Text: Anonymous, “[Review of the Stedman/Woodberry edition of Poe's Works],” Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), February 2, 1895, p. 10, col. 3

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THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN. — Edited by E. C. Stedman and George E. Woodberry. Messrs. Stone & Kimball have issued the first three of the complete set of ten volumes of the works of Poe. The original copyright having expired by limitation enables the publishers for the first time to send out the complete works of Poe. The original work of Dr. Griswold, published in 1850, made up three volumes. Since that time many papers and script notes have been gathered from a wide field, which give the work the mark of completeness. Perhaps no writer of mantic literature, poetry and prose, in our country has grown in the minds of our country has grown in the minds of our cultured people more surely than has Edgar Allan Poe. In large measure appreciated in his lifetime, the world seems to have fallen in lore with the novelties and eccentricities and beauties of his literary work after his fitful life had ended. Today as an author he lives on both continents, and the honored place he holds in literature none will challenge. The volumes before us are handsome books, in clear type. There are four engravings in each volume — the frontispiece, each a different portrait of the distinguished author, and three other illustrations of the text, all marked for their artistic excellence. The first five volumes are in the main a version of the 1844 edition, with the same title, “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.” One tale, which is already included in another, viz., “The Landscape Garden,” has been omitted, and “The Elk, now published for the first time, takes its place. The first volume of clear, well-writ- opens with ninety-seven pages ten memoir by Mr. Woodberry. Then lows “Romances of Death” and “Old World Romance.” Volume two contains “Tales of Conscience.” “Tales of Natural Beauty,” “Tales Pseudo-Science.” Volume three contains “The Gold Bug.” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.” As the series progresses we shall note the carefully amended text and the excellent methods of the arrangement of the writings.