Edgar Allan Poe — “Secret Writing”

Reading copy:

• “Secret Writing” — reading copy

Manuscripts and Authorized Printings:

• “Secret Writing” — July-December 1841, text “A” — Graham’s
  • “A Few Words on Secret Writing”   (July 1841)
  • “Secret Writing” (Addendum I)  (August 1841)
  • “Secret Writing” (Addendum II)  (October 1841)
  • “Secret Writing” (Addendum III)  (December 1841)
• See also Cryptograms, Puzzles and Conundrums from Alexander’s Weekly Messenger

Reprints:

• “Cryptography” — 1875 — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. J. H. Ingram, Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black (3:332-346) (This is a reprint of the July 1841 article, collected for the first time.)

Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:

• “Cryptography” — 1895 — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 9: Eureka and Miscellanies, eds. E. C. Stedman and G. E. Woodberry, Chicago: Stone and Kimball (9:260-278, and 9:316-317)
• “Secret Writing” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 14: Essays and Miscellanies, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell
  • “A Few Words on Secret Writing” (14:114-132)
  • “Secret Writing (Addendum I)” (14:133-137)
  • “Secret Writing (Addendum II)” (14:138-140)
  • “Secret Writing (Addendum III)” (14:140-149)
• “A Few Words on Secret Writing” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and Reviews, ed. G. R. Thompson, New York: Library of America (pp. 1277-1291)

Instream Comparative and Study Texts:

• None

Plain Text Files for Juxta:

• None

Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items:

• “La cryptographie” — 1887 — Edgar Poë: Derniers Contes, Paris: Albert Savine  (French translation by Félix Rabbe)

• Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
• Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-3 Tales and Sketches), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978.