Text: Robert A. Stewart (ed. J. A. Harrison), “Notes to Von Kempelen and His Discovery,” The Complete Works of Edgar Allan PoeVol. VI: Tales - part 05 (1902), 6:297


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[page 297, continued:]

VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY.

UNKNOWN. (Published not earlier than 1848.)

The text follows Griswold.

The following corrections were made by the Ed.:

Page 245 l. 20 etc. Humphry (Humphrey) page 249 l. 4 leiden (lieden) l. 31 bonhomie (bonhommie) page 251 l. 12 mansarde (mausarde).


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Notes:

“Von Kempelen and His Discovery” was first printed in the Flag of Our Union, April 14, 1849. A few copies of this date are now known. The first copy of the relevant issue was discovered in 1910.


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