Text: Uneda, “Edgar A. Poe a Plagiarist,” Notes and Queries (London, UK), August 11, 1877, pp. 115-116

[page 115, col. 2, continued:]

EDGAR A. POE A PLAGIARIST (5^th S. v. 336, 377, 526; vi. 78.) — Since the appearance of the demand made by Mr. Ingram in the communication last above referred to, I have been of opinion that it should have been addressed to Mr. Duffee, and ought to have been answered by him. As he has remained silent, I feel it to be my duty to state that, after much trouble and a considerable expenditure of time, I have come across a copy of Imogen. It is a very extraordinary work for a [page 116:] girl of thirteen to produce, but it does not bear the slightest resemblance to Poe's story of the Gold Bug, either in its incidents or its style. I cannot imagine why my friend Mr. Duffee was made the victim of so silly a hoax.

Miss Sherburne has been married to a Mr. Hull; but I am informed that he is not of the family of our distinguished commodores. She resides in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is one of the writers for the New York Tribune.

UNEDA.

Philadelphia.