia Saturday Museum, July 1843 -- (b) 'The Balloon Hoax' (1844) -- 43 Poe's account of the reception of 'The Balloon Hoax' in the Columbia Spy, May 1844 -- (c) 'The Raven' (1845) -- 44 NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS, introductory note in the New York Evening Mirror, January 1845 -- 45 GEORGE HOOKER COLTON, introduction to 'The Raven' in the American Review, February 1845.

46 Introductory note to 'The Raven' in the Southern Literary Messenger, March 1845 -- 47 ELIZABETH BARRETT comments on 'The Raven' in letters to Richard Hengist Horne and Poe, May 1845 -- April 1846 -- 48 [JOHN MONCURE DANIEL], introduction to 'The Raven' in the Richmond Examiner, September 1849 -- (d) 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar' (1845) -- 49 'Mesmerism in America', London Popular Record of Modern Science, January and April 1846 -- General Estimates -- 50 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, 'Our Contributors-No. XVII. Edgar Allan Poe', Graham's Magazine, February 1845 -- 51 THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, 'Notes About Men of Note', Aristidean, April 1845 -- 52 WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, 'Poe's Poetry', Charleston Southern Patriot, November 1845 -- Tales (1845) -- 53 [EVERT AUGUSTUS DUYCKINCK], notice in the New York Morning News, June 1845 -- 54 [MARGARET FULLER], review in the New York Daily Tribune, July 1845 -- 55 [CHARLES ANDERSON DANA], review in the Harbinger, July 1845 -- 56 Unsigned notice in the Spectator, August 1845 -- 57 From a notice in the Atlas, August 1845 -- 58 RUFUS WILMOT GRISWOLD, from 'The Intellectual History, Condition and Prospects of the Country', Washington National Intelligencer, August 1845 -- 59 From notices in the London Critic, September 1845 -- 60 [EVERT AUGUSTUS DUYCKINCK], review in the American Review, September 1845 -- 61 Unsigned review in Graham's Magazine, September 1845 -- 62 THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH/POE, review in the Aristidean, October 1845 -- 63 From a review in the Literary Annual Register, 1845 -- 64 [WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS], from an editorial review in the Southern and Western Magazine, December 1845 -- 65 MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, review in the London Literary Gazette, January 1846 -- 66 E.D. FORGUES, from 'Studies in English and American Fiction: the Tales of Edgar A. Poe', La Revue des deux mondes, October 1846.

67 [WILLIAM HENRY SMITH]' from a review of 'The American Library' in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, November 1847 -- The Raven and Other Poems (1845) -- 68 [GEORGE POPE MORRIS], review in the New York Evening Mirror, November 1845 -- 69 [MARGARET FULLER], review in the New York Daily Tribune, November 1845 -- 70 THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, review in the Aristidean, November 1845 -- 71 Unsigned review in the Boston Post, December 1845 -- 72 JOHN SULLIVAN DWIGHT, review in the Harbinger, December 1845 -- 73 [FREEMAN HUNT], notice in the Merchant's Magazine and Commercial Advertiser, January 1846 -- 74 [LEWIS GAYLORD CLARK], review in the Knickerbocker Magazine, January 1846 -- 75 [LUCIUS ALONZO HINE], 'Edgar A. Poe', Cincinnati Quarterly Journal and Review, January 1846 -- 76 [THOMAS KIBBLE HERVEY], review in the London Athenaeum, February 1846 -- 77 [WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS], review in the Southern Patriot, March 1846 -- 78 Unsigned review in the London Literary Gazette, March 1846 -- 79 Unsigned review in the London Critic, April 1846 -- 80 [NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS], review in the National Press: A Home Journal, October 1846 -- General Estimates -- 81 WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, 'From Our Correspondent', Southern Patriot, July 1846 -- 82 [EVERT AUGUSTUS DUYCKINCK], 'An Author in Europe and America', Home Journal, January 1847 -- 83 PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE, 'Edgar A. Poe', Southern Literary Messenger, January 1848 -- Eureka (1848) -- 84 JOHN HENRY HOPKINS, report on 'The Universe' in the New York Evening Express, February 1848 -- 85 Unsigned notice in the New York Evening Express, July 1848 -- 86 [EPES SARGENT], notice in the Boston Transcript, July 1848 -- 87 [JOHN HENRY HOPKINS], review in the Literary World, July 1848 -- 88 Unsigned notice in the New York Daily Tribune, August 1848 -- 89 'Mr Poe's Eureka', Home Journal, August 1848.

90 Unsigned review in the New Church Repository, and Monthly Review, August 1848 -- 91 [JOHN MILTON EMERSON], from a review in the Amherst College Indicator, February 1849 -- Obituary Notices -- 92 [RUFUS WILMOT GRISWOLD], 'Death of Edgar Allan Poe', New York Daily Tribune, October 1849 -- 93 'Edgar A. Poe', unsigned obituary in the New York Journal of Commerce, October 1849 -- 94 'Death of Edgar A. Poe', Baltimore Patriot, October 1849 -- 95 'Death of a Poet', New York Organ, October 1849 -- 96 NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS, 'Death of Edgar A. Poe', Home Journal, October 1849 -- 97 HENRY BECK HIRST, 'Edgar Allan Poe', McMakin's Model American Courier, October 1849 -- 98 GEORGE LIPPARD, notice in the Quaker City, October 1849 -- 99 [CHARLES J. PETERSON], 'Mr Poe's Last Poem', Philadelphia Saturday Gazette, October 1849 -- 100 EDWARD H.N. PATTERSON, 'Death of Poe', and 'Literary Fame', Oquawka Spectator, October and November 1849 -- 101 JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON, 'The Late Edgar A. Poe', Southern Literary Messenger, November 1849 -- The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe (1850) -- 102 [CHARLES FREDERICK BRIGGS], preview in Holden's Dollar Magazine, December 1849 -- 103 GEORGE RIPLEY, review in the New York Daily Tribune, January 1850 -- 104 [EVERT AUGUSTUS DUYCKINCK], reviews in the Literary World, January and September 1850 -- 105 GEORGE WASHINGTON PECK, from a review in the American Whig Review, March 1850 -- 106 [JOHN MONCURE DANIEL], review in the Southern Literary Messenger, March 1850 -- 107 GEORGE REX GRAHAM, 'The Late Edgar Allan Poe', Graham's Magazine, March 1850 -- 108 JOHN NEAL, from 'Edgar A. Poe', Portland Daily Advertiser, April 1850 -- 109 Unsigned review in Peterson's Magazine, November 1850 -- Views from Abroad -- 110 From 'Recent Poets of America', London Quarterly Review, June 1854.

111 CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, from 'Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Works', introduction to Les Histoires extraordinaires, 1856.