Text: Robert McCulloch Hogg, “Edgar Allan Poe,” Notes and Queries (London, UK), December 25, 1915, p. 510, col. 1

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EDGAR ALLAN POE (11 S. xii. 302, 350, 265). — I am obliged to the correspondents who have replied to my query. I should be glad of further assistance on the following points. Dr. Arnott of Bedford Square, London, on 15 May, 1821, writes to John Allan at Richmond, Va.: “Master Edgar is still inhabiting one of my rooms”; and this would lead one to believe a print of “Master Edgar” must have been meant, for the child returned with his parents to Richmond, Va., in 1820. Does any one know of this print?

During the period that Poe was at Stoke Newington School, his foster-parents resided at 47, Southampton Row, London. I should be glad to learn of a print prior to 1820 or thereabout.

There appears to be some confusion amongst Poe's biographers as to the site of ‘Mr. Branby's school at Stoke Newington. In a sketch by Sir Walter Besant in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, December, 1900, p. 227, there is a sketch by Joseph Pennell of the school; but I am informed by Mr. George Preece, Librarian, Church Street, Stoke Newington, that it is incorrect, as the school was situated on the other side of the street. The sketch in Ingram's ‘Life of Poe’ is also wrong. Perhaps some reader may be able to refer me to a correct print.

R. M. HOGG.

Bank Street School, Irvine, Ayrshire.