Text: Lambert A. Wilmer (???), “The Folio Club,” Baltimore Saturday Visiter (Baltimore, MD), vol. 3, no. 39, October 26, 1833, p. 3, col. 2

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THE FOLIO CLUB

This is the title of a volume from the pen of Edgar A. Poe, the gentleman to whom the committee appointed by the proprietors of this paper awarded the premium of $50. The work is about being put to press, and is to be published by subscription — we have a list at our office, and any person wishing to subscribe, will please call. The volume will cost but $1.

The prize tale is not the best of Mr. Poe's productions; among the tales of the ‘Folio Club’ there are many possessing uncommon merit. They are all characterized by a raciness, originality of thought and brilliancy of conception which are rarely to be met with in the writings of our most favored American authors. In assisting Mr. Poe in the publication of the “Folio Club,” the friends of native literature will encourage a young author whose energies have been partially damped by the opposition of the press, and, we may say, by the lukewarmness of the public in appreciating American productions. He has studied and written much — his reward rested on public approbation — let us give him something more substantial than bare praise. We ask our friends to come forward and subscribe to the work — there are many anxious to see it laid before the public.