5S5l UC-NRLF B 3 332 T3M TEXTUAL NOTES FOR THE TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE VIRGINIA EDITION Vols. II to VI BY ROBERT A. STEWART NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL ^ CO. PUBLISHERS TEXTUAL NOTES FOR THE TALES OF ,,.;-;••:, EDGAR ALLAN POE VIRGINIA EDITION Vols. II TO VI BY. ROBERT A. STEWART // NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO. PUBLISHERS eXCHANG' Copyright, 1902 By THOMAS Y. CROWELL AND COMPANY NOTES. (^97) 81v'2Sl ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES. o. — Omit. o. c. — Omit comma or commas. o. h. — Omit hyphen. o. d. — Omit dash. o. q. m. — Omit quotation marks. 0. a. — Omit accent, s. 1. — Small letter. cap. — Capital. i. — Italics. n. i. — Not italics. p. — Page. 1. — Line. The dates 1840, 1843, 1845, ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ respective col- lected editions. The first group of each body of notes gives the variations of the earliest collated form of the tale from the text of the edition, the reading of the text standing first, with the cor- responding reading of the collated form in parentheses. In order to economize space, the second, third, or fourth state was in most cases collated with the earliest forms, the read- ing of the later form being placed first in the notes, with the earhest form in parentheses. (293) INTRODUCTION TO THE NOTES. The works of few authors have been subjected by the authors themselves to such careful and repeated revision as were the Tales of Poe. The great majority of these tales were published in magazines, newspapers, or volumes at least twice, sometimes as many as four or five times, dur- ing Poe's lifetime ; and on nearly every republication the Tales appeared in a revised form, the revision varying in extent from a few unimportant emendations to the careful reconstruction of almost every sentence. Poe never seemed fully content with any state of his work, correcting and emending with manuscript notes on the margin even the latest printed form as found in the edition of 1845 ^^id in the Broadivay Journal. The carelessness of editors and of printers of that period was a source of constant irritation to him, and he was ever fearful that the work which he had been at such pains to perfect would be bungled and mutilated at their hands. The words taken as the motto of this edition, *' I am naturally anxious that what I have written should circulate as I wrote it, if it circulate at all," express clearly his intense solicitude for the preservation of the integrity of his work, and it is in the hope of fulfilling as nearly as possible this earnest desire that the present work on his text has been undertaken. Poe was unfortunate in having as the first editor of his collected works a man so entirely lacking in sympathy for him as was Griswold, and the result was an edition incom- plete in matter and very defective in typography. Up to (299) 300 NOTES. the present time nearly every editor has been content to accept the Griswold text with all or most of its blunders, and at the same time to present new errors not found in the original. In order to determine to what extent the best editions of recent years vary from the Griswold text, and when such variations are justifiable, a careful collation has been made of the Stedman & Woodberry, Stoddard, and Ingram texts with the Griswold, and the results, so far as regards the principal verbal deviations, set down In the Notes. The changes justified by the last form of a tale or by manuscript notes are indicated ; others are the result of error or unwarranted change by the editor under dis- cussion. The variations in punctuation are too numer- ous to catalogue ; but it may be stated ini general terms that Stoddard follows Griswold closely,- Ingram varies chiefly through numerous omissions ,• and Stedman & Woodberry have made extensive revisions throughout with a view to conforming to modern notions. The Stedman & Woodberry edition was the first (that is, if we disregard Ingram with his few corrections) to start on Independent lines, and attempt to establish a trust- worthy text by reference to the original sources 5 but the end has been but Imperfectly accomplished. Some of the Eroadnjoay Journal variant readings, together with the manuscript notes, and most of the Lorlmer Graham man- uscript corrections, have been introduced, but Poe's punc- tuation has been Ignored even when a correction in such occurs in his own handwriting 5 capitals have been changed to small letters and small letters to capitals j italics have been disregarded in many cases j a "corrected form'' has been substituted for the quotations as given by Poe j the spelling has been altered to conform to present-day *' usage and taste " j and with the exception of the edi- tion of 1845 and the Broadway Journal^ little use seems to have been made of other final forms, as very few of their variant readings appear In the text. The Stoddard edition is founded on Griswold, but TALES. 301 alters, omits, or inserts numerous words without the authority of the original issue or the manuscript notes of Poe. Some of the typographical errors of Griswold are corrected, but at the same time some of the worst blunders are retained. As hinted above, Ingram did not accept the text of Griswold absolutely, but made some few changes on the authority of the Broad^tvay Journal, and altered a foreign word here and there. Whatever improvement appears is offset by a number of verbal errors. In several instances unwarranted liberties have been taken with the text, as in the passage in <' The Murders in the Rue Morgue,'"" where the editor attempts to improve the sense by re- modelling the sentence, and again the omission of two sentences in "The Tell-tale Heart." (See Notes.) The earlier Graham state of "The Oval Portrait," with alterations in spelling and punctuation, is published by Ingram in preference to the shortened form as it appeared later in the Broad^vay Journal, sanctioned by Poe. In the present edition the latest form of the tale printed in Poe's lifetime has been taken as the text, wherever this form was known and accessible, and this original issue has been followed as closely as possible, the only changes made being the insertion of manuscript notes of Poe, the correction of a few obvious errors on the authority of an earlier state of the tale, and the cor- rection by the Editor of foreign or technical words ; but in every case where the original text is changed, the fact is stated in the Notes. Under no circumstances has un- warranted liberty been taken with either spelling, punctu- ation, or verbiage, but the aim has been to preserve the text as nearly as possible as Poe wrote it. In the Notes, readings of the text variant from Griswold will be found with the Griswold form immediately following in paren- theses. In the case of a foreign or a technical word cor- rected by the Editor, the corrected form comes first enclosed in square brackets, with the incorrect Griswold form following in parentheses, as elsewhere. 302 NOTES. The Broadivay Journal furnishes the text for forty-one of Poe's tales, and as most of these were printed under his own eye and supervision, we are to expect greater typographical accuracy here than elsewhere ; and such we find to be the case. We have further the advantage of knowing that Poe must have been fairly well satisfied with the work, as the corrections made by him in manuscript in his own copy of the Journal are confined to one verbal change and the correction of a few typographical errors. A few obvious errors, however, were overlooked by Poe, and these have been corrected in this edition on the authority of an earlier text. The Duyckinck edition of 1845 contains the latest form for eleven more of the Tales. Here, too, we have the final seal of authority in the revisions as found in the Lorimer Graham copy, formerly owned by Poe. These manuscript corrections are much more numerous than those found in the Broad^ivay Journal^ but are confined to <'The Gold Bug," "A Descent into the Mael- strom," *'The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," "The Purloined Letter," "The Man of the Crowd," and "Mesmeric Revela- tion," the last two, however, having only one slight cor- rection each. In ' ' The Gold Bug '■" the emendations are much more frequent than in any of the others, and some are quite important. All the manuscript corrections in " A Descent into the Maelstrom," as well as several in "The Gold Bug" and in "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and nearly all the corrections in punctuation appear in this edition for the first time incorporated in a printed text. The above mentioned constitute the extent of known manuscript corrections in the Tales j elsewhere we have to accept the printed form as final. " Thou art the Man," " The Cask of Amontillado," and " Mellonta Tauta " follow the text as found in Godey's Lady's Book. "The Cask of Amontillado " appears in a somewhat revised form in Griswold, but as TALES. 303 we have no positive evidence that these changes were made by Poe, the Godey form was preferred for the text, the Griswold readings being placed in the Notes. <'The Domain of Arnheim " and *'The Angel of the Odd " follow the Columbian Magazine form. The orig- inal form of the latter of these, which had eluded the search of recent editors, was lately discovered by the pres- ent writer in the Columbian Magazine of October, 1844. *< The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether " follows Graham. "The Balloon Hoax" has been taken from Griswold, the original issue in the Ne~L.v York Sun having been filched from the files in the Sun office. "The Elk (Morning on the Wissahiccon)," which appears in a slightly altered form in the Stedman & Woodberry edi- tion, is here accurately reproduced from the original form in "The Opal " of 1844. " Hans Pfaall" and *' Met- zengerstein " do not follow 1840, but in these two the Griswold readings are preferred as undoubtedly founded on a revised form of the text in the hands of the editor. "The Thousand and Second Tale" also shows evidence of some revision in Griswold, several insertions and emen- dations occurring 5 these changes have been retained in the text, which elsewhere conforms to the Broad^vay Journal. " A. Gordon Pym " follows the text of the edi- tion of 1838. *' The Journal of Julius Rodman" is taken from the original in Burton s Gentleman s Magazine. "The Imp of the Perverse" is the only tale the final form of which was known, that is not followed in the original, for the "Mayflower" was not accessible for collation, and the Griswold text had to be accepted in- stead. For the rest of the tales, "Hop Frog," " X- ing a Paragrab," "The Sphinx," "Von Kempelen and His Discovery," and " Landor's Cottage," the final form has so far eluded search, and in these Griswold has of necessity been followed. Besides establishing an authentic text for this edition, the editors have made a careful collation with the text of all available original issues in order that the student of 304 NOTES. Poe may determine the extent of the revision each tale underwent from one publication to another and may trace the gradual transformation of the text to its highly finished state under the repeated touches of the master's hand. The results of these collations have been collected into groups of notes arranged in chronological order. The first group of each body of notes gives the variations of the earliest collated form of the tale from the text of the edition, the reading of the text standing first, with the corresponding reading of the collated form in paren- theses. In order to economize space, the second, third, - or fourth state was in most cases collated with the earliest form, the reading of the later form being placed first in the Notes with the earliest form in parentheses. The collation has been of the most minute character, attempting to show even the slightest deviation in punctu- ation as well as the most important verbal changes. Every known text, with a few exceptions, has been col- lated. The uncollated known texts are those in the Philadelphia papers and in the *' Mayflower,'" which were not accessible, and *' The Baltimore Saturday Visiter," *< The Flag of Our Union," and the exceed- ingly rare edition of 1843, " Pi'ose Romances of Edgar A. Poe,'" none of which can be located. As before stated, the revisions discovered by collation vary considerably in extent, being now confined to sev- eral slight changes in punctuation and verbiage, again amounting to a rewriting verbally of the whole tale. As to the character of these changes, we find the phraseology polished and simplified, objectionable passages omitted, the punctuation improved, titles altered, typographical errors and inaccuracies of various kinds corrected, mot- toes added or omitted, notes introduced, and so on. Of the forty-one tales that appeared in the Broad-ivay Journal, nearly all are found there in a far more revised state than in any previous publication. Besides the other changes, several of the tales were shortened, one con- siderably. In "Berenice" one gruesome passage was TALES. 305 omitted entirely. In <*Morella" the hymn is left out. "Lionizing'' was extensively revised, so many variations being noted that they would occupy nearly as much space as the tale itself, so here the earliest. Southern Literary Messenger, form is given in the Notes instead. *' Loss of Breath" was abridged more than any other tale, several pages describing the death on the gallows and subsequent burial being left out entirely. '* The Oval Portrait " is shortened by the omission of all the passages referring to the use of opium. '* The Business Man" is the only tale that occurs in the Broad^way Journal lengthened to any considerable extent. A number of the other Broad- n.vay Journal tales show the omission or insertion of a sentence or phrase here and there, but in no others is such variation in length discovered as in those above mentioned. In the collation of the tales of the edition of 1845 with the earlier form of these tales, the changes are foimd to be In general less extensive than those observed in the case of the Broadavay Journal tales. However, in some instances this revision was considerable, as in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and " The Fall of the House of Usher." The extent of revision in " The Gold Bug " and " The Black Cat" cannot be stated, as the earlier Issues could not be found and were not collated. Of the tales other than those In the Broadavay Journal and in the 1845 edition, the greater part are not known to have appeared in print more than once, and the rest show no great revision In their latest form, except "The Imp of the Perverse," which underwent extensive verbal emendation. The first chapters of " A. Gordon Pym," which were published in the Southern Literary Messenger, appear but slightly revised in the edition of 1838. The tales of the edition of 1840 which appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger show no great number of variations from the latter form. In general a few verbal Vol. II.- 20 3o6 NOTES. emendations were made, the spelling and punctuation revised, and many of the numerous capitals of the South- ern Literary Messenger substituted by small letters. So, for the most part, the variations of the 1840 tales from the earlier texts, Burton s Gentleman'' s Magazine, The American Museum^ etc. , are seen to be few as compared with the last revision. For more detailed Information as to the various revi- sions, the reader is referred to the Notes themselves. R. A. Stewart. Note: — The editions used in collation were : — Ingram (The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | by John H. Ingram | in four volumes | London | John C. Nimmo | 1884) 5 Stedman & Woodberry (The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Chicago | Stone & Kimball | MDCCCXCV) j Stoddard (Fordham Edition | New York I A. C. Armstrong & Son | 1895)5 Griswold (J. S. Red- field, New York, 1849-50 56). The text of the Tales in the Ingram edition published by Black of Edinburgh was also collated, and found to be substantially the same as the same editor's edition published by Nimmo. NOTES. MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE. Baltimore Saturday Visiter, October 12, 1833 ; Southern Literary Messenger, December, 1835 ; The Gift, 1836 5 18405 Broadway Journal, IL, 14. Text : Broadivay Journal. The earliest form of this tale could not be collated, as no file of the Baltimore Saturday Visiter is known. The Southern Literary Messenger state shows a number of varia- tions from the text, and closely resembles The Gift state j in fact, below the title in the Southern Literary Messenger the announce- ment is made that the tale was " From The Gift, edited by Miss Leslie." The 1840 shows few verbal variations from the text. Griswold has several verbal changes as well as variations in punc- tuation. Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from the text. Motto — A wet sheet and a flowing sea. Page I 1. 7 things, (things) 1. 7 up. — (up.) \. 13 genius; (genius — ) 1. 14 crime ; (crime — ) L 15 Indeed, (o. c.) 1. 16 physical philosophy (cap.) page 2 L 2 much, (much) 1. 4 raving (ravings) L iz as (like) L 3 i east-ivard and nvestucard (Eastward and Westward) 1. 34 dusky-red (o. h.) page 3 1. 20 Indeed, (o. c.) 1. zi fears ^ (fears — ) 1. 23-24 , ho^we^-ver, (o. c.) \. 25 deck. — (.) \. 26 com- panion- (o. h.) 1. 26 by (with) 1. 33 , in (in) \. 34 (307) 3o8 NOTES. measure, (measure) page 4 1. i her (all her) 1. 7 , upon (upon) 1. 10 breakers ; (,) 1. n , beyond . . . im- agination, (o. c.) 1. 19 ; — t/ie (, and the) 1. 31 injury : ( — ) 1. 33 made (o.) 1. 33 shifting of our ballast. — (difficulty in keeping free.) 1. 34 blast (Simoom) page 5 1. I -Lvind; ( — ) 1. 3 dismay; (,) 1. 15 S. (south) 1. 16 — on (o. d.) 1. 18 northnvard (cap.) 1. 20 — There (o. d.) 1. 21 clouds (clouds whatever) 1. 26-27 > ^without . polarized (unaccompanied by any ray) 1. 27 sea, (o. c.) 1. 33 not (not yet) 1. 33 the S^wede (him) page 6 1. 9 nvere (was) 1. 10 ebony. — (•) ^- ^4 > ^^ possible^ (o. c.) 1. 18 , ho^we-uer, (o. c.) 1. 19 south-doard (cap.) 1. 20 great (extreme) 1. 23 atiything (any thing) 1. 27 ship ; ( — ) 1. 34 albatross (cap.) page 7 1. I hell (cap.) 1. 3 kraken (cap.) 1. ^-S *' (' . . .') \. 6 See! (! — ) 1. 7 ears,^ {, — ) 1. 8-9 red light (light) 1. 9 streamed (rolled, as it were,) 1. 1^ of, perhaps, (of nearly) 1. 16 more (of more) 1. 22 from (off from) 1. 28 her (her stupendous) 1. 29 rose (rose up, like a demon of the deep,) 1. 33 then (and then) page 8 1. 8 , nvith violence, (o. c.) 1. 10 about; (,) 1. 12 / (, I) 1. 16 indefinite (nameless and indefinite) 1. 24 , in (o. c.) 1. 34 himself, (o. c.) page 9 1. 3 and (, and) after Is. 7 and 18 omit asterisks 1. 8 for (, for) 1. II and (, and) 1. 12 onvn, (o. c.) 1. 13 ne^er — (, — ) 1. 16 sense — (,) 1. 24 mate — (, — ) 1.28 ^write (write,) 1. 34 endeanjour (endeavor) page 10 after 1. 2 omit asterisks 1. 4 operation (opera- tions) 1. 7 sails, (o. c.) 1. 18 not, (o. c.) 1. 18 perceive — (,) 1. 25 such . . . shadonjjs (such shadows, as it were) after 1. 27 omit asterisks page II 1. 5 ^would ha-ue (has) 1. 6-7 if . . . means (i.) 1. 6 distended (distended or swelled) 1. 10-14 ". . ." ('. . .■■) 1. 15 ago, (o. c.) 1. 21 infirmity; (,) 1. 22 decrepitude ; (,) 1. 23 nvind ; (,) 1. 24 and (, and) 1. 24 broken; (,) 1. 25 years; (,) 1. 27 , o» . . . deck, (o. c.) 1. 29 omit asterisks 1. 32 continued (held) 1. 33 south (cap.) 1. 33 her, (p. c.) 1. 34 lo^wer studding- (lower-studding) TALES. 309 page 12 1. 2 nvater (water,) 1. 8 for e-uer (forever) 1. 12 guU; (,) 1. 17 effect. — (.) 1. 19 omit asterisks 1. 27 height; (,) 1. 30 face — (,) k 31 age, (o. c.) 1. 32-33 Hvithin . . . ineffable (strikes upon my soul with the shock of a Galvanic battery) page 13 1. i years. — (.) 1. 5 obsolete (obsolete,) 1. 7 , ^luith a fiery, utirjuiet eye^ (o. c.) 1. II /oxv (low,) 1. 13 /izV (yet his) 1. i^mile . . . (omit asterisks) 1. 17 centuries ; {,) 1. 18 meaning ; {,) \. 24. ruin. . . . (omit asterisks) 1. 29 simoom (cap.) 1. 30 ineffectlue? (!) page 14 1. i universe (Universe) 1. 2 (omit asterisks) 1. 3 current; (,) 1. 6 south^ward (cap.) 1. 7 . . . omit asterisks 1. 9 impossible; ( — ) 1. 10 regions, (o. c.) 1. 15 southern pole (Southern Pole) 1. 15 itself — it (itself. It) 1. 17 omit asterisks 1. 19 step; (,) 1. 22 and, (o. c.) 1. 26 , in (o. c.) 1. 34 thundering (shrieking). Variations of The Gift from the text. Motto : — A wet sheet and a flowing sea. — Cunning- ham. Page I 1. 3 o?ie, (o. c.) 1. 7 up. — (.) 1. 7 things, (o. c.) 1. 8 delight; (:) \. () any (my) 1. 13 genius; (, — ) 1. 14 crime; ( — ) 1. 20 ^hole, (o. c.) page 2 1. 8 Bat a -via, (o. c.) 1. 10 islands (cap.) 1. 11 ra-ving (ravings) 1. 16 and (, and) 1. 16 oil, (o. c.) 1. 23 course (course,) 1. 27 cloud, (o. c.) 1. 27 A''. IV. (north-west) 1. 28 color (colour) 1. 32 ^vapor (vapour) 1. 34 dusky- (o. h.) page 3 1. 8 a-way, (;) 1. 11 hair, (o. c.) 1. 16 furled, (o. c.) 1. 19 beloiv — (;) 1. 20 Indeed, (o. c.) 1. 22 left me (went below) 1. 23 a (me a) 1. 23-24 , howoe--uer, (o. c.) 1. 26 loud, (o. c.) 1. 26 companion- (o. h.) 1. 27 by (with) 1. 30 instant, (o. c.) 1. 32 and, (o. c.) 1. 33 blast (simoom) page 4 1. i her (all her) 1. 2-3 dismay ; (,) 1. 7 niyself (myself,) 1. 10 ; so (,) I. II , beyond (o. c.) 1. 13 \moov[\) page ^ \. 2 ; but ( — ) 1. 2-3 dismay; (,) 1. 15 6". (south) 1. 16 Holland. — (.) 1. 18 north-xvard. — (.) 1. 21 light. — (.) 1. 22 clouds (clouds whatever) 1. 27-28 glo-iv . polarized, (glow unaccompanied by any ray.) 1. 27 sea, (o. c.) page 6 1. 10 ebony. — (.) 1. 14 , as (o. c.) 1. 14 , to (o. c.) 1. 27 ship; ( — ) 1. 34 albatross (cap.) page 7 1. 3 kraken (cap.) 1. 6-7 cried . . . ears, ( — cried . . . ears, — ) 1. 13 , perhaps, (nearly) 1. 14 312 NOTES. more (of more) 1. 22 from (off from) 1. 23 lanterns (lanterns,) 1. 28 bo^MS (stupendous bows) 1. 29 rose (rose up, like a demon of the deep) page 8 1. 6 God (s. 1.) 1. 8 , ^vith . . . violencey (o. c.) 1. 10 about; (,) 1. 12 o^ivn, (o. c.) 1. 13 ne-ver — (, — ) 1. 14. ne^er — (,) 1. 16 An (A nameless and) after 1. 18 (o. asterisks) 1. 24 , in (o. c.) 1. 25 mate — (, — ) page 10 1. 2 (o. asterisks) 1. 9 , / (o. c.) 1. 28 (o. asterisks) page II 1. 5 ^would ha've (h3.s) 1, 6-7 , if . . . means, (i.) 1. 14 (o. asterisks) 1. 21 infirmity; (,) 1. 22-23-24- 25 ; (,) 1. 27 them, (o. c.) 1. 27 deck, (o. c.) 1. 29 (o. asterisks) 1. 32 continued (held) 1. 33 her, (o. c.) page 12 1. 7 s^walloived (buried) I. 17 effect. — (.) 1. 19 (o. aster- isks) 1. 27 ; that (,) 1. -^oface — (,) page 13 1. 7 pored, (o. c.) 1. 7 eye, (o. c.) 1. 10 , as ( — ) 1. 11 hold, ( — ) 1. 14 (o. asterisks) I. 17 centuries ; ( — ) 1. 18 meaning; (,) 1. 19 lanterns (lantherns) 1. 30 ineffectlue ? (!) page 14 1. 2 (o. asterisks) 1. 8 . . . (o.) 1. 9 ; yet ( — ) 1. 10 regions {p. c.) 1. 16 . // ( — it) 1. 18 . . . (o. as- terisks) 1. 20 step; (,) 1. 23 and^ (o. c.) 1. 34 thundering (shrieking) 1. 34 0/ (o.). Variations of Grisnvold from text. Page I 1. 6 methodise (methodise) 1, 7 (ship,) 1. IS i Perhaps, {o.c.) 1. 18 India (Indian) page 8 1. 6 already (nearly) 1. 13 unper- cep-ved (, unperceived,) page9 1. 5 , and (o. c.) 1. 20 think, (o. c.) 1. 25 mate — (j) 1. 31 endea^uour (endeavor) page 10 1. 5 Chance (s. 1.) 1. 13 omit asterisks 1. 18 — ^what (5) 1. 19 /(, I) 1. 22 canvass (canvas) page 111. ^ a (, a) 1. 15 thrust (trust) 1. 24 and(^, and) 1. 30 some (, some) 1. 30 ago (ago,) 1. 31 the (, the) 1. 33 canvass (canvas) 1. ^^ trucks TALES. 313 (truck) page 12 1. % fore^-ver (for ever) 1. 9 Eternity (s. 1.) 1. 15 a7id (, and) 1. 15 led (led) 1. 17 effect. — (.) 1. 24 man — (,) 1. 24 still (still,) 1. 26 Z-*? (, he) 1. 29 retnark- ahly (remarkable) page 13 1- i years. — (•) 1- ^ Sybils (s. 1.) 1. 7 /^a (fiery*) 1- 1° > ^-^ (— ) 1- ^i ^"^'^^ (— ) 1. 12 , <2«^ (;) 1. 25 w^ (me,) 1. 29 the (, the) 1, 29 simoom (simoon) 1. 31 is (, is) page 14 1. 4 ; //'( — ) ^- ^° countenances (countenance) 1. 24 caii^oass (canvas) 1. 25 sea — (!) 1. 26 //-^ (— the) 1. 31 — the (! The) 1. 34 and o/(and) page 15 1. i , oh ( — ). 1. 2 do^ucn. (!.) BERENICE. Southern Literary Messenger, March, 1835 ; 1840 5 Broadway Journal, I. , 14. The text follows the Broadivay yournal. Griswold has a number of variations from Broad^cvay yournal, but these are con- fined to punctuadon and spelling. 1840 shows slight revision from Southern Literary Messenger. The next state ( Broadivay yournal^ is carefully revised from 1 840. Numerous changes were made in phraseology and punctuation, and one gruesome passage of some length omitted entirely. Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from the text. Page 16 1. 2 as (like) 1. 4 , — as (,) 1. 5 as (like) 1. 6 beauty (cap.) 1. 7 peace (cap.) 1. 7 sorroi^v F But (sorrow ! But thus it is. And) 1. 8 ea^il (cap.) 1. 8 good (cap.) 1. g joy (cap.) Add at end par. I. I have a tale to tell In its own essence rife with horror — I would suppress it were it not a record more of feelings than of facts. 1. II ecstasies (ecstacies) 1. 13 ; that { — ) 1. 15 gray (grey) 1. 17 ; and (j) 1. 19-20 chiselling (chiseling) page 17 1. 9 F — l£t (• Let) 1. ID myself, (o. c.) 1. 12 sounds, (o. c.) 1. 13 excluded : ( :) 1. 14 un- steady ; (— ) 1. 15 J ioo (o. c.) 1. 16 it (, it) 1. 17 314 NOTES. from (, as it were, from) 1. 19 ^ at (o. c.) 1. 19 fairy- land (o. h.) I. 24 is (n. i.) 1, 29 commonest (com- mon) 1. 32 existejice, ( — ) page 18 1. 2 halls. ( — ) I. 3 (o. h.) 1. 6 — /(.) 1. II gray (grey) 1. 16 sylph (cap.) — / (.) 1. 3 , and {p. c.) 1. 4 ; hers, (. Hers) 1. 5 hill-side 1 17 zV/ C^^^^) 1- ^o simoom (cap.) 1. 24 identity (very identity) page 19 1. 4 and (and, ag- gravated in its symptoms by the immoderate use of opium,) 1. 6 momently (momentarily) 1. 7 most (most singular and) 1. 8 , if { — ) 1. 8 it, ( — ) 1. 9 (?/(of the nerves immediately affecting) 1. 9 in (, in) 1. 1 1 ; but ( — ) 1. 16 and (, and, as it were,) 1. 16 , in (o. c.) 1. 17 ordinary (common) 1. 19 rl-veted (rivetted) 1. 19 on (upon) 1. 20 book; ( — ) 1. 22 ; to ( — ) ]. 2.^ fire ; ( — ) 1. 25 flo-iver; ( — ) 1. 29 by means of (in a state of) 1. 30 ; — such ( — Such) 1. 34 anything (any thing) page 20 1. 1 — The (p. d.) 1.6.7/ (By no means. It) 1. 9 instance, (o. c.) 1. 15 entirely (utterly) 1. 20 in (in, so to speak,) 1. 31 and (, and) 1. 34 Amplitedine Beati Regni (ampli- tudine beati regni) page 21 1. i Dei; ( — ) 1. i ^ork, (p. c.) I. 2 God ; ( — ) 1. 3 paradoxical (unintelligible) 1. 15 alteration (fearful alteration) 1. 18 abnormal (morbid) 1. 20 in any degree (by any means) 1. 31 — in (, and in) page 22 1. 2 feelings (feelings,) 1. 4 gray (grey) 1. 9 , earthy, ( — earthly — ) 1. i4j;^/(yet,) 1. 15-16 called it mind (knew) 1. 10 year, — (,) 1. 22 Halcyon, — (,) 1. za (. . .) (o.) 1. 24 I saijj that (o.) 1. 27 gray (grey) 1. 28-29 caused . . . outline F (caused it to loom up in so unnatural a degree ?) 1. 29 tell. (tell. Per-" haps she had grown taller since her malady.) 1. 29 spok^ (spoke, however,) page 23 1. 2 sinking (, sinking) 1. 3 breathless (breathless,) 1. 4 ^'ith (and with) 1. 4 ri^veted (rivetted) 1. 7 the (her) 1. ^ jetty (golden) 1. lo-ii innu- merable . . . yello-iv. (ringlets now black as the raven's wing,) 1. 13-14, /2«^ . . . pupil-less (o.) 1. i^ shrank (shrunk) 1. 16 parted ; (:) 1. 16 in (, in) 1. 17 the teeth (n. i.) 1. 27 enamel — (enamel — not a line in their con- figuration) 1. 32 me; (,) page 24 1. 5-6 For — {desire TALES. 315 (o.) 1. II light. (— ) 1. 12 . / (— ) 1. 12 . 7(— ) 1. 13 /( — ) 1. 14 . / ( — and) I. and, (o. c.) 1. 20-24 -^^-f . . reason, (o.) 1. 34 a (a wild) page 25 1. z 'voices, (o. c.) 1. 3 and (, and) 1. 3 arose (arose hurriedly) 1, 4 sa^w standing (there stood) 1. 5 , njjho (5 and she) 1. 6-7 S/ie . . . epilepsy (Seized with an epileptic fit she had fallen dead) after par. I. insert: — With a heart full of grief, yet reluctantly, and op- pressed with awe, I made my way to the bed-chamber of the departed. The room was large, and very dark, and at every step within its gloomy precincts I encoun- tered the paraphernalia of the grave. The coffin, so a menial told me, lay surrounded by the curtains of yonder bed, and in that coffin, he whisperingly assured me, was all that remained of Berenice. Who was it asked me would I not look upon the corpse ? I had seen the lips of no one move, yet the question had been demanded, and the echo of the syllables still lingered in the room. It was impossible to refuse ; and with a sense of suffi^ca- tion I dragged myself to the side of the bed. Gently I uplifted the sable draperies of the curtains. As I let them fall they descended upon my shoulders, and shutting me thus out from the living, enclosed me in the strictest communion with the deceased. The very atmosphere was redolent of death. The peculiar smell of the coffin sickened mej and I fancied a deleterious odor was already exhaling from the body. I would have given worlds to escape — to fly from the pernicious influence of mortality — to breathe once again the pure air of the eternal heavens. But I had no longer the power to move — my knees tottered beneath me — and I remained rooted to the spot, and gazing upon the frightful length of the rigid body as it lay outstretched in the dark coffin without a lid. God of heaven ! — is it possible ? Is it my brain that reeled — or was it indeed the finger of the en- shrouded dead that stirred in the white cerement that bound it ? Frozen with unutterable awe I slowly raised my eyes to the countenance of the corpse. There had 3l6 NOTES. been a band around the jaws, but, I know not how, it was broken asunder. The livid lips were wreathed in a species of smile, and, through the enveloping gloom, once again there glared upon me in too palpable a reality, the white and glistening, and ghastly teeth of Berenice. I sprang convulsively from the bed, and, uttering no word, rushed forth a maniac from that apartment of triple horror, and mystery, and death. Page 25 1. 4 myself (myself again) 1. 16 inter'vened (had intervened) 1. 18 replete (rife) 1. 23 ^ain ; ( — ^ 1. 26-27 / — ^whispering (o.) 1. 28 me^ (o. c.) 1. 30 box (box of ebony) 1. 30 nvas of {ywzs a box of) 1. 31 , for it Rjoas (, it being) 1. 34 , upon (o. c.) page 26 1. i thing nvree (were things) 1. 4 but (, but) 1. 4 ones (words) 1. 6 , cur as (o. c.) page 26 Note translated at bottom of page in Southern Literary Messenger as follows : — My companions told me I might find some little alleviation of my misery, in visiting the grave of my beloved. 1. 8-9 become congealed (congeal) 1. 15 disturbi?ig (heard in) 1. 17 sound; — ( — ) 1. 19 body (body discovered upon its margin — a) 1. 20 , still ( — ) 1. 20 , still (— ) 1. 21 garments ; ( — ) 1 . 23 ; — it ( — but it) 1 . 25; — / ( — ) 1. 26 minutes ; — ( — ) 1. 27 box (ebony box) 1. 28 open ; (,) 1. 28 andy (o. c.) 1. 29 from (from out) 1. 3I--32 thirty-tijoo small, (many) 1. 32 in; ory -looking (glistening). Variations of 1840 from abo've. Page 16 1. 6 beauty (cap.) 1. 7 peace (cap.) 1. 7 But (But thus it is. And) 1. 8 evil (cap.) 1. 8 good (cap.) 1. () joy (cap.) page 17 1. 12 sounds, (o. c.) 1. 15 gray (grey) 1. 16 it (it,) 1. ij from (, as it were, from) 1, 19 , at (o. c.) page 18 1. 16 sylph (cap.) 1. 24 identity (very identity) page 1 9 1. 6 momently (momentarily) 1. 7 most (most singular and) 1. 9 in (, in) 1. 16 , in (o. c.) 1. 20 book ; ( — ) page 20 1. 15 , entirely (utterly) 1. 34 Italian, (o. c.) 1. 34 Curio, (o. c.) 1. 34 De (s. 1.) page 21 1. i TALES. 317 ^ork, (o. c.) 1. 2 God ; ( — ) 1. 31 — in (,) page 22 1. 4 gray (grey) 1. 22 spoke (spoke, however,) 1. 23 , uplifting my eyes, (o. c.) 1. 29 /^/«^, (o.c.) 1. 11 no'w (, now) 1. 14 pupil-less (o. h.) 1. 31 e^uery ^.vhere (everywhere) page 24 1. 6 phrensied (frensied) 1 15 /« 3l8 NOTES. imagination (, in imagination,) 1. 17 MacT selle (Made- moiselle) 1. 17 Salle (o. a.) 1. 18 que (cap.) 1. 18 \etaient\ (o. a.) 1. 20 \etaient\ (o. a.) 1. 20-21 ah (ah,) 1. 20-21 ideks (o. a.) 1. 29 room', ( — ) 1. 30 , and ( — ) 1. 31 *« (, as) page 25 1. 3 , or (o. c.) 1. 3 <2;z^, (, and) 1. 6 wor^. (!) 1. 14 that (, that) 1. 15 sun (sun,) h 17 — «/ (,) 1. 28 ^/^, ( — ) 1. 28 njjhat (cap.) page 26 1. 5 Zaiat. (: — ) 1. 6 /% (Why,) 1. 10 , and (— and,) 1. 17 ;— and (;) 1. 20 , J//// palpitating, ( — still palpitating — ) 1. 23 hand] — (:)1. 25 ^uall ; — (!) 1. 26 minutes ; — (:) 1. 28 in (, in) 1. 28 tremor (tremor,) 1. 32 ^white (white,). MORELLA. Southern Literary Messenger, April, 1835 ; Bur- ton's Gentleman's Magazine, November, 1839 j 1840,- Broadway Journal, I., 25. The text follows the Broadivay Journal. Griswold has several verbal variations from the text. 1840 shows a number of variations from the earlier {^Southern Literary Messenger^ form. In the Gentleman'' s Magazine the tale has the following state- ment prefixed : — ' * Extracted by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Lea and Blanchard from forthcoming * Tales of the Gro- tesque and Arabesque,' " and this is borne out by the very slight difference in the two texts. The tale appears again, revised, in the Broadivay yournal. The most important variation from the earlier form is the omission of Morella's hymn, with necessary alteration of adjacent passages. Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from the text. Motto: — Itself . . . single. (Auto kath^ auto meth"" - auton, mono eides aei on. Itself alone by itself — eternally one and single.) TALES. 319 Page 27 1. 4 before (o.) 1. 5 ; but ( — ) 1. 5 Eros, ( — ) 1. 6 spirit (eager spirit) 1. 8 met ; (:) 1. ?, fate (cap.) 1. 9 altar-, (:) 1. 9-10 spoke of passion, nor thought of loue (spoke of love, or thought of passion) 1. 12 ; — // (It) 1. 16 and, (o. c.) 1. 17 matters, (o. c.) 1. 18 , perhaps (Morella, perhaps) 1. 19 , she placed (laid) page 28 1. 2 study — (:) 1. 3 that, (o. c.) 1. 8 the ideal (my imag- ination) 1. II Persuaded (Feeling deeply persuaded) 1. 1 1 this, (o. c.) 1. 11-12 implicitly {move implicitly) 1. 13 unflinching (bolder) 1. 14 ^when, (o. c.) 1. j^ pages, (o. c.) 1. 15 a forbidden spirit enkindling (the spirit kindle) 1. 15 me — (,) 1. ij lonv, (o. c.) 1. 18 burned (burnt) 1. 19 And (: and) 1. 19-20 , hour . . . hour, (o. c.) 1. 21 '-voice — (thrilling voice,) \. 11 , at length, (o. c.) I. 22 tainted (tinged) 1. 22 terror, — (terror) 1. 22 there (o.) 1. 23 — and{,) 1. 24 . And ( — and) 1. ■2,4. Joy (cap.) 1. 24 thus, (o. c.) 1. 25 horror (cap.) I. 27 those (these) 1. 28 njohich (, which) 1. 34 Fichte ; etc. ( — ) page 29 1. 2 Schelling, (o. c.) 1. 4 identity (cap. and i.) 1. 4 termed personal (not improperly called Personal) 1. 5 Mr. Locke, I think, (I think Mr. Locke) 1. 12 principium (cap. and n. i^) 1. 12 ind. (cap. n. I.) 1. 13 , or (o. c.) 1. 14 me — (,) 1. 15 perplexing (mystical) 1. 15 ', not (,) 1. 20 as (Hke) 1. 23 this, (o. c.) 1. 24 ; she (. She) 1. it^ folly, ( — ) 1. 26 , also, (o. c.) 1. 29 time, (o. c.) 1. 31 promi- nent,; (:) 1. 31 , one instant, (o. c.) 1. 32 , in the next, (o. c.) 1. 33 then (o.) page 30 1. 1-2 unfathomable (fathomless) 1. 3 longed (long'd) 1. 5 ; but (. But) 1. 8 through (with) 1. 9 , cursed (, I cursed) 1. 9 and, (o. c.) 1. ID moments, (o. c.) 1. 11 and (, and) 1. 14 hea^ven (cap.) 1. 14 bed-side (side) 1. 16 and, (o. c.) I. ij forest, (o. c.) after 1. 18 insert : — As I came, she was mur- muring in a low under-tone the words of a Catholic hymn : Sancta Maria ! turn thine eyes Upon a sinner's sacrifice Of fervent prayer, and humble love, From thy holy throne above. 320 NOTES. At morn, at noon, at twilight dim, Maria ! thou hast heard my hymn. In joy and wo, in good and ill. Mother of God ! be with me still. When my hours flew gently by, And no storms were in the sky. My soul, lest it should truant be ; Thy love did guide to thine and thee. Now when clouds of Fate o'ercast All my Present, and my Past, Let my Future radiant shine With sweet hopes of thee and thine. \. i<) , she . . . approached ; ( — said Morella — ) 1. 21 earth (cap.) 1. 21 life (cap.) 1. 21 ah, (ah!) 1. 22 hea'ven (cap.) 1. 22 death (cap.) 1. 23 kissed her forehead (turned towards her,) 1. 23 continued : (.) 1. 24 ^ yet ( — ) after 1. 24 insert : — Therefore for me, Morella, thy wife, hath the charnel-house no terrors — mark me ! — not even the terrors of the ijoorm. The days have never been when thou couldst love me ; but her whom in life thou didst abhor, in death thou shalt adore. 1. 25-29 <' The days . . . Morella"'' (o.) 1. 31 — ^Mch (which) 1. 32 t/iou didst feel (you felt) page 31 1. 3 on;er ; G) ^* 3 i?^ (^^PO ^- 5 "0 longer (not) 1. 6 time (cap.) 1. 7 the (o.) 1. 8 as do (like) 1. 9 '' Morella T' I cried, ('Morella!' — I cried — ) 1. i-t, foretold (foreseen) 1. 15 until (till) 1. 16 stature (size) 1. i^-xo feel . . . o/(feel on) 1. 21 , ere long, (o. c.) 1. 21 heaven (cap.) 1. 22 darkened, (overcast 5) 1. 22 gloom (cap.) 1. 22 horror (cap.) 1. 22 brief (ca^.) 1. 23 s^ivept (came) page 32 I. 3 it — (,) 1. 4 , of (o. c.) 1. 4. fearful (fearful,) 1. 8 destiny (cap.) 1. 9 rigorous (rigid) 1. 9 home, (ancestral home, I) 1. II the belo'ved (my daughter) 1. 12 And, (o. c.) 1. 12- 1 3 and . . . day (and daily I gazed) 1. 1 3 her holy, and mild and eloquent (her eloquent and mild and TALES. 321 holy) 1. 14 , day after day, (o.) 1. 16 mother, ( — ) 1. 16 melancholy (melancholy,) 1. 16 , hourly, (o. c.) 1. 17 shado^vs (shadows, as it were,) 1. 17 more (became more) 1. 18-19 more hideously terrible (to me more terri- ble) 1. 20 bear; ( — ) 1. 21 identity — (:) 1, 22 like Morella'' s (Morella's own) 1. 22 endure; ( — ) 1. 22—23 too often looked do^vn (looked down too often) 1. 24 onjon (o.) 1. 27 sad{o.) 1. 28 all— (all,) 1. 28 oh, (!) 1. 31 ivould (n. i.) 1. 11 lustra (lustrums) 1. 32—33 and, as yet, (, yet) page 33 1. 4 daughter;— (— ) 1. 5 Indeed, (o. c.) 1. 7 saue (but) 1. ^ mind, (o. c.) 1. 1 1 terrors (horrors) 1. 13 o/^/ (antique) 1. 15 lips,^th (lips — and) 1. 16 happy, (o. c.) 1. 17 , then, (o. c.) 1. 19 ebb (ebb and flow) 1. 20 torrents (tides) 1. 21 n.vhen, (o. c.) 1. 23 HX)hispered (shrieked) 1. 24 — Morella (,) 1. 25 child, (o. c.) 1. 26 hues (the hues) 1. 26 «j (^-s, ) 1. 26 scarcely audible (o.) 1. 27 earth (cap.) 1. 27 hea^uen (cap.) 1. 28 and, (o. c.) 1. 28 on (upon) 1. 28 our (her) 1. 29 — / (o. d. ) 1. 30-32/^// . . . brain ( — like a knell of death — horrible death, sank the eternal sounds within my soul.) 1. 33 pass (roll) 1. 34 Nor (Now) page 34 1- 3 fate (cap.) 1. 4 heanjen (cap.) 1. 4 and (and,) 1. 4-5 the . figures (, my spirit grew dark, and the figures of the earth) 1. 5 me, (o. c) 1. 9 died; (,) 1. 10 tomb y (,) 1. 10 ^Kiith (, with) 1. 11 first, (o. c.) Variations of 1840 from the text. Motto. Itself . . . e-'uerlastingly. (Itself, alone by itself, eternally one, and single.) Page 27 1. 5 Eros, {;) page 28 1. 3 that, (o. c.) 1. 3 ouun, (o. c.) 1. 9 read, (o. c.) 1. 11 Persuaded (Feeling deeply persuaded) 1. 19 . And ( — and) 1. 19-20 , hour hour, (o. c.) 1. 20 side, (o. c.) 1. 22 terror, (o. c.) 1. 22 and . . . fell (and fell like) 1. 24 thus, (o. c.) page 29 1. 14 w^ — (,) 1. 155 not {,)\. 15 perplexing (mystical) 1. 23 this, (o. c.) 1. 24 upbraid ; ( — ) P^gS 30 1. 14 bed-side (side) after 1. 19 insert : — Vol. II. — 21 322 NOTES. As I came she was murmuring, in a low undertone, which trembled with fervor, the words of a Catholic hymn. [Here hymn follows. Its form is the same 3.s Southern Literary Messenger above, with these variations : — 1 . 3 and (, and) , lo.)\. 7-8 reason . . . astronomy {cz.'^.)\. 10 date, (o. c.) 1.12 in the (in the goodly and) 1. 15 stirring ; (>) P^S® 43 1. I duration . . . firmament . (duration. ^ Poe himself spells the hero's name in several different ways : as in the text, *' Hans Phaal" (in his correspondence : see vol. xvii), and " Hans Pfaal. " — Ed. TALES. 331 These occasionally fell from large white masses of cloud which chequered in a fitful manner the blue vault of the firmament.) 1. 3 , about noon, (o. c.) 1. 6 , z« . . . after-wards, (o. c.) 1. 9 shout, (o. c.) 1. 10 Niagara, (o. c.) 1. II loudly (loud) 1. II all the city and (o.) 1. 15 sharply defined (sharply-defined) 1. ij solid {s,o\\d body or) 1. 18 shaped, (shaped, so outr(§ in appearance,)!. 20 admired, (o. c.) 1. 21 open-mouthed {oTpe.i\-mowX\\cd and thunderstruck) 1. 22 de^uils (vrowsand devils) 1. 23 kne-tv ; ( — ) 1. 24 imagine ; ( — ) 1. 24—25 — not Underduk — (, not . . . Underduk,) 1. 26 mystery ; (:) 1. 28 for«^r (left corner) 1. z'i-x() maintaining . . . upon (, cocking up his right eye towards) page 44 1. 4 baloon ; (:) 1. 6-7 manufactured entirely (entirely manu- factured) 1. 7-8 certainly; (^ — ) 1. 8 here, (o. c.) 1. 9 rather (rather, so to speak,) 1. 12 before (o.) 1. 13 — It ijuas an (It was too bad — it was not to be borne : it was an insult — an) 1. 15 , it (o. c.) 1. 15 . Being (, being) 1. \^ fooV s-cap (fools-cap) 1. 17 nvas . . . as (was) 1. 18 'when (when,) 1. 18-19 the cronwd j^tu (there was perceived) 1. 19 and, (o. c.) 1. 20 cone, (cone) 1. 23 ribbons (ribbands) 1. 23 'worse. — (•) ^- ^4 hung, (hung) 1. 25 car, (o. c.) 1. 28 that (, that) 1. 31 / nvhile (o. sc.) page 45 1. 4-5 attempts . . . failed, (attempts had failed of obtaining any intelligence concerning them whatsoever.) 1. 6 human, (human, and) 1. 8 the city (Rotterdam) 1. 12 — But (o. d.) 1. ^"^ for . . . nx'as (, for . . . was,) 1. 17 singular (droll little) 1. i8 height', ( — ) 1. 19 sufficient (enough) 1. 18-20 equilibrium (n. i.) 1. 25 absurd (grotesque) 1. 25 all. (all, although a horny substance of suspicious nature was occasionally protruded through a rent in the bottom of the car, or, to speak more properly, in the top of the hat.) 1. 26 gray (extremely gray) 1. 27 queue (cue) 1. 29 in- flammatory ^ ( — ) 1. 29 acute; ( — ) 1. 30 double; ( — ) 1. 31 kind (kind or character) page 46 1. 3 blood-red (o. h.) 1. 5 bosom, (o. c.) 1. 10 appeared (appeared al- together) 1. \^ proceeded (preceded,) 1. 1 5 side-pocket (o. h.) 332 NOTES. 1. 15 in (of) 1. 16 hand; ( — ) 1. 20 njjax (wax,) 1. 27 half a dozen (one and twenty) 1. 27 re ascend (re-ascend) 1. 28 bags (bags of sand) 1. 32 indl-vidual (man) page 47 1. 2 that (that,) 1. 2-3 each . . . circum^volutions, (the period of each and every one of his one and twenty cir- cumvolutions,) 1. 3 half a dozen (one and twenty) 1. 6 , God ^villing, (o.) 1. 7 decease, (death.) 1. 15 thereupon, (o. c.) 1. 15 the descent of 'uohich (whose descent) 1. 16 dignity (dignity,) 1. 16 , Von (the illustrious burgomaster Mynheer Superbus Von) 1. 18 monjements (movement) 1. 20 epistle (packet in question) 1. 22 Rubadub (Rub-a- dub) 1. 27 extraordinary y — serious , (o. c.)l. 27 com- munication: — (.) 1. 28 Rubadub (R.uh--3i-d\x\>) 1. 48-29 President (President,) 1. 30 , in (o. c.) 1. 32 artizan, (o. c.) page 48 1. 3 considered (considered by all parties at once sudden, and extremely) 1. -j fello^w -citizens {o. h.) 1. 7 / (, I) 1. 9 in (and in) 1. 11 mind — (,) 1. 14 : for (, For) 1. \^ years, (o. c.) 1. iS politics (the troubles and politics) 1. 23 nvorld, (o. c.) 1. 24 had (had, so they said,) L 27 and (, and) 1. 28 fanning, (o. c.) 1. 29 and (and,) 1. 31 — for, (, for) page 49 1. 3 the (the speed- iest and) 1. 5 meantime, (o. c.) 1. 7 night, (night, so that I began to rave, and foam, and fret like a caged tiger against the bars of his inclosure.) 1. 10 njonved (internally vowed) 1. 10 la=iv (utmost severity of the law) 1. 12 clutches ,• (,) 1. 20 them (my creditors) 1. 23 object (any object whatever) 1. 26 and, (o. c.) 1. 33 book — (,) 1. 34 aujjoke (awoke, as it were,) page 50 1. 2 ^ora'<2rrf' (towards) 1. 3-5 {in . . . Nantz,) (o.) 1. 6 a?id, (and) 1. 10 in an (in a powerful and) 1. 15 natural philosophy (cap.) 1. 23 , the reality, ( — the reality — ) 1. 24 intuition (in- tuition : and whether to proceed a step farther, profundity itself might not, in matters of a purely speculative nature, be detected as a legitimate source of falsity and error.) After the above, insert : — In other words, I believed, and still do believe, that truth is frequently, of its own essence, superficial, and that, in many cases, the depth lies more in the abysses where we seek her. TALES. 333 than in the actual situations wherein she may be found. Nature herself seemed to afford me corroboration of these ideas. In the contemplation of the heavenly bodies it struck me very forcibly that I could not distinguish a star with nearly as much precision, when I gazed upon it with earnest, direct, and undeviating attention, as when I suf- fered my eye only to glance in its vicinity alone. I was not, of course, at that time aware that this apparent par- adox was occasioned by the centre of the visual area being less susceptible of feeble impressions of light than the exterior portions of the retina. This knowledge, and some of another kind, came afterwards in the course of an eventful period of five years, during which I have dropped the prejudices of my former humble situation in life, and forgotten the bellows-mender in far different oc- cupations. But at the epoch of which I speak, the analogy which the casual observ^ation of a star offered to the conclusions I had already drawn, struck me with the force of positive confirmation, and I then finally made up my mind to the course which I afterwards pursued. 1. 28 morning, (morning, and contriving again to escape the vigilance of my creditors,) page 51 h 1-2 <2 certain me (my plan) 1. 3 period, (o. c.) 1. lo-ii for men ( — for . . . men — ) 1. 17 gi-uing (paying) 1. 17 (/ . . . say) (o.) 1. 20 procure (pur- chase) I. 21 each ; ( — ) 1. 21 t-zvine ; ( — ) 1. 22 caoutchouc ; ( — ) 1. 29 dimensions', (,) 1. 30 net-nvork (a net- work) 1. 30-32 cords . . . atmosphere (cords, bought a quadrant, a compass, a spy-glass, a common barometer with some important modifications, and two astronomical instruments not so generally known) page 52 1. 2 siz.e; ( — ) 1. 2 tin (tinned ware) 1. 3 le?igth ; ( — ) 1. 4 , or (o. c.) 1. 4 substance, {substance) 1. 5 name, ( — ) 1. 5 demijohns (demi-johns) 9-14 / r^zw . . . animal life. (o.)l. 14 ////«// (The) 1. 15-16 (rt/ . . . hinted) {o.) 1. 16 Nant%, (o. c.) 1. 22 , ho^we-uer, (o. c.) 1. 24 , ) ^- ^^ ■^'^' (^^y •) 1-12 alluvial, ( — ) 1. 17 three-quarter (o.h.) 1. 18 ; but (hut) \. z^ po^iver, (o. c.) 1. 25 mis-called (o. h.) 1. 25 stones, (o. c.) 1. 29 i'w/y^ — (,) 1. 30 descent, (o. c.) 1. 31 , that (o. c.) 1. 33 , in its 'vicinity, (o. c.) page 96 1. i planet, (o. c.) 1. i calculations; ( — ) 1. 3-4 « general . . . at all. (the positive evidence of our senses.) 1. 4-31 But, in . . . the limb, (o.) page 97 1. i (not new par.) \. 7, an (this) 1. 6 expect, (o. c.) 1. 6 ad'venture, (p. c.) 1. 8 , indeed, (o. c.) 1. 17 /£■«, (o. c.) 1. 19 ele-uen, (o. c.) 1. 19 apparatus ; ( — ) 1. 21 tourniquet (n. i.) page 98 1. i headache (headach) 1. 6 momently (momentarily) 1. 7 j/r<3:/-3 (n. i.) 1. 17 supposed in the ratio (being in exact ratio) 1. 17 of the (of their) 1. 19 , hoive^er, (o. c.) 1. 20 enough; ( — ) 1. ■2.^-'2'S •> accordingly, (o. c.) 1. 27 article (individual article) 1. 30 mile (mile at farthest) 1. 34 net- nvork (loop of the network) page 99 1. i , ^j . . . reach, (as . . . reach) 1. 9 , ivith (with) 1. 9 askant, (o. c.) 1. 10 and, (o. c.) 1. 1 1 for enjer (forever) 1. 13 im- mo^uably (immoveably) 1. 20 -of{of) 1. 24 momentous, (o. c.) 1. 27 that, (o. c. ) page 100 1. 4. planet ; ( — ) 1. 5 cold; ( — ) 1. 6 frigidity (severity of winter) 1. 7 next ; ( — ) 1. 8 like that in (in) 1. 9 it; ( — ) 1. 10 'water; ( — ) 1. 10 themselues; ( — ) 1. 11 institutions; ( — ) 1. 12 con- struction; ( — ) 1. 12 ugliness; ( — ) 1. 14 modified; ( — ) 1. 14 modified (modified as to be insufficient for the TALES. 34-1 conveyance of any but the loudest sounds — ) 1. 15 speech I ( — ) 1. 16 communication ; ( — ) 1. 23 other ; ( — ) 1. 24 Excellencies — (,) 1. 25 those (these) 1. 26 moon, — ( — ) 1. 31 turned, (o. c.) 1. 32 But, (o. c.) page lOI 1, 14&., (.) 1. 16 Excellencies'" (Excellencies) 1. 20 Underduk (Underduk,) 1. 26 sn.vore, (p. c.) 1. 32 pro- fessor (cap.) 1. 33 suggest (suggest,) page 102 1. ^"^uast (horrible) I. 9 o-zrer-^uise (overwise) 1. 9 ridiculous (ridicu- lous,) 1. 14 part, (o. c.) 1. 18 After "astronomers," insert: — Don't understand at all. 1. 22 After Bruges, insert : — Well — what of it 1. 24 balloon, (o. c.) 1, 28 After Rotterdam, insert : — He was mistaken — un- doubtedly — mistaken. 1. 32 in a (in the) 1. 34 After sea, insert : — Don't believe it — don't believe a word of it. page 103 1. 3 Rotterdam, ( — ) 1. 4 colleges (cap.) 1. 5 colleges and astronomers (Colleges and Astronomers) 1. 5 ^-worid, (o. c.) 1. S general, (o. c.) 1. 7 After << ought to be." insert; — The d — 1, you say ! Now that 's too bad. Why, hang the people, they should be prosecuted for a libel. I tell you, gentlemen, you know nothing about the business. You are ignorant of Astronomy — and of things in general. The voyage was made — it was indeed — and made, too, by Hans Pfaal. I wonder, for my part, you do not perceive at once that the letter — the document — is intrinsically — is astronomically true — and that it carries upon its very face the evidence of its own authenticity. The note at the end of the tale does not occur in the Southern Literary Messenger. The deviations of the 1840 from the Southern Literary Messenger are noted below : — The first reading given is that of the 1840, the second, that of the Southern Literary Messenger. Page 42 1. 2 high (singularly high) 1. 5 freconcel-ved (pre-conceived) 1. -j physics {c.-\^.')\. 7-8 dynamics . . astronomy (cap.) 1. 10 date, (o. c.) page 43 1- n loudly (loud) 1. 18 shaped, (o. c.) 1. 20 admired, (o. c.) 1. 21 open-mouthed (open-mouthed and thunderstruck) 1. 27 342 NOTES. mystery; (:) page 44 1. 5 balloon; (:) 1. ij // 'u.w/ an egregious insult to the good sense of the burghers of Rotter- dam. (It was too bad, etc.) page 45 1. 25 absurd (gro- tesque) page 46 1. 5 bosom, (o. c.) 1. 6 super- (o. h.) 1. 19 and, (o. c.) 1. 20 nvax (wax,) 1. 29 tumbled, (o. c.) page 47 1. 28-29 President (President,) page 48 1. 19 , and (and on all hands) page 51 1. 29 difnensions ; (,) page 52 1. 27-28 material (material,) page 53 1. 16 secreted, (o. c.) page 54 1. 18 rain, (o. c.) page 55 1. 15 car, (o. c.) page 56 1. 13 legs, (o. c.) [Not in text] page 57 1- ^ my brain reeled (omit 1840) [Not in text] \. ^ , at length, (o. 1840) page 59 1. 8 deadly (danger- ous) [Not in text] page 60 1. 2 and ivith frantic cries and con'vulslue struggles, (and amid horrible curses and convulsive struggles,) 1. 3 till, (till) 1. 7 new par. in 1840, not Southern Literary Messenger 1. 7 some time (sometime) 1. 30 , had (o. c.) page 61 1. 7 , if (^ — ) 1. 15 l) 1- 3^)' (»)) 1. 31 right (j'lgU,) 1. 31 , ««^ (;) 1. 34 too! — {,) page 119 1. 8 [circonscri'va'] (circunscriva) page 120 1. ?, tragedy (tragedy), i. 16 , and ( ;) 1. 20 ouun. (: — ) 1. 27 last ; (!) 1. 28 that (, that) 1. 30 cries (cries,) 1. 33 , motionless , ( — motionless—) page I2I 1. \i pillonjo — (! — ) 1. 30 say (say,) page 122 1. 6 of course (, of course,) 1. 8 njoas (, was) 1. 26 earth — (,•) 1. 32 Ambois (Ambois,) page 123 1. 3 nil ('Till) 1. 4 Come! (,) 1. 10 Come! (,) 1. 10 said (said ;) 1. 13 , made (o. c.) 1. 14 sunrise — (:) 1. 14 It (s. 1.) 1. 15 , but ( — ) I. 33 : but (5) page 124 1. 10 and {^ and) 1. \o Chichester : — (:) 1. \\-\i Stay . . . •vale. ("Stay . . .vale.") 1. i.\ poisoned! — (cap.) 1. 21 O/^ (Oh,) 1. 21 oh (oh,). BON-BON. Southern Literary Messenger, August, 1835,- 1840 ; Broadway Journal, I. 16. The text follows Broad%vay Journal^ with corrections by the Editor of accent and spelling of the French and the Greek words. Griswold shows several verbal errors, as well as a number of variations in spelling and in punctuation. TALES. 349 1 840 was but slightly revised from Southern Literary Messenger. Very few verbal variations appear. The next state, however, shows extensive and careful revision throughout. Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from text. For the motto in the text, substitute: — "Notre Gulliver" — dit le Lord Bolingbroke — << a de telles fables." — Voltaire. Page 125 1. I restaurateur (Restaurateur) 1. 3 Cafi (C^f6) 1. 3 cul. (cal.) 1. Zfoie (fois) 1. 8 pdtes (Pat^s) 1. 8 immaculate: ( — ) 1. 12 //V^^r/2/ (Je)] 1. % Ipdtes (pat^s)] 1. 8 (fois (foie)] 1. 8 but: ( ;) 1. 10 Vol. II. — 23 354 NOTES. \^fit (fit)] 1. II [Presenter (o. a.)] 1, zi fricassSe (frica- s6e)] page 126 1. zigradu {gradu) page 127 1. 1 8 [rilievo] (relie'vo) page 128 1. 23 characterise (characterize) 1. 27 \_Medoc (o. a.)] 1. 28 \_Pdray (o. a.)] page 129 1. 5 [C^yt' (Cafe)] 1. 6 /^/fZ'-x;r^ (Febre) page 130 1. 30 [C«/^ (C4fe)] page 131 1. 2 \pdte] (pate)] 1. 6 M^ (, the) 1. 9 C^/? (Cafe) 1. 12 [Grecque (Greque)] 1. 15 [biblioth^que (o. a.) 1. 17 melange {p. a.)] 1. 23 C(2/? (C4fe)] 1. 31 neighbours (neighbors) page 132 1. d in (of) 1. 9 dis- orga?ii%ed (disorganised) I. 9 [pdte-pans (pat^pans)] 1. 19 \omelette~\ (omelete) 1. 19 he (, he) page 133 1. i(> full length (fuil-length) 1. 19 that (, that) 1. 21 is (, is) 1. 22 that (, that) 1. 26 exposition (cap.) 1. 26 F — good ( — ) 1. 27 tone; (:) 1. 34 a (his) page 134 1. 11 hinder part (hinder- part) 1. iz demeanour (demeanor) page 135 1. i-i^-i^ In- deed (Indeed,) 1. 26 then (, then,) 1. 33 , but (; but,) page 136 1. 4 visitor s (visiter's) 1. 5 ivell (well-) 1. 1 3 and (, and) 1. 14 But (But,) 1. 15 are (, are) 1. 15 skillfully (skilfully) 1. 16 , and ( — ) 1. 22 demeanour (demeanor) 1. 28 end (end,) 1. 30 ; he (:) page 137 1. 4 [Regitre (Regitre)] 1. 11 say (say,) 1. 29 short (short,) 1. 32 ;for (— ) page 138 1. 3 , and {;) 1. 5 , eyes (— ) 1. 6 ah (— ah) I. 7 eh ? (,) 1. 8 Eyes!! (!) 1. 13 cat, (o. c.) 1. 14 her! (her) 1. 18 nonx! ! (, now) 1. 18 not. (!) 1. 22 superfluous (superficial) 1. 23 ; but (,•) page 1 39 1. ^ of (of the) 1. 13 alluding. (?) \. iS by sneezing (, by sneez- ing,) 1. 24 implied, ( — ) 1. 26 ah! (,) [Greek accents pages 139-140 supplied by Ed.] 1. 34 [lambda (gamma)] page 140 1. 1 finger (finger,) 1. $ as (^^ as) 1. 8 time — (,) 1. 20 in (, in) 1. 21 astonishment, (,•) ^. 22 Epicurus. (!) 1. 27 . . . at (, or depressed, as) 1. 13 sound (sounds) 1. 13 the . . . cork, (bursting bottles increased, or died away, in the cellars underneath.) 1. 19 Its (The) 1. 19 piece (piece of the coffin) 1. 24 ; but ( — ) 1. 32 a (an enor- mous) 1. 34 limb (limb,) page 178 1. 2 about (about in a singular manner,) 1. 5 ignited (ignited and glowing) 1. 10 ray (straggling ray) 1. 11 At (It has been before hinted that at) 1. i 3 that (that proper) 1. 14 leaning (hav- ing leant himself back) 1. 15 '^vall (wall,) 1. 31 ; ^ivhile ( — ) 1. 34 and (and,) page 179 1. i quaffed (drank it off) 1. 9 interrupted ( — interrupted) 1. 10 serious, ( — ) L 12 blue ruin ('blue ruin') 1. 13 mate, (o. c.) 1. 34 Pest (Pest and) page 180 1. 8 , continued ( — ) 1. ^ he, ( — ) 1. 23 all, ( — ) 1. 23 , and ( — ) I. 25 ejaculated ( — ejaculated) 1. 28 said ( — said) 1. 29 Hugh, ( — ) 1, 33 JVe (We,) page 181 1. I thee (you) 1. 4 thy (your) 1. 4 ye (you) 1. 9-10 , replied ( — ) 1. 19 haoje (am) 1. 20 a full cargo (full up to the throat) 1. 27 interrupted ( — in- terrupted) page 182 1. I , interposed (— ) 1. i President y Vol. II. — 24 370 NOTES. (president — ) 1, 12 shouted (^ — shouted) 1. 1^ ^vrinkles ; ( — ) 1. 15 bello'-ws; ( — ) 1. 16 fro; ( — ) 1. 17 ears; ( — ) 1. iS Jish; ( — ) 1. 19 chuckled ( — chuckled) 1. 20 exci- tation, ( — ) 1. 20 ug/if ( — ugh ! — ) 1.21 — / (,) 1. 23 , said he, ( — said he — )1. 23 ?narlin (marling) 1, 25 of(o.) 1. 28 (jwhom God assoilzie) ( — whom God assoilzie — ) 1. 31 , but (o. c.) 1. '7,z player — (! — ) page 183 1. 15 high (high up) 1. 15 let him fall (dropped him) 1. 22 , hoive'ver, (o. c.) page 184 1. 4-5 Piles . . . about. (o.) 1.8 The man (Piles of death furniture floundered around. Skulls floated ^« masse — hearse-plumes nodded to escutcheons — the man) 1. 11 rushed . . . her (scudded out) I. 12 and , , , Easy. (o.). Variations of Grisivold from the text. Page 170 1. 7 neighbourhood (neighborhood) 1. 12 fellonjo (fellow,) page 171 1. 32 neighbourhood (neighbor- hood) page 173 1. 5 — But (o. d.) 1. 1^ fleshly (fleshy) page 175 1. 3 — His (o. d.) page 176 1. 8 degage {de- gage) page 180 1. 18 nare (nature) page 181 1. 9-14 im- possibility (unpossibility) 1. 19 different (various) 1. 29 that (that,) page 182 1. i President (s, 1.) 1. 20 without (, without) 1. 32 player — (! — ) 1. 32 if s (its) page 184 1. 6 \meUe'\ (mel^e). METZENGERSTEIN. Southern Literary Messenger, January, 1836 ; 1840 j Griswold, The text follows Griswold, who must have had the latest revision. 1840 was slightly revised from Southern Literary Messenger. The emendations from 1840, as found in Griswold, are numerous. Especially to be noted is the omission of one passage of some length. In the Messenger the Tale has attached to the title, " In Imi- tation of the German." TALES. 371 Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from the text. Page 185 1. I fatality (cap.) 1. 3 tell? (tell? I will not.) 1. 9 (^as . . . unkappiness) ( — as . . . unhappiness — ) 1, 9 [^Bruyere'] (Bruyere) 1. 16 demeure (demure) No note in Southern Literary Messenger, page 186 1. 6 illustrious^ (o. c.) 1. 7 The origen (Indeed, at the era of this history, it was observed by an old crone of haggard and sinister appearance, that " fire and water might sooner mingle than a Berlifitzing clasp the hand of a Metz- engerstein." The origen) \. <) as (like) 1. 18 ; ( — ) 1. 20 Palace (Chateau) 1. 21 had (was) 1. 22 a tendency (calcu- lated) \. -^i by (on the side of) 1. 33 loftily (honorably and loftily) page 187 I. 10 him quickly (quickly after) 1. 11 eighteenth (fifteenth) 1. 1 1 city^ (o. c.) 1. 11 eighteen (fif- teen) 1. 12 ; ( — a child may be still a child in his third lustrum :) 1. 13-14 the . . . a (fifteen years have afar) After 1. 9 insert : — The beautiful Lady Mary ! How could she die ? — and of consumption ! But it is a path I have prayed to follow. I would wish all I love to perish of that gentle disease. How glorious ! to depart in the hey- day of the young blood — the heart all passion — the imagination all fire — amid the remembrances of happier days — in the fall of the year — and so be buried up forever in the gorgeous autumnal leaves ! Thus died the Lady Mary. The young Baron Frederick stood without a living relative by the coffin of his dead mother. He placed his head upon her placid forehead. No shudder came over his delicate frame — no sigh from his flinty bosom. Heartless, self-willed, and impetuous from his childhood, he had reached the age of which I speak through a career of unfeeling, wanton, and reckless dissipation ; and a barrier had long since arisen in the channel of all holy thoughts and gentle recollections. 1. 20 The ( — of these the) 1. 21 Palace (Chateau) I. 22 ; ( — ) 1. 24 , ( — ) I. 25 , ( — ) I. 25 , ( — ) 1. 28 beha-viour (behavior) I. 28 days^ (o. c.) page 188 1. 3 ,• (:) I. 4 added (instantaneously added) 1. 8 , sat (sat,) I. 11 372 NOTES. tapestry (tapestry — ) 1. i6 , or ( — ) 1. i8 enemy (cap.) 1. 2o fallen foes (a fallen foe) 1. 26 , to (o. c.) 1. 28 no-uely ( — ) 1. 30 turned univittingly (became unwittingly rivetted) 1. 33 fore- (o. h.) 1. 34 ^vhile, (o. c.) page 189 1. I backy (p. c.) 1. I discomfited (discomfitted) 1. 6 , he (o. c.) 1. 7 the (the singular, intense and) 1. 8 pall (shroud) 1. 15 compulsory (kind of compulsory and desperate) 1. 18 / ( — ) 1. 20 , the (p. c.) 1. 27 ,♦ (:) I. 30 , the (o. c.) 1. 32 light, (o. c.) page 190 1. 2 , o/' (o. c.) 1. 5 , the (o. c.) 1. 7 /)/2//2(r^ (Chateau) 1. 9 con^ulsi've (unnatural and convulsive) 1. 12 , in (o. c.) 1. 12 , as (p. c.) 1. 12 tone (tone of voice) 1. 16 sire (cap.) 1. 16 , replied ( — ) 1. 17 , at (o. c.) 1. 23 ,' 'which (-) 1. 27 , (-) 1. 28 ,• / (—1) 1. 33 He (—He) page 191 1. 2 let ; ( — ) 1. 2 , ( — ) 1. 6 ; (— ) 1. 8 had been (were) 1. n , drily ; (drily — ) 1. 12 bed-chamber (o. h.) 1. 12-13 palace (Chateau) 1. 13 <2 (o.) 1. 15 sudden (miraculous and sudden) 1. 16 j (:) 1. 18 ; ( — ) 1. 25-26 the . . . question (a certain chamber) 1. 30 huge (huge and mysterious) 1. -^o departure (affair) 1. 32 cur- 'veted (curvetted) 1. 32 redoubled (redoubled and super- natural) 1. 33 palace (Chateau) page 192 1. i said ( — said) 1. 2 speaker, ( — ) 1. 3 ; ( — ) 1. 6 smile (smile of a peculiar and unintelligible meaning) 1. 6 the (the beautiful) 1. 7 . (. — ) 1. 14 ; ( — ) 1. i^youthy (o. c.) 1. 16 palace (Chateau) 1. 19 , his (o. c.) 1. 19 beha^viour (behavior) 1. 22 J (_) 1. 31 . (_) 1. 34 — (o.) 1. 34 ; (— ) page 193 1. I drugged . . . opium, (o. c.) 1. 28 God (s. 1.) 1. 29 oath, (o. c.) page 200 1. 10 luxury (cap.) i. n lo'-ve (cap.) 1. 28 there, (o. c.) I. 33 say^ (o. c.) page 201 1. 16 P^re (o. a.) 1. 26 cut (coupa) 1. 34 , cutting (o. c). Variations of Gris^vold from text. Page 198 1. 6 [^^V/fl^///^] (deshabille) [Note 1. 3 [>] (cap.) 1. 3 lquir\ (quiM) 1. 3 [sMl] (siM) 1. 3 [/.^/] (o. a. ) 1. 3 [_yf^x'r^] (o. a.) 1. 4 \_Andromaque~\ (Andro- mache)] page 199 1. 32 — Three (o. d.) page 200 1. 13 besprinkle (besprinkled) 1. 30 [maitre~\ (o. a.) 1. 32 \amerement~\ (ame'rement) page 201 1 19 (jvoila] (o. a.) page 202 I. 2 \_presentant~\ (o. a.). FOUR BEASTS IN ONE (EPIMANES). Southern Literary Messenger, March, 1836 ; 1840 J Broadway Journal, II. 22. The text follows the Broadway Journal. 1840 varies very slightly from Southern Literary Messenger- state. The Broadzuay Journal presents the tale with new title (Four Beasts in One), and moderate revision of the earlier text. Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from the text. Title : — Epimanes. Motto. Crebilon (o. a.) page 203 1. 9 Christ; ( — ) 1. ID Je^vs; ( — ) 1. II Holies; ( — ) 1. 14 , than (o. c.) 1. 15 silly (silly,) page204 1. 6 appellation, (name) 1. 8 of (o.) 1. 16 Empire (s. 1.) 1. 16-17 prefect (cap.) 1. 19 especially, (most especially,) 1. 22 upon (around upon) 1. 24 ^ay, (o. c.) 1. 27 the (it is the) 1. 27 That (<< That) 376 NOTES. 1. 29 Hkey (like) 1. 30 seen (beheld) 1. 31 hut (but,) 1. 32 tnearij (o. c.) 1. 33 w^ (I) page 205 1. c, forty -fi^e (thirty- nine) 1. 7 to say (o.) 1. ^ be — (o. d.) 1. 12 state (state,) 1. 18 city. — (.) 1. 19 pardon; ( — ) 1. ^o for (for nearly) 1. 21 — But (o. d.) 1. 23 fortified; ( — ) 1. 24 come. — (.) 1. 26-27-29-31 etc. omit quo. marks, page 2o6 1. i butSy (p. c.) 1. 9 day; ( — ) 1. 14 all (all the) 1. 15 palace. (!) 1. 19 cognomen, (o. c.) 1. 22 heanjens; (Heaven's,) 1. 22 there; ( — ) 1. 23 deity (cap.) 1. 28-30 omit q. m. 1. 29 , half ( — ) 1. 29 naked, ( — ) 1. 29 painted, ( — ) 1. 34 clubs — (,) page 207 I. 3 Heanjensl (! — ) 1. 4 Houo . . . a (What a terrible) 1. 5 honjo (what a) 1. 10 or (or more) 1. 1 1 — The (o. d.) 1. 11 species. — (.) 1. 16 ; — hut ( — ) 1. 17 throttling (throtling) 1. 18 is a circumstance (are circumstances) 1. 32 on ! (.) I. 33 care- ful ! (.) page 208 1. 4 palace; — (— ) 1. 5 Yes;— (— ) 1. 9 ; he ( — ) 1. 9 sanctuary (cap.) 1. 13 satyr; (Satyr — ) 1. 16 be (i.) \. 16 —by (o. d.) 1. 16 , to (o. c.) 1. 19 me! (,) 1. 21 deity. — (.) 1. 23 see! (! — ) 1. 25 Oh ! (! — ) 1. 26 ; t/iat (— ) 1. 26 state; (— ) 1. 26 that (and that) I. 28 prisoners! (.) 1. 29 , ^ivit/i hand, (o. c.) 1. 29 skies! — (.) 1. 29 Hark! (! — ) 1. 32 go. (:) page 209 1. 9 paraphrased : (.) 1. 13 thou- sand, (o. c.) 1. 22 etc. o. q. m. 1. 23 Yes; ( — ) 1. 23 / the (! — ) 1. 25 reference. (!) 1. 25 coming; — ( — ) 1. 25 comes; (!) 1. 28 him; — ( — ) 1. 30 Vopiscus (Vospicus) page 210 1. 7 Indeed (Indeed,) 1. 21 ; but ( — ) 1. 27 , you . . . allo2) short (short,) page 253 1. 8 stomach (belly) I. 9 other (o.) 1. 9 village ; ( — ) 1. 10 , but (o. c.) 1. 12 ; alas, ( — alas!) 1. 15 that (, that) 1. 16 hills, (;) 1. 23 , turned (o. c.) 1. 26 to (of) 1. 27 was (was clearly) 1. 29 everybody (every-body) 1. 33 snuff-coloiir (o. h.) page 254 1. 2 jHiistachios (mustaches) 1. 7 ,) (),) 1. 8 black (black silk) 1. 13 , as (o. c.) 1. 16-17 fo^ l^^^ honest (for the eyes of the sober) 1. 26 zvas, (o. c.) 1. 34 thejn ; (,) page 255 1. I chassez (chazzez) 1. i there ; (,) 1. 2 zephyr (o. a ) 1. 3 House (s. 1.) 1. 6 nose ; (,) 1. 7 pull; (,) 1. 8 head; (,) 1. 9 mouth ; (,) 1. 30 . — Von ( — ) 1. 32 and (and the) page 256 1. 14 Thirteen (n. i.) 1. 17 k)iees. ( — ) 1. 20 Why at- tempt (What is the use of attempting) 1. 24 boys, — ( — ) 1. 24 been (been an) 1. 26 vi'ows, ( — ) 1. 28 gentlemen, ( — ) 1. 30 and, (o. c.) page 257. 1. 3 took (got) 1. 7 as (as it) 1. 8 — But (o. d.) 1. 9 the (the outrageous) 1. 9 behaviour (be- havior) 1. 14 of (, of) 1. 17 matter . . . distressing (it if he could more abominable) 1. 19 utmost. — (.) 1. 21 the (the belly of the) 1. 22 the villain (he) 1. 23 rope, (o. c.) 1. 26 ,with (o. c.) 1. 26 both (both his) 1. 28 " . . . " (o.) 1. 30-31 correct (good) 1. ■^'^ fellozv (chap). Variations of Gris^JOoLi from the text. Page 247 1. I Every body (Everybody) 1. 5 07it of the way (out-of-the-way) 1. 17 which (, which) page 248 1. 5 — Among (o. d.) 1. 6 poijit, ( — ) 1. 7 reverse, ( — ) 1. 8 Grogswigg, ( — ) 1. 9, is ( — ) 1. 10 preferred. (: — ) 1, 21 Folio (Folio,) 1. 25 envelops (envelopes) page 249 I. 24 NOTES. 335 ivood-iuork (o. h.) page 250 1. 8 piece (piece,) 1, 9 china (cap.) 1. 14 it (it.) 1. 19 made (, made) \. 2\ , of . . . leather, ( — of . . . leather — ) page 251 1. 7 , luhich . . . lazy, ( — which . . . lazy — ) 1. 15 —He (o. d.) 1. 17 boys, (— ) 1. 18 is (is,) 1. 20 smoke. — (.) 1. 23 to, (— ) 1. 23 / (, I) ]. 34 they (, they) page 252 1. 2 resohitions : (: — ) 1. 4 things — (:) 1. 4-6 " — ( — ") \. 6 — and (: and — ) 1. 9 session (session-) 1. 15 arm (arm-) 1. 21 , for ( — ) 1. 23 it. — (.) 1. 23 the (, the) \. 31 twelve (cap.) 1. 33 short (short,) page 253 1. 9 than ( — than) 1. 10 but (,but) 1. 15 that (, that) 1. 16 hills, (;) 1. 33 snuff {%x\\3&-) page 254 1. 3 there (, there) 1. 6 coat (coat,) 1. 16 met (! — ) 1. 22 , and (;) 1. 22 day (day,) page 255 1. i here (here,) 1. 2 \zephyr'\ (o. a.) 1. 30 ). Von ( — ) page 256 1. 19 — it (,) 1. 19 , it is (o.) page 257 1. 19 utmost. — (.). THE MAN THAT WAS USED UP. Gentleman's Magazine, August, 1839 ; 1840,- • 1843 5 Broadway Journal H., 5. Text : The Broadivay Journal. Griswold varies from the text in a few cases of spelling, accent, and punctuation. 1840 shows no verbal revision from Gentleman' i Magazine . Only a few variations in punctuation are found. 1843 is very rare, and could not be collated. The Broadivay Journal shows thorough revision from 1840. Especially to be noted is the omission of several sentences. Variations of Gentleman s Magazine from the text. Motto does not occur in Gentleman^s Magazine. Page 259 1. 6 a7id (and at) 1. 7 other (other, of this) 1. 7 convinced, (o. c.) 1. 10 anxious (anxious and tremulous) 1. 20 qziestion. (question. What this something was, however, I found it impossible to say.) page 260 1. 5 Brutus ; — ( — ) 336 NOTES. 1. 6 black; — ( — ) 1. 17 , also, ffiy acquaintance (my acquaint- ance was, also,) 1. 20 lustrous ; (:) 1. 23 pregnancy to expres- sion, (force to the pregnant observation of Francis Bacon — that " there is no exquisite beauty existing in the world without a certain degree of strangeness in the expres- sion.") 1. 31-32 The arms . . . modelled (His arms altogetlier were admirably modelled, and the fact of his wearing the right in a sling, gave a greater decision of beauty to the left) 1. 33 sicperb (marvellously superb) 1. 33 , indeed, (o. c.) page 261 1. 3 little, (o. c.) 1. 7 God (God,) 1. 13 7iow, (o. c.) 1. 14 y> (cap.) 1. 15 , — lay ( — ) 1. 17 maitner ; — ( — ) 1. 22 ditninzitive [petite) 1. 23 world, (o. c.) 1, 23 or (, or) 1. 25 dimensions (dimension) 1. 26 , hauteur — (, of hantenr,) 1. 29 ear (ear, at the instant,) page 262 1. 2 dow7i- (o. h.) \.^ . Showed { — showed) 1. 9-10 [Here . . . extent.] ((Here my friend placed his forefinger to the side of his nose, and opened his eyes to some extent.)) 1. 9-10 " , . . " (o. q. m.) 1. 12 of (, of) 1. 20 ; but ( — ) 1. 21 Just . . . moment (i.) 1. 2S a [a] 1. 29 really — (o. d.) page 263 1. 2 subject ; (,) 1. 7, lead ( — ) 1. 7 would, ( — ) 1. 1 1 spring- (o. h.) I, 12 , but . . . side, (o. c.) 1. 18 of the (of the application of the) 1. 19 — (i — {a) 1. 21 ruhy, (o. c.) 1. 22 believe, (o. c) 1. 26 like — ah (like) 1. 27 ah — ah (o.) page 264 1. 4 events (events in which he performed so conscientious a part — ) 1. 4-5 quorum . . . fuit (n. i.) 1. 5 fuit, (o. c.) 1. 9 Church (s. 1.) 1. II just (, just) 1. 12 , but . . . side, (o. c.) 1. 19 d (a) 1. 21 why, (o. c.) 1. 22 CF (!) 1. 30 the (down the) 1. 31 live; ( — ) page 265 1. I nearly proved (proved so nearly) 1. 3 it ; ( — ) 1. 4 ^ (of a) 1. 11 was (however, was) 1. 13 as (, as) 1. 14 the (next the) 1. 18 C? (!) 1. 21 ,but (o. c.) 1. 31 C? (!) 1. 31 wasn't (was'nt) 1. 33 Smith! (?) page 266 1. I heard ! (! !) 1. 2 ''■Bless (o. q. m.) 1. 1-2 [, .] ((. .)) 1. 4 maftdragora (mandragora,) 1. 5 , world (world,) 1. 7 owedst (owd'st) 1. 11-13 , went . . . death. (, and went behind the scenes for the purpose of giving the scoun- drel a sound threshing.) 1. 14 widozu, (o. c.) 1. 15 %vas (was very) 1. 18 vis-h-vis (partner) 1. 19 the solution of which NOTES. 337 (whose solution) 1. 21 wJiy, (o. c.) 1. 22 C? (!) 1. 23 those (, those) 1. 25 Tattle? (— ) 1. 25 it I (it) 1. 28 oh, {o. c.) 1. 31 man—" ("— ) page 267 1. 9 6'^/7/ (Still,) 1. 12 rt?z// (i.) 1. 15 zephyr (o. a.) ,1. 18 toes! (,) 1. ig fellow ! (fellow) 1. 20 0, (o. c.) 1. 23 ejtlighten (tell) 1. 24 ?/^d?« — " (" — ) 1. 25-27 Fred (s. 1.) 1. 27 anybody (any body) page 268 1. i Fred (s. 1.) 1. I seek (seek for) 1. 7 ; /^r ( — ) 1, 11 why, (o. c.) 1. 13 OS (o-os) 1. iTjWasiit (was'nt) 1. 14 pon ('pon) 1. 17 Ma-a-a-a-7i (Mann) 1. 20 quite [toute) 1. 22 say," (say) 1. 22 [. .] ((. .)) 1.23 "/(I) 1.26 Why{\yhy,)\.zzso{l) page 269 1. 14 bed- (o. h.) 1. \()feet (feet,) 1. 23 smallest (smallest, the weakest) 1. 25 / ever (ever I) 1. 27 observe. (!) 1. 28 off, (o. c.) 1. 28 /(—I) 1. 30 me! (,) 1. 31 why, (o. c.) After 1. 33 insert : — " No — no — 7to !" said I, getting as close to the wall as possible, and holding up both hands in the way of expostulation; "don't know you — know you — know you — doji^t know you at all ! Where ^s your master ? " here I gave an impatient squint towards the negro, still keeping a tight eye upon the bundle 1. 34 /(" I). "He! he! he! he — aw! he — aw! cachinnated that de- lectable specimen of the human family, with his mouth fairly extended from ear to ear, and with his forefinger held up close to his face, and levelled at the object of my apprehension, as if he was taking aim at it with a pistol "He! he! he! he — aw! he — aw! he — aw! — what, you want Mass Smif ? Why, dar's him!" page 270 1. 4 non- descript (bundle) \. 11 , a (o. c.) 1. 12 trice ; (,) 1. 13 eyes. (eyes. Devil the word could I say.) 1. 18 " [] " (( )) 1. 19 leg; (leg; he lives in Race street, No. 79 — stop, I'll give you his card ;) 1. 24 bosoin ! ( — ) page 271 1. 3 ra7n down ! ! (ram down ! — ) 1. 3 eye! ! (!) 1. 6 gouge ; (-^) 1. 10 nor {or) 1. 22 horse- [o. h.) 1. 23 singidar- (o. h.) 1, 2^eittire (whole) 1. 26 General's countenance (countenance of the General) 1. 27 all (the whole of) 1. 31 /?— (s. 1.) 1. 34 is'nt (isn't) page 272 1. 3 " [. .] " (o.) I. 5 his (this) 1. 5 a7id (and now) 1. 6 took . . . him (took leave of my friend) 1. 11 the . . . up. (THE . . . UP.). VOL. III. — 22 338 NOTES. Variations of 1840 from Gentleman' s Magazine. Page 260 1. 33 , indeed, (o. c.) page 261 1. 7 God (God,) 1. \^^je (cap.) 1. 26 hauteur (of hauteicr) page 262 1. 28 i {a) page 263 1. II spring' (o. h.) 1. 22 believe, (o. c.) 1. 27 ah — ah (ah) page 264 1. 11-12, but . . . side, (o. c.) 1. 19 i (i) 1. 197^;//;', (o. c.) 1. 22 C? (!) page 265 1. 18-32 G? (!) 1. 31 wasn^t (was'nt) 1. 33 Smith/ (?) page 266 1. 14 widoiv, (o. c.) 1. 21 %vhy, (o. c.) 1. 22 C? (!) 1. 28 oh, (o. c.) page 268 1. II why, (o. c.) page 269 1. 31 why, (o. c.) page 271 1. 22 horse- (o. h.) 1. 24 that (, that). Variations of Gris^wold from the text. [Motto page 259 fondez-vous (o. h.) page 261 1. 8 had, (o. c.) 1. 24 which, (o. c.) page 262 1. 28 h (a) page 263 1. II \age. (B. J. age,)] 1. 5 , in (o. c.) 1. 18 electro- (o. h.) 1. 19 A'^or (Nor,) 1, 19 magnetics? (!) page 264 1. 11 Sunday (Sunday,) 1. 27 — " \_B.J. (" — )] (so page 265 1, 21-23 etc.) page 265 1. 16 Arabella Arabelli 1, 19 musingly. [B. J.] (,) 1. 19 as (, as) page 266 1. 7 [ozvedstl (owd'st) 1. 17 card (card-) page 267 1. 3 Mann (Mann,) 1. 15 zephyr (o. a. [B. J.J) page 268 1. 10 well (well-) 1. 12 A-B-C (A. B. C.) 1. 2d,, and (o. c.) 1. 26 Why (Why,) 1.30^-^7? (on) page 269 1. I ill (ill-) 1. ^fountain (fountain-) 1. % at least (, at least,) 1. 18 odd (odd-) page 270 I. 11 bundle (bundle,) 1. 12 upright (up) page 271 1. 3 eye II! (! !) 1. 4 the ( — the) 1. 4 Oh, (b). NOTES. 339 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, September, 1839; I 840 ; 1845. The text follows 1845, with several corrections by the Editor. Griswold shows no variations from 1845. The tale appears very slightly revised in 1840, and in a much more extensive manner in 1845. Variations of Gentleman s Magazine from the text. No motto in Gentleman's Magazine. Page 273 1. 20-21 everyday (common) page 274 1. 7 still (still the reason, and) 1. 8 analysis (analysis,) 1. 8 lies {, lie) 1. 17 remodelled (re-modelled) 1. 29 mental disorder (piti- able mental idiosyncrasy) 1. 31 indeed (indeed,) page 275 1. 2 ; and { — ) 1. 3 obeyed (obeyed,) 1. \ forthwith . . . sum- mons, (summons, forthwith.) 1. 14-15 recognisable (recogniz- able) 1. 17 honojired (honored) page 276 1. 2 — that of . . . tarn — (, of . . . tarn,) 1. 15 about (around about) 1. 19 wall (walls) 1. 20 tarn — (,) 1. 20 — a . . . vapour (in the form of an inelastic vapor or gas — ) 1. 22 not new par. 1. 31 crumbling (utterly porous, and evidently decayed condition) page 277 1. 4 scrutinising (scrutinizing) 1. 7 zigzag (zig-zag) 1. 14 studio (n. i.) 1. 32 lofty (excessively lofty) page 278 1. 2 trellised (trelHced) 1. 13 on (upon) 1. 16 thought, (o. c ) 1. 17 eJtnuyS (n. i.) 1. 18 countenance, (o. c.) page 279 1. 13 Arabesque (s. 1.) 1. 16 — an (,) 1. 30-31 in . . . excitement (in the moments of the intensest excitement of the lost drunk- ard, or the irreclaimable eater of opium) page 280 1. 8 me ; ( — ) 1. 13 odours (odors) 1. 27-30 that . . . Fear, (that I must inevitably abandon life and reason together, in my struggles with some fatal demon of fear) page 281 1. i whence (from which) 1. 4 re-stated (o. h.) 1. 6 he (, he) 1. 16 —his (;) 1. 21 While (As) 1. 21 spoke, (o. c.) 1. 26 — ajid . . .feelings (o.) After 1. 26 insert : — Her figure, 340 NOTES. her air, her features — all, in their very minutest devel- opment were those — were identically (I can use no other sufficient term) were identically those of the Roderick Usher who sat beside me.) 1. 26 sensation (feeling) 1. 28 When (As) 1. 28 he7- (her exit) page 282 1. 8-9 [as . . . agitation) (, as . . . agitation,) 1. 10 ; a7ui ( — ) 1. 15 ; atid {•) 1. 15 during (, during) 1. 15 period (period,) 1. 16 ejideavoiirs (endeavors) 1. 18 ; or ( — ) 1. 26 me (me, as Moslemin their shrouds at Mecca,) 1. 32 sidp/mreous (sulphurous) 1. 11 forever (for ever) 1. 34 hold (bear) page 283 1. 6 why ; — (,) 1.8 endeavours (endeavors) 1. iO£'/(, of) 1. II overawed (over-awed) 1. 16 ca7ivass (canvas) 1. 29 ; yet{ — ) 1. 30 splendoicr (splendor) page 284 1. 5 im- pro7/iptns (n. i.) 1. 7-9 {for . . . improvisations), (, (for . . . improvisations,)) 1. 13 remembered (borne away in memory) 1. 24 Radiant (Snow-white) page 285 1. 4 odour (odor) 1. 12 ruler (Sovereign) 1. 17 sweet {%o\€)\. \z^ flowing {'^o\^'mg,) page 286 1. 6 ballad, (o. c) 1. 8 (note not in G. M.) 1. 14 conditions (condition) 1. 22 ftrngi (n. i.) 1. 27-29 the gradual . . . jvalls (i.) page 287 1. 8 the Heaven (; the Selenography of Brew- ster ; the Heaven) 1. 10 ,by (de) 1. 14 Directorium (n. i.) 1. 14 Inquisitorum (Inquisitorium) 1. 19 the (the earnest and repeated) 1. 27-28 (...) (o. par.) 1. 30 worldly (wordly) 1. 33 consideration (considerations) page 288 1. 3 burial- (o. h.) 1. 7 by no (not by any) 1. 8 unnatural, (o. c.) 1. 16 entij-ely (utterly) 1. 32-34 A striking . . . Usher (The exact similitude between the brother and sister even here again startled and confounded me. Usher) page 289 1. 26 utter- ance. (. — ) 1. 27 some (an) 1. 27 labouring (laboring) 1. ;^i for (as) page 290 1. 4 was (was, most) 1. 5-6 after . . . donjon, (after the entombment of the lady Madeline,) 1. 10-30 I have seen Villanova, the danseuse, lecturing in the chair of National Law, and have seen D , P , T , and Von C , all enraptured with her TALES. 279 profundity. I have seen the protector, the consul, and the whole faculty aghast at the convolutions of a weather- cock. I have seen Sontag received with hisses, and a hurdy-gurdy with sighs. I have seen an ox-cart, with oxen, on the summit of the Rotunda. I have seen all the pigs of G n in periwigs, and all her cows in canoni- cals. I have seen fifteen hundred vociferous cats in the steeple of St. P . I have seen the college chapel bom- barded — I have seen the college ramparts most distress- ingly placarded — I have seen the whole world by the ears — I have seen old Wertemuller in tears — and, more than all, I have seen such events come to be regarded as the most reasonable, commendable, and inevitable things in creation, through the silent, yet all-perv^ading and magi- cal influence of the dominator Baron Ritzner Von Jung. 1. 17 his (the Baron's) 1. 18 age ; — ( — ) 1. 22 He (In stature he was about five feet eight inches. He) 1. 23 the (rather the) 1. 32 and (, and) 1. 34 ^vas (was neither more nor less than) page 104 1. 12 practical: — ( — ) 1. 13 accused, — ( — ) 1. 14 Heraclites, — ( — ) 1. 20 [mystique'] (mystifique) 1. 20 , lay (o. c.) 1. 23 a (the) 1. 24 ,) by (), ) page 105 1. 3 rise. (rise. How this difficult point was accomplished I have become fully aware by means of a long course of observation on the oddities of my friend, and by means of frequent disserta- tions on the subject from himself 5 but upon this matter I cannot dilate.) 1. 3 instance (instance, however,) 1. 6 — an (,) After Par. II. page 103 insert: — My readers have thus the physical baron before them. What I shall add respecting those mental peculiarities to which I have as yet only partially adverted, will be told in my own words — for I find that, in speaking of my friend, I have been falling unwittingly into one of the many odd lit- erary mannerisms of the dominator Baron Ritzner Von Jung. After par. I. page 105 msert: — To enter fully into the labyrinths of the Baron's finesse, or even to follow him in that droll career of practical 28o NOTES. mystification which gave him so wonderful an ascendency over the mad spirits of G n, would lead me to a far greater length than I have prescribed to myself in this article. I may dwell upon these topics hereafter, and then not in petto. I am well aware that in tracing minutely and deliberately to their almost magical results the operations of an intellect like that of Ritzner, wherein an hereditary and cultivated taste for the bizarre was allied with an intuitive acumen in regard to the every-day im- pulses of the heart — an untrodden field would be found to lie open before me, rich in novelty and vigor, of emo- tion and incident, and abounding in rich food for both speculation and analysis. But this, I have already said, could not be accomplished in little space. Moreover, the Baron is still living in Belgium, and it is not without the limits of the possible that his eye may rest upon what I am now writing. I shall be careful, therefore, not to dis- close, at least thus and here, the mental machinery which he has a pleasure, however whimsical, in keeping concealed. An anecdote at random, however, may con- vey some idea of the spirit of his practice. The method varied ad infinitum ; and in this well-sustained variety lay chiefly the secret of that unsuspectedness with which his multifarious operations were conducted. Page 105 1. 13 -6// . . . G n (the domina- tion) 1. iG at least ) 1- II display — (5) 1. 22 , / (o. c.) 1. 29 , ivas (p. c.) 1. 2 9 /w^r^/y (but) page 153 1. 3 ivords : — ( — ) I. 22 quondam (n. i.) 1. 22 cobbler {fioWtx) 1. 24 role (n. i.) 1. 24 Crebillons (o. a.) 1. 25 Pasquinaded (s. 1.) 1. 27 Heaven'' s (God's) 1. 28 is (be) page 154 1. 5 , in fact, (o. c.) 1. 8 vje (we now) 1. 1 1 charlatanerie {char- latdnerie) 1. 15 rencontre (n. i.) I. 17 Nichols (Nichol) 1. 26 JVhat, (o. c.) 1. 29 continued : ( — ) page 155 1. 6 did; ( — ) 1. 1 y of late, (p. c ) 1. ^glancing, (o. c) 1. 10 expression, (o. c.) 1. 1 1 stones, (o. c.) 1. 16 the (to your- self the) 1. 17-18 ' stereotomy'' . . . pavement (< stereotomic ') Insert 1. 18 : — You continued in the same inaudible murmur, with a knit brow, as is the custom of a man tasking his memory, until I con- sidered that you sought the Greek derivation of the word (not new par.) 1. 15 Read . . . ?/6z/ (Assuredly it is not," replied Dupin ; '« read now this) 1. 29 tan.vny (yellow) 1. 29 , too, (o.) 1. 31 /-x(;o(n. i.) page 183I. 12 Ourang-{o. h.) 1. iT^the (this) 1.17 more {moxQ than guesses) 1. 21 another (another than myself) 1. 23 is (be) 1. 26 by (for by) 1. 28 thus: (: — ) 1. 31 taxvny (tawny-colored) page 184 1. 3 , Faubourg (p. c.) 1. 4 troisieme (o. a.) 1. 10- 11 n.uhich . . . been (which has evidently, from its form, and from its greasy appearance, been) 1. 19 saying (stating) 1. 20 error, {o. c.) 1. 23 right, ( — ) 1. 24 although . . murder (of the murder, although not guilty) 1. 3 1 is, (o. c.)page 185 1. 9 great (great a) 1. \o , at (o. c.) 1. 13 jget ( — ) 1. 17 use them nor shouj (show them nor use) 1. 20 , ^ (look back) 1. 6 did ; ( — ) 1. 7,0/ late, (o. c.) 1. xo , at (o. c.) 1. II pavement, (o. c.) 1. 12 stones, (o. c.) 1. 16 /^^ (to yourself the) 1. 17 '■ stereotomy^ . . . pavement (Stereotomic) Insert 1. 1 8 : — You continued the same in- audible murmur, with a knit brow, as is the custom (a. 1.) habit of a man tasking his memory, until I considered that you sought the Greek derivation of the word stereotomy. 1. 18 that . . . stereotomy, (that you could not find this) 1. 21 since (as) 1. 25 upvjard (upwards) 1. 32 Latin [^Latin occurs in margin in different handwriting] 1. 32 line (verse [a. 1.]) 1, 32 about vjhich (upon whose meaning)) 1. 34 Perdidet etc. (i.) page 156 TALES. 299 1. 2 andy (o. c.) 1. 3 , / (o. c.) 1. 9 gait ; ( — ) 1. 13 , in fact, (o. c.) 1. 15 Thedtre (Theatre) 1. 16 this, (o. c.) 1. 17 *' Gazette des Tribunaux " ('* Le Tribunal ") 1. 19 — T'his (o. d.) 1. 20 5"/. (St) 1. 22 , apparently, (o. c.) 1. 25 daughter, (o. c.) 1. 28 cro^vbar (crow-bar) 1. 28 neighbors (neighbours) 1. 29 t^ojo (two gens d'arnies) 1. 30 but, (o. c.) 1. 31 , in (o. c.) 1. 32 co?itention, (o. c.) 1. 32 and (proceeding and) page 157 1. 3 story, (o. c.) 1. 4 locked, (o. c.) 1. 5 open, (o. c.) 1. 8 0. q. m. [so, also, 1. 26 etc.] 1 12 razor, (o. c.) 1. 15 out (up out [a. 1.]) 1. 17 three (and tliree) 1. 17 metal (o. a.) 1. 18 bags, (o. c.) I. 19 , -cvhich (o. c) 1. 20 , njoere (o. c.) 1. 20 apparently, (o. c.) 1. 25 letters, (o. c.) 1. 27 but (but,) 1. 30 doiviiu-vard (downwards) 1. 33 it, (o. c.) page 158 1. 2 , upon . . . throat, (o. c.) 1. 6 house, (o. c.) 1. 8 lady, (o. c.) 1. 10 her, (p. c.) 1. 10 off (off, and rolled to some distance) 1. 11 ^was (were was [a. 1.]) 1. 18 The njjord ^ affair^ (These words are in- serted above the text, at the top of the page as if they had been forgotten or had belonged to another sheet] 1. 20 us, (o. c.) page 159 1. 4 neighborhood (neighbourhood) 1. d found, (o. c.) 1. 16-20 neighbors (neighbours) 1. 20 cro^wbar (crow-bar) 1. 28 Mustt (Muset) 1. 28 gendarme (n. i.) 1. '},o the (the front door [gatenx^ay appears in margin]) 1. 31 endea'voring (endeavouring) 1. '^^ gate (door [_gate appears in margin]) page 160 1. z gate (door [gate appears in margin]) 1. 3 be (be the) 1. 6 landing, (o. c.) 1. II sacre (o. a.) 1. 15 Spanish. (Spanish. Might have distinguished some words if he had been acquainted with Spanish) 1, 18 neighbor (neighbour) 1. 21 Musit (Mus^t) 1. 22 door, (o. c.) 1. 24 the (this) 1. 27 not [inserted in text with a caret] 1. 28 but [inserted in text] 1. 28 language, (language, and, although he) 1. 33 res- taurateur (n. i.) 1. 34 Not . . . interpreter. [This sentence is inserted with a caret] 1. 34 French, (o. c.) page 161 1. 10 spoken (sometimes quick, sometimes de- liberate, — spoken) 1. 13 sacrS (o. a.) 1. 13 and (, and) 1. 15 , 0/ (o. c.) I 19 ). (,)) 1. 20 deposits (deposites) 300 NOTES. I. 25 to (to Messieurs) 1. 29 opened, (o. c.) 1. 33 bye — (o. d.) page 162 1. 4 French man. ( — ) I. 6 sacre (o. a.) 1. 6 Dieu (s. 1.) 1. 20 nvindo-Ms, (o. c.) 1. 20 roow, (o. c.) 1. 23-24 locked . . . /«j/^^ (open — not wide open, but ajar 'locked with the key on the Inside ^ \^^ locked inside ' is written above the words hned out] ) 1. 26 ivas (was wide) 1. 27 beds, (o. c.) 1. 32 mansardes (. mansardes [a period has been put in under parenthesis mark]) page 163 1. 2 of (o.) 1. 2 , njoas (o. c.) 1. 7 Morgue. Trianon Morgue — (the street of the murder). [Trianon Morgue occurs above the . . . murder]) 1. 16- 24 Alberto . . . Russia [This paragraph is writ- ten the length of the lateral margin] 1. 21 ^oice [inserted above, with caret] 1, 28 cylindrical [inserted with a caret] 1. 28 brushes, (o. c.) page 164 1. 5 both then (then both) 1. 16 produced, {o. c.)\. ij , by (o. c.) 1. 22 tibia (n. i.) 1. 23 0/ (on) 1. 26 — a (,) ]. 26 chair — (,) 1. 27 , hea'vy, (o. c.) 1. 27 nveapon (weapon,) I. 27 njuould (could) page 165 1. 3 o/(, of) 1. 13 the (the Rue Trianon) 1. 13-14 ^artier St. Roch- (Quartier St Roch- [written in the margin, with a line drawn to it] 1. 17 ho^we'ver (however,) 1. 18 and (, and) 1. 22 comments (comments whatever) 1. 25 the tnurders (it) 1. 26 them (it) 1. 26 / (In regard to the perpetration of the butchery I) 1. 27 trace (trace him) 1. 29 shell (bizarrerie shell [a. 1.]) 1. 32 There . . . musique 1. 32 , not unfrequently, (o. c.) 1. 34 objects (results objects [a, 1.]) 1. 34 /// (illy) page 166 1. 2 [Inserted in lateral margin] 1. 6 , their (o. c.) 1. 6-7 , for example, (o. c.) \for example is inserted with caret] 1. 8 nvithout (without an) 1. 12 , ne- cessarily, (o. c.)l. 13 as (, as) 1. 14 zV (does is [a. 1 ]) 1. 14 in (lie in) 1. i^fact, (o. c.) 1. 15 more (most more [a. 1.]) 1. 15 , / (o. c.) 1. 17 lies (lies oftener) 1. 17 her, (o. c.) 1. 17 and not (than and not [a. 1.]) 1. 18 mountain- (o. h.) 1. 20 of (of a star.) 1. 21 side-long (sidelong) 1. 22 ' (by a world of) 1. 34 him (o.) page 186 1. 2 , z« . . . accents, (o. c.) 1. 3 Neuf- chatelish (Neufchatel-ish) 1. 7 ; a ( — ) 1. 12 tone: ( — ) 1. 16 no; ( — ) 1. 19 property? (.) 1. 20-23 sir (cap.) 1. 25 say, (o. c.) 1. 25 thing (reward) 1. 28 should I (reward ought I to) 1. 28 have? (.) 1. 29 / ( — I) 1. 31 these murders (that affair) 1. 31 Morgue (Trianon ["Morgue" is written in margin]) 1. 32 the (these) 1. 33 toivard (towards) page 187 1. i TALES. 305 his bosom (his coat pocket his bosom [a. 1.]) 1. .3-4 as . . . suffocation (with an ungovernable tide of crimson) 1. 6 seat^ (o. c.) 1. 6 --violently (convulsively) 1. 6 q/' (as colorless as that of) 1. 7 « (a single) 1. 14 Morgue (Trianon ["Morgue" is written in margin]) 1. 17 said^ (o. c.) 1. 21 , certainly, (o. c.) 1. 26 all (all that) 1. 29 mind, (o. c.) 1. 30 measure, (o. c.) [The side of paragraphs IV. and V, is torn, — and some of the words are w^anting in the MS.] 1. 34 a// (all that) page 188 1. I half (half that) 1. 4 IVhat (I do not propose to follow the man in the circumstantial narrative which he now detailed. What) 1. 4, in substance, (o. c. ) 1. 6 , q/* one, (o. c.) \. 6 of . . . one [inserted with a caret] 1.6, and (o. c.) I. 7 on (upon) 1. 8 Ourang- (o. h.) 1. 9 , the (o. c.) 1. 13 it (him it [a. l.]),l. 14 tonvard (towards) 1. 15 neighbors (neighbours) 1. ij foot, (o. c.) 1. 19 sailors'' (sailor's) 1. 20 of {, of) 1. 21 the beast (his prisoner) 1. 22 it (he) 1. 23 Razor (Tht beast, razor) 1. 24 it (o.) 1. 25 it (he) 1. 26 its (his) 1. 28 the (o.) 1. 31 a (a strong wagoner's) 1. 32 it, (o. c.) page 1 89 1. i njuindo'w, (o. c.) 1. 3 ; the ( — ) 1. 3 in (, in) 1. 5 /// (his) 1. 6 it (him) \. 6 It (He) 1. 10 Morgue (Trianon) 1. 1 1 light (light (the only one apparent except those of the town-lamps)) 1. 13 , it (he) 1. 16 itself (himself) 1. 17 headboard (head-board) 1. 19 Ourang-Outang (ape) 1. 19 it (he) 1. 22 rerse (s. 1.) 1. 33 Him (him,) 1. 33 Helusion (Elysium) page 241 1. 4 burthen (burden) 1. 6 'vo^w, ( — ) 1. 6-7 (. . .) (o.) 1. 9 that, (o. c.) 1. II , z/(o. c.) 1. 12 but , (o. c.) 1. 13 , indeed, (o. c.) 1. 14, at least, (o. c.) 1. 15 presence; (,) 1. 18 , i^these (certain) page 65 1. 3 so far . . . known (i.) 1. 4-5 up . . . history (i.) 1. 12 an . . . parallel (i.). Variations of Grisnjoold from the text. Page I 1. 2 \ldi(ff\ (o. a.) page 2 1. i IZufdllel (zufalle) 1. I \^gewdhnlich'\ (o. a.) 1. 3 \;. statt'\ (;) 1. 10 {Moralische\ (Moral) page i I.3 On (Upon) page 2 [Note] lHarde7iberg'\ (Hardenburg) 1. 18 are (such sentiments are) page 3 1. 5 train (wild train) page 5 1. 24 \Andre\ (Andree) through- out 1. 25 three months (five years) page 7 1, i6zuithout (and passed without) Note page 17 [/] (I) page 37 1. 26 pity (vast pity) page 40 1. 33 [Mercure] (Mercuric) etc. page 42 1. 7 [La] (Le) page 48 I. 17 week (single week). NOTES. 317 THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM. The Gift, 1843 ; Broadway Journal, I. 20. The text follows The Broadivay Journal. Griswold shows two verbal variations from the text. Variations of The Gift from the text. Page 67 1. I longos (longas) 1. 3 fatrid (o. a.) 1. 8 revolu- tion — (, — ) 1. 14 words — (,) page 68 1. 11 . At (; at) 1. 23 at length (, at length,) 1. 27 sensations (sensation) 1. 28 a (that) 1. 31 still (o.) page 69 1. 6 been (been,) 1. 9 physical, (o. c.) 1. 19 , is (o, c.) I. 21 flower — (;) 1. 24 iiieaititig (in- tense meaning) 1. 27 endeavors (endeavours) 1. 28 regather (re-gather) page 70 1. 2 down (, down) 1. 3 — till (, — ) 1. 6 heart, (o. c.) 1. 11 this (this,) 1. 12 madness — (, — ) 1. 16 sound — (; — ) 1. 19 touch — (, — ) 1. 23 efideavor (endeavour) 1. 23 comprehend (realize) 1. 26 judges, (judges, of the tall candles) 1. 30 me (o.) page 71 1. 8 ^ (of the) 1. 8 night (cap.) 1. 9 struggled (gasped) 1. 11 new par. 1. 19 ; — but (. But) 1. 19 where (where,) 1. 21 autos-dafe (auto-da-fes) 1. 25 / (, I) 1. 2^ saw, (o. c.) 1. 30a;/a^(and,) page 72 1. ^^ at length (, at length,) 1. 6 , in (o. c.) 1. 13 rmnors (rumours) 1. 13 ^(at) 1. 16 , save (o. c.) 1. 17 subterranean (subterrene) 1. 24 voall, (, — ) 1. 25 masonry — (, — ) 1. 2Z . 'when (o. c.) page 73 1. 6 robe (robe,) 1. 10 : but (;) 1. 13 onward (onwards) 1. 13/^r . . . time (for perhaps half an hour) 1. 17 and (, and) 1. 19 afterward (afterwards) 1. 24 more ; — (;) 1. 31 hope — (, — ) page 74 1. 2 , was (o. c.) 1. 4 endeavoring (endeavouring) 1. II afterward (afterwards) 1. 13 — my (. My) 1. 17 vapor (vapour) 1. 24 For . . . seconds (For nearl)' a minute) 1. 29 , and (o. c.) 1. 31 /(I now) 1. 34 Another step (A step farther) page 75 1. 2 , was (o. c.) 1. 4 its (o.) 1. 5 , there (o. c.) 1. 12 limb, (o. c.) 1. 27 drunk (drank) 1. 30 of cojirse, I (I, of course,) page 76 1. 4 trouble ; (:) 1. 8 ejideavor (endeavour) 3l8 NOTES. 1. 23 one (one,) 1. 25 dimensions (dimension) 1. 29 depression (depressions) page 77 1. 3 colors (colors) 1. 18 had — to (was absent : to) 1. 23 upward (upwards) page 78 1. 2 ^/^r- ^/ara' (afterwards) \. \inintites, (;) \. i, , somewhat (;) 1. 14 hour, (o. c.) 1. 27 edge (edge,) page 79 1. 2 rnmor (rumour) 1. 4 , ^«(^ / (. I) 1. 5 entrapment (i.) 1. 19 (jd'l^r (odour) 1. 21 zy///^ /wy (with) 1. 22 upward (upwards) 1. 26 aiiother (an) 1. 29 might (i.) 1. 34 craved food (i.) page 80 1. 5 half {^^sM- 1. 7 jz^r/z (such,) 1. \o perfect (realize) 1. 17 operations (oper- ation) 1. 19 vigor (vigour) 1. 20 of{oi the serge of) 1. 26 sound (i.) 1. 28 ^y? (in) 1. 31 crept (i.) 1. 34 shriek . . . spirit; (shriek of spirit I and the plunge of a damned spirit) page 81 1. 19 Still I {1 still) 1. 20 sinking (sinking or slipping) 1. 22 hope (n. i.) 1. 23 hope (n. i.) page 82 1. 8 in the track (i.) 1. 16 z^«- formed half {{.) 1. 20 «^w (now at once) 1, 22 despair (i.) 1. 29 food (i.) page 83 1. 2 voracity, (o. c.) 1. 5 , / (o. c.) 1. 6 /y^^«, (o. c.) 1. 14 leaped (leapt) 1. 22 ever (ever-) 1. 24 disgust (a disgust) 1. 26 ,^(?^z/jj/ (deadly) 1. 31 still (n. i.) page 84 1. 27 sulphurous (sulphureous) 1. 32 endeavored (endeavoured) page 85 1. 5 colors (colours) 1. 10 where (o.c.) 1. 12 my (my diseased) 1. 31 — Oh (o. d.) 1. 2,Z > (o- c.) 1. 34 -^^w^J" — (,) page 86 1. 7 Inquisitorial (s. 1.) 1. 8 tzvofold (o. h.) 1. 17 Death, (!) 1. 19 ;/c/ //,7Z',? (have) 1. 21 or (or,) 1. 23 ««^ (and,) 1. 26 <7//7c«r^/ (onwards) 1. 31-32 There . . . voices! There . . . trumpets! (There . . . trumpets ! There . . . voices !) page 87 1. 2 ,fai)iting, (o. c.) 1. 3-4 The French . . . Toledo. The . . . enemies. (The . . . enemies. The French . . . Toledo.). Variations of Grtsivold from the text. Page 67 1. I [longos] (longas) 1. 3 patrid (o. a.) 1. 5 Market (s. 1.) page 71 1. 21 [aiitos-dafe'] (auto-da-fes) page 72 1. 4 grew (, grew) page 73 1. 10 least (least,) 1. 22 / (, I) 1. 25 and (and,) 1. 25 more; — (— ) 1. 34 / (, I) page 74 1. \ fir77ily; (— ) 1. 13 this — (:) 1. 14 lips (lips,) 1. 16 time (time,) 1. 26 ; at length (: at length,) 1. 28 there (, there) page 75 1. 13 wall; (— ) 1. 16 / (, I) 1. 17 by (, by) NOTES. 319 1. 27 ; for ( — ) 1. 29-30 of course, (, of course) 1. 31 wild (wild,) page 76 1. 4 indeed! (— ) 1. 11 / (, I) 1. \2 fell ; (:) 1. 14 , and ( — and,) 1. 21 / (, I) 1. 27 seemed (, seemed) page 77 1. 8 \for (— ) 1. 15 that (, that) 1. 19 to (, to) 1. 19 ; for (— ) 1. 21 ; for (— ) 1. 30 , such (o. c.) 1. 34 // (it,) page 78 1. I 0W71 (own,) 1. 15 time (time,) 1. 16 saw (saw,) 1. 20 me (me,) 1. 34 whose (, whose) page 79 1. 14 vibrations (oscillations) 1. 27 life (life,) 1. 29 lotig; ( — ) I. 2^2 sick ( — sick) page 80 1. 5 half formed (half-formed) 1. 7 such (such,) 1. 18 szveep (sweep,) 1. 18 more (more,) 1. 34 spirit; (!) 1. 34 hea7't (heart,) page 81 1. 2 as (, as) 1. ^furiously, ( — furiously — ) 1. 19 oh! (,) 1. 28 robe, ( — ) 1. 32 me (me,) page 82 1. 5 how (, how) 1. -] possibility! (?) 1. 21 — , but (— ) 1. 27 ; their (— ) 1. I6f platter: (;) page 83 1. 2 the (, the) 1. Z first (first,) 1. 14 frame-work (fame-work) 1. 20 they (, they) page 84 1. 14 and (, and) 1. 31 were, (o. c.) page 85 1. 4 colours (colors) 1. 15 vapour (vapor) 1. 16 odoiir (odor) 1. 31 — Oh (o. d.) page 86 1. 5 at first, (o. c.) 1. 5 endeavoured (endeavored) 1. 19 have not (not have) 1. 21 or, (o. c). THE TELL-TALE HEART. The Pioneer, January, 1843 5 Broadway Journal, II. 7. The text follows the Broadivay Journal. The Broadivay Journal shows careful, although not very exten- sive, revision from the Pioneer. Griswold has several verbal variations from the text, as well as a few in spelling and punctuation. Motto : — Art is long and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave. Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Longfellow. 3 20 NOTES. Page 88 1. 2 been (been,) I. 11 but (but,) 1. \^yes ( — yes) 1. 18 so (so,) page 89 1. 11 him (the old man) 1. 15 — cau- tiously (o.) 1. 29 mi}iute (minute — ) 1. 34 he (the old man) page 90 1. 2 he (the old man) 1, 7 pushing it on (on pushing it) 1. 9 had (had got) 1. 13 « whole (another) 1. 15 him (the old man) 1. 16 (5^^ (bed,) 1. 20 low (low,) 1. 22 awe (i.) 1. 28 ^z'^-;- since (, ever since,) page 91 1. 2 : <5z// (;) 1. 3 ; because (:) 1. 3 Death (s. 1.) 1. 4 /z///z (the old man) 1. 7 heard (heard me) 1. 10 hifn (the old man) 1. 13 a (, a) 1. 20 -.for (;) 1. 21 aj (, as) 1. 25-26 a low . . . cotton (i.) 1, 26 jz^r/^ (much such) 1. 34 and quicker (o.) page 92 1. i terror (wrath) 1. 2 moment! (:) I. 4 : j^ (: — ) 1. \at (, at) 1. 7 / (, I) 1. 8 louder ! (i.) I. 9 burst. (!) I. 10 neighbour (neighbor) 1. 15 the^i (then sat upon the bed and) 1. 16 ojt (on,) 1. 18 wall (walls) 1. 19 visitors (visiters) 1. 22 He (The old man) 1. 23 me (i.) 1. 24 still (, still,) 1. 34 any thing (anything) page 93 1. ii neigh- bour (neighbor) 1. 27, fatigues, (;) 1. 29 and (and,) 1. 2)Z, 34 : — it . . . distinct (o.) page 94 1. 10; but (; — ) 1. ii arose (arose,) 1. 12 ; but (; — ) 1. i^ fro (fro,) 1. 15 men — (; — ) 1. 18 had . . . sitting (had sat) 1. 18 , but (: — ) 1. 26 was (o.) 1. 31 deed. (!). Variations of Grisnv old from the text. Page 88 1. 16 He had the eye (One of his eyes resembled that) 1. 20 forever (for ever) page 89 1. 3 oh (oh,) page 90 1. 14 meantime (mean time) 1. 16 bed (bed,) page 91 1. i .^a^(has) [Pioneer] 1. 4 him (him,) 1. ii neighbour (neigh- bor) 1. 13 lefigth (length,) 1. 13 simple (single) J. \^full (o.) 1. 23 And (And now) page 92 1. 10 neighbour (neighbor) 1. 19 visitors (visiters). NOTES. 321 THE GOLD-BUG. The (Philadelphia) Dollar Newspaper, June 21- 28, 1843 i 1845. The text follows 1845, with manuscript corrections from the Lorimer- Graham copy. Variations of Grisnvold from the text. Page loi 1. 32 boict (about) page 102 1. 10 d—d (deuced) 1. 30 d — (/(deuced) page 106 1. 12 agreeiyient (accordance) page 107 1. 18 stay (1845) (stay) page 108 1. 2 d — d (deuced) page 112 1. 20 drop (let) 1. 21 fall I — (o.) 1. 22 ! do (,) page 113 1. 16 dar (dare) page 114 1. 4 dar (dare) page 117 1. II — hurrah (o. d.) 1. 22 outward (outwards) 1. 26 dropped {y^\.)\.2(> fall {o.) page 119 1. 20^ (of open) 1. 31-32 , from . . .jewels, aglow atid a glare, that (a glow and a glare, from . . . jewels, that (page 120 1. 21 done ; (,) 1. 32 just then (immediately) page 121 1. 6 first (first faint) page 124 1. 12 on (upon) page 125 1. 17 On (Upon) 1. 31 — and then (, when) page 126 1. 4 on (upon) 1. 5 on (upon) page 127 1. 2 0)1 (upon) 1. 3 , / (o. c.) 1. 12 071 (upon) 1. 26 on (upon) 1. 27 on (upon) 1. 30 on (upon) page 128 1. 3 on (upon) 1. 12 071 (upon) 1. 31 on (upon) 1. 33 071 (upon) page 129 1. 13 07t (upon) 1. 16 071 (upon) 1. 26 on (upon) 1. 29 contintionsly {coiiti7iiious) page 131 1. i 07t (upon) 1. 8 ;] 8*(i t ( ) 1. 14 071 (upon) 1. 17 led (lead) page 132 1. 15 071 (upon) 1. 14 /> (was) page 133 1. 15 however (o.) page 134 1. 5 071 (Upon) 1. 5 that (o.) 1. 5 that (o.) 1. 7 the semi- colon (;) 1. 17 semicolon (;) page 135 1. 23 4 (48) 1. 23 .* (.) page 136 1.3 To . . . co7f lesion, it . . . for 171 (It . . . form, to . . . confusion) 1. 26 o)t (upon) 1. 27 twenty (forty) page 139 1. 5 twenty (forty) [and same change throughout tale] 1. II ^« (upon) 1. II imless (except) 1. 28 (9« (Upon) 1. 30 °fcir (far,) page 295 1. 26 carefully . . . thoroughly (, carefully . . . thoroughly,) I. 30 every body (everybody) 1. 34 neigh- bourhood (neighborhood) page 296 1. 14 , to (o. c.) 1. 19 dragged (drawn) 1. 25 cheers (cheers,) 1. 30 than (, than) 1. 33 recognized (recognised) page 297 1. 26 Shuttleworthy (Goodfellow) 1. 31 ), so (,)) page 298 1. 20 to deepen (of deepening) 1. 16 laboured (labored) 1. 21 pleaded (plead) 1. 22 of arousing (to arouse) 1. 25 Shuttleworthy (Good- fellow) page 299 1. 2?) favour (favor) page 300 1. 20 , which (o. c.) 1. 21 recognized (recognised) 1. 27 unfavourable (un- favorable) 1. 32 neighbourhood (neighborhood) page 301 1. 3 to (o.) 1. 4 to (o.) 1. \ fellow men (fellow-men) 1. 7 ), had (,)) 1. 9 endeavouring (endeavoring) page 302 1. 5 endeavoured (endeavored) page 303 1. 6 tenour (tenor) 1. 21 court), (,)) 1. 28 behaviour (behavior) 1. 31 favourite (favorite) page 304 1. 10 [Chateau] (o. a.) 1. 14 honour (honor) 1. 15 330 NOTES. [Chateau] (o. a.) 1. 30 , in (o. a.) page 305 1. 5 [Chateau] (o. a.) \. y , of (o. c.) 1. d> flavour (flavor) 1. 20 [Chateau] (o. a.) 1. 25 humour (humor) page 306 1. 23 men (n. i.) page 307 1. 2 and, (o. a.) 1. 7 , in substance (o.) 1. 12 labour (labor) 1. 16 the (o.) 1. 17 with (, with) page 308 1. 12 exit, (o. c). VARIATIONS OF THE STEDMAN-WOOD- BERRY, STODDARD, AND INGRAM TEXTS FROM GRISWOLD. THE GRIS- WOLD TEXT IS IN PARENTHESES. The Mystery of Marie Roget. Stod. page 2 1. 18 are (such sentiments are) page 20 1. I therefore (before) 1. 31 then (thence) page 33 1. 8 guided (guiding) page 36 1. 15 re7icountres (rencounters) 1. 17 as (as very) page 39 1. 14 in (in any) page 50 1. 19 situation (suspicion) 1. 33 and a (and) 1. 33 ^( of a natural art) page 52 1. 13 tangled (entangled). Ing. page 2 1. i Zufdlle (zufalle) page 3 1. 7 proved (proven) page 6 1. 20 continued (continual) page 9 1. 29 Ste. (St.) page 12 1. 17 at noon (noon) 1. 17 ,a (, at twelve a) page 16 1. 12 that (when) page 20 1. 31 then (thence) page 22 1. 4 the (this) page 26 1. 9 reception (inception) page 40 1. 4 made a (made) page 43 1. 9 not (not yet) page 50 1. 13 communication (communications) page 51 1. 2-3 jtame <7/"(name) page 52 1. i the (and the). S. & W. page I 1. 2 Iduft (o. a.) page 2 1. i Zufdlle (zufalle) page 3 1. 20 St. (Saint) page 15 1. 17 determines (determined) page 16 1. 12 that (when) page 40 1. 33 Mer- curie (Mercure) page 42 1. 7 La (Le). S. & W. omits the following Lorimer-Graham correc- tions: page 7 1. 16 and passed (o., L.-G.) page 37 1. 26 vast pity (o. vast, L.-G.) page 48 1. 17 single week (o. single, L.-G.). NOTES. 331 The Pit and the Pendulum. S. & \V. page 69 1. 17 a long (long) page 71 1. 21 autos- da-Je (auto-da-fes) page 79 1. 23 cimeter (scimeter) page 83 1. 34 ribbons (ribbands). The T ell-Tale Heart. Stod. page gi 1. 26 a (such a) page 93 1. 29 chatted (chatted of). Ing. page 91 1. 14 out from (from out) page 92 1. 28-30 First . . . legs, (Omitted in Ing.) 1. Tptook (then took) page 93 1. 2-3 A ... ha I (Omitted in Ing.). S. & W. page 91 1. 26 jnuch such a sound (such). The Gold Bug. Stod. page 98 1. 12 tellin (tellin) [so for other words of like termination — in] page 102 1. 11 looked (look) page 102 1. 8 'fore (fore) (so apostrophe used with other dialect words, 'gin, 'bout, etc.) page 113 1. 16 dey (dare) page 118 1. 10 spades (spade) page 119 1. 21 the the (the) page 132 1. 24 cases (case) page 136 1. 16 eleven (ten). S. & W. page 96 par. II. 1. i titmost (inmost) page no 1. 14 tulipiferum (tulipefera). S. & W. has the Lorimer-Graham verbal corrections ex- cept page 117 1. 26 dropped (let . . . fall) page 128 1. 3 upon (L.-G. on) page 131 1. i Upon (L.-G. On) page 132 1. 15 tipo7i (L.-G. on) page 138 1. 25 upon (L.-G. on). Poe's corrections in punctuation have, in nearly every instance, been ignored. Ing. page 98 1. 1^ loud (low) page 104 1. 21 tiebber (neber). The Black Cat. Stod. page 145 1. 27 fibre (fiber) page 146 1. 21 sttipid (silly) page 147 1. 21 succeding (succeeding) page 151 1. 20 woe (wo) page 155 1. 25 on (upon). 332 NOTES. Ing. page 143 1. 13 baroques (barroques) page 150 1. 31 chimeras (chimaeras) page 151 1. 20 woe (wo) page 154 1. 4 ay (aye). S. «i W. page 143 1. 13 baroques (barroques) page 150 1. 31 chhnera (chimaera) page 151 1. 20 woe (wo) page 154 1. 4 ay (aye). The Elk. Not in Stoddard nor Ingram. S. & W. compared with "The Opal." Page 154 1, 13 worthy of (worthy) page 157 1. 14 our (our own) page 160 1. 14 Tulipifera (tulipeferum) page 161 1. 34 mitiutes (mo- ments) page 162 I. 8 that (which) 1. 17 it out (it). A Tale of the Ragged Mountains. Stod. page 165 1. 2 doctrijie (doctrines). Ing. page 163 I. 21 widely (wildly) page 166 1. 22 on (in) page 167 1. 4-5 never before been troddeji (been trodden never before). The Spectacles. Stod. page 196 1. 19 adopt (to adopt) page ig8 1. 13 felt (I felt) page 199 1. 31 at last (last) page 204 1. 2 with (and helpless with) page 205 1. 8 both (bote). Ing. page 193 1. 29 consider (reconsider) page 196 1. 27 worse (less) page 199 1. 8 explained (exclaimed) page 207 1. I un (en) [B. J.]. S. & W. page 203 1. 28 were [B. J.] (and were) page 205 1. 31 Buonaparte (Bonaparte) page 207 1. i mt [B. J.] (en). Diddling Considered as one of the Exact Sciences. Stod. page 212 1. 13 Frey (the Frey) I. 32 trowsers"^ (trousers') page 217 1. 8 diddle (diddler) page 219 1. 25 in (at) page 222 1. i in (in a). NOTES. 333 S. & W. page 217 1. 26 ecritoire (escritoire) page 221 1. 10 cosey (cosy). Ing. page 220 1. 13 instantly (instanter). The Balloon Hoax. Stod. page 234 1. 25 enclosing (inclosing). S. & W. page 226 1. I on (in) page 225 1. 24 into (in) page 233 1. 25 beautiful (beautifully). The Premature Burial. Stod. page 257 1. 23 unmoulded (unmouldered) page 263 1. 27 with the (with) page 267 1. 27 and sad (sad) page 271 1. 31 subtsrranean (subterrene). Ing. page 264 1. 4 so profoutid (profound). The Oblong Box. S. & W. page 285 1. A, feet of (feet). Stod. page 289 1. 7 mistake (mistakes). Thou Art the Man. Stod. page 298 1. 21 pled (plead) page 297 1. 26 and page 298 1. 25 Shuttleworthy (Goodfellow) page 305 1. 34 thumbed (thumped). Ing. page 298 1. 21 pled (plead). S. & W. page 292 1. I men, and (and) page 297 1. 26 and page 298 1. 25 Shuttleworthy (Goodfellow) page 298 1. 21 pleaded (plead). NOTES. Vol. VI.-18 (273) ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES. o. — Omit. o. c. — Omit comma or commas. o. h. — Omit hyphen. o. d. — Omit dash. o. q. m. — Omit quotation marks. 0. a. — Omit accent. s. 1. — Small letter, cap. — Capital. i. — Italics. n. i. — Not italics. p. — Page. 1. — Line. The dates 1840, 1843, 1845, refer to the respective col- lected editions. The first group of each body of notes gives the variations of the earliest collated form of the tale from the text of the edition, the reading of the text standing first, with the cor- responding reading of the collated form in parentheses. In order to economize space, the second, third, or fourth state was in most cases collated with the earliest forms, the read- ing of the later form being placed first in the notes, with the earliest form in parentheses. (^74) NOTES. THE LITERARY LIFE OF THINGUM-BOB. Southern Literary Messenger, December, 1844; Broadway Journal, II., 3. The text follows Broad%vay Journal. Broadivay Journal shows slight revision from earlier form. Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from text. Page I 1. 12 eijerynjohere (every where) L 14 it (, it) page 2 1. II o/(to) 1. 17 must (, however, must) \. 32 me I (me) page 3 1. -2. great I (.) 1. 5 surnamed, (.) 1. 10 , and (o. c.) 1. 13 o/(of the) 1. 13 best: (;) L 17 , I (o. c.) 1. 31 dranv-back (o. h.) page 4 1. 11- 12 ) n.uith neatness (, with . . . neatness,) page 5 L 4 grace {grace ^^ 1. 4 they (we) L 12 '^ Ugolino^^ ('Ugolino') 1. 13 ivho (and who) \. 14 all (all well) 1. 18 heart (heart, and, (if we may so express ourselves,) its very gizzard) 1. 21 his (this) 1. 33 Donjj, (dow.) 1. 33 nxihich . . . thus: (o.) 1. 34 recei'ved a (received," said that periodical, 'rzVi^, (o. c.) 1. 34 Tipula (Tiputa) 1. 2-3 others pleasure, with note, not in B. J. page 95 1- 5 and (, and) page 94 \.^ solutions (solution) 1. 18 and {j, and) 1. 26 angles (angles,) 1. 32 of {pi the) page 95 1- i(> up (o.) 1. 28 ever (, ever) page 96 1. 3 sand. (I) 1. 13 cow,) (,) I. 22 brains (brain) page 97 1. 11 in fact (, in fact,) 1. 6 note to 1. 6 not in B. J. 1. 28 fleshly (fleshy) 1. 33 \_Eccaleobion'\ [Eccalobeion) page 98 1. 2 lead {\e2.d,) 1. 11 povoer ivas (powers were) 1. 21 such (such a) page lOO 282 NOTES. 1. I portrait (portraitt B. J.) 1. lo thousand (millions of) 1. ij fact (fact,) page lOl 1. 1-2 enjerything{evQvy tWmg) 1. 1 6 back. — (.) page lOO 1. 27 this (this,). THE ANGEL OF THE ODD. Columbian Magazine, October, 1844. The periodical form of this tale, set down as ** Unknown " by S. & W,, was discovered in the Columbian Magazine of date given above. Variations of Grisnvold from text. Page 103 1. 4 dining room (dining-room) 1. 5 , ^which (o. c ) 1. 24 in (, in) page 104 1. 25 , such (o. c.) page 105 1. 7 no (a) 1. 19 rum puncheon (i-um-puncheon) page 106 1. II ob (of) 1. 10 he (, he) page 107 1. 14 pizziness (pizzness) 1. 1 k, pred (hred) 1. ig salt cellar (salt-cellar) 1. 23 mantel piece (mantel-piece) 1. 24 , he (o. c.) page 108 1. 13 contre temps {contretemps') 1. 16 sceptic (skeptic) 1. 24 by and bye (by-and-by) 1. 29 of (o.) 1. 32 njery (i.) page 109 1. 13 post prandian (o.) 1. 30 said ; (:) 1. 33 had (o.) 1. -i,-^ fillipping (filliping) page IIO 1. i and (, and) 1. 8 y^r/^^r (further) 1. -z^ long-necked {o. h.) page III 1. \o rubbing post {x\;^ih\vig-YOZ\>^\. 19 j-/)0«j^ (husband) page 112 1. 20 time (high time) 1. 21 me)^ (,)) pageil3 1. 8 rope (, rope) 1. 12 , or (o. c.) 1. 16 ivas (was soon) 1. 23 , ^ith (o. c.) 1. 32 jo« ? (,) page 114 1. 30 preeches"" (preeches) page 1 15 1. 3 ^^e (I); Griswold was followed in the words : dyspeptic page 104 1. 3 (C. M. dispeptic), £lite i^3igQ 112 1. 2 (C. M. Elite), 2ind flliping page 109 1. 33 (C. M. fillipping). TALES. 283 SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY. American Whig Review, April, 1845 ; Broadway Journal, II, 17. The text follows the Broadivay Journal. The collation of the text with the American Whig Rcvieiu shows few verbal changes. Griswold shows several omissions, three verbal errors, and a number of changes in punctuation. Variations of American Re-vie-uu from text. Page 116 1. 3 head-ache (o. h.) 1. 9 rabbit (rarebit) 1. 20 cap, (o. c.) 1. 20 //// (until) page II7 1. 26 Mummy (s. 1.) [and elsewhere] page 1 18 1. k) on (upon) page 1 19 1. 9 ,) (o. c.) page 120 1. II on (upon) 1. 23 ; then (,) 1. 30 e-uenifig; (,) 1. 34 three (some three) page 121 1. 12 and, (o. c.) 1. 13 , ive (o. c.) page 122 1. 10 in (Into) page 123 1. 2 beha^viour (behavior) 1. 6 tra^uelled (trav- eled) 1. 9 , 1 think, (o.) 1. 10 airways been (been always) 1. 25 at (somewhat at) 1. 26 knonv (explain) 1. 31 enjery- thijig (every thing) page 124 1. 18 mouth! (.) 1, 21 his (the) 1. 28 o/' (of the) 1. 31 excellent (capital) 1. 34 in (in the) page 125 1. 5 7nummy (cap.) 1. 9 travellers (travelers) page 127 1. 16 ,) (),) 1. 24 Bicloride (s. 1.) page 128 1. 8 no'iv: (;) 1. 10 ,)(),) 1. 22-24-34 \_Scarabaeus'\ (Scaraboeus) 1. 33 Scarabaei (Scaraboei) page 1 29 1. 12 , / (o. c.) 1. 15—26—27 Scarabaeus (Scaraboeus) 1. 15 ^0^ (cap.) 1. iS ivere (were,) 1. 18 the (a) page 130 1. 15 An (A) page 131 1. i ijnmediately (forthwith) 1. 25 since (as) page 132 1. 16 , simultaneously (o. c.) page 133 1- 3 i joining (o. c.) 1. 10 M(?jw^r (Mesmerism) 1. 13 lice (lice,) page 134 1. 7 York I (;) page 135 1. 4 after (, after) 1. 13 ill-conceived {p. h.) 1. 13 the (the extreme) 1. 16 ear; {;—). 284 NOTES. Variations of Gris-TvoiJ from text. Page 116 1. I symposium (i.) 1. 4 as (, as) I. 8 0/ (, of) 1. 22 and (and,) page 117 1. s fi'om (, from) 1. 7 me (me,) 1. 7—17 Note in quo. marks in Griswold 1. 26 din- ing (dining-) page 118 1. 5 ; the (— ) 1. 23 ),but (,)) 1. 24 or (or,) 1. 27 subjects, ( — ) 1. 28 in (, in) 1. 29 characters (characters,) page 1 19 1. i injury, (;) 1. 8 latter (latter,) 1. 14 ; the ( — ) 1. 18 , but (j) 1. 26 in (, in) 1. 29 ensheathed (unsheathed) 1, 33 , or (o. c.) page 120 1. 2 and (, and) 1. 7 /o^ (the) page I2I 1. 3 aj? (o.) 1. 3 one tenth (one-tenth) 1. 4 nine tenth (nine-tenth) 1. 1 1 the (, the) 1. 19 lids (lids,) and (, and) page 122 1. 32 Broadnjoay Journal has Messieurs page 123 I. 2 behaviour (behavior) page 124 1. 3 any thing (anything) page 125 1. 14 carbuncled-nosed (o. h.) 1. 16 the (his) 1. 20 ^ig (whig) 1. 25 disembo^welling (disemboweling) page 127 1. ij finje (, five) page 128 1. 7 , (o. c.) page 142 1. 32 comets (nebulae) 1. 33 — he (,) page 143 1. 16 creates? (.) 1. 17 must: ( — ) 1. ^z fairy (faery) page 144 1. 2 ^with (, with). Variatio7is of Grisxvold from text. Page 139 1. 5 ask (, ask) 1. \z all (all,) page 140 1. 7 /■/ (it,)l. 15 me! (! — ) page I42 1. 13 interest, (o. c.) 1. 27 or (or,) page 143 1. 11 earth: — (:) 1. 28 n.veep? (weep) 1. 29 'why — (,) page 144 1. i since (since,). THE POWER OF WORDS. Note by Prof. W. Le Conte Ste-vens, fFasAington and Lee Uni'versity. The gist of this colloquy is contained in the last paragraph of it, where Agathos says, '* This wild star — it is three centuries since ... I spoke it — with a few passionate sentences — into birth. Its brilliant flowers are the dearest of all unfulfilled dreams, and its raging volcanoes are the passions of the most turbulent and unhallowed of hearts." To compare a flower with an unfulfilled dream, or a volcano with the passions of the heart is entirely legitimate as a poetic si??iile. But the author wishes to convey some idea about the '* physical power" of words, and reminds 286 NOTES. us that "as no thought can perish, so no act is without infinite result." It would be as easy to deny the proposi- tion that ** no thought can perish" as to make the assertion. Neither denial nor assertion is capable of proof. To say that "no act is without infinite result " is equally gratuitous. The author's attempt at physical reasoning on the page which follows is made apparently with no regard to the conservation of energy, and with no knowledge of the limitations of interpretation to be observed in mathematical analysis. He says " We moved our hands, . . . and in so doing we gave vibration to the atmosphere which engirdled it. This vibration was indefinitely extended, till it gave impulse to every particle of the earth's air, which thenceforward, and for e^ver, was actuated by the one movement of the hand. This fact the mathematicians of our globe well know," Let us assume that the motion of the hand is accom- plished with such energy as to produce a wave, of " vibration," and that the energy is measurable ; that the power exerted is equal, for example, to that of lifting a pound through the height of a foot in one second. This energy is quickly propagated in all directions with decreasing intensity according to a well-known physical law. At a short distance, such as a few miles, or hun- dreds of miles, the intensity vanishes completely. By this we mean that there is no agency known to human beings by which its existence at any greater distance can be apprehended. Any conclusions about it are based on ignorance rather than knowledge. The intensity becomes an infinitesimal of the second or third or nth order 5 an infinitely small fraction of what is already infinitely small. Let us grant that an omnipotent being, an omniscient intelligence, can take up any such effect at an infinite dis- tance and trace it back unerringly to its source in the midst of an infinitely large number of other disturbances of infinitely great variety of intensity. Then still we are confronted with the fact that the import of a word has no recognizable relation to the physical process of the propa- TALES. 287 gation of sound through air. The air moreover extends but a few miles above the earth's surface, and there is no physical evidence that sound is propagated through an imponderable ether, as the author assumes, or seems to assume, nor that the *' source of all motion is thought." The author's idea is hence capable of but a single in- terpretation. It is the deduction of positive conclusions from negative premises, and hence utterly worthless so far as its relation to science is concerned. But Poe evidently had no more idea that his writings would be subjected to scientific analysis than did " Mun- chausen." Between the two there is no comparison, so far as refinement and genius are concerned. But they are about equally independent in neglecting the laws of scientific evidence. THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE. Graham's Magazine, July, 1845 5 Mayflower, 1845. As the later magazine form of this tale was not available for collation, Griswold has been taken as the text. The earliest state shows extensive variations from the text. In fact the whole tale was subjected to a most careful and minute verbal correction, without change of incidents and ideas. Variations of Graham from text. Page 145 1. 6 all the (the) 1. 7 reason, (o. c.) I. 9 senses, (o. c.) 1. ^ faith ; — ( — ) 1. 10 , or {o. c.) 1. 10- \\ in . . . AT^^Z'^fl/^^ (in the inner teachings of the spirit) 1. 1 1 The . . . zV (Its idea) 1. 1 1 w^-x^fr (not) 1. 12 f/i (its seeming) 1.130/^. . . propensity, (for the propensity in question.) 1. 15 , ///<2/( — )\. 16 itself ; [ — )\. ij ^cve . . . understood (o.) 1. i^-zo that . . . /x// (that all) 1. 20 , ha-ue (has) 1. 25 built (reared) 1. 26 mind {cz.\>.)\. z6 phren- ology (cap.) page 146 1. 4 alimentati-ueness (cap.) 1. 5 man . . . eating (man to his food) 1. 6 Secondly (Again) 288 NOTES. 1. 8 amatp-ve?iess, (amativeness) 1. 8-9 c . . . I . . . c . . . c (cap.) 1. 10 — so (;) 1. 18 objects (i.) 1. 19-20 njuiser . . . upon (safer — if classify we must — to classify upon) 1 25 , that (o. c.) 1. 29 , a posteriori^ (o. c.) 1. 29 phrenology (cap.) 1. 31 , ivhich (o. c.) 1. 31- '^z ive . . , pernjerseness (o.) \. 32-33 more . . term (better term, we may call Perverseness) 1. 34 , <2 ( — ) page 147 1. I ; or, (. Or) 1. 3 say, (o. c.) 1. 4 act, (o. c.) 1. 6 ; but (,) 1. 6 , in fact, (in reality) 1. 6 more (so) 1. 7 conditions (circumstances) 1. 8 certain (sure) 1. 9 assurance (conviction) 1. 9 error (impolicy) 1. 10 any (an) 1. 1 1 «/ (us,) 1. 18 combatinjeness (Combativeness) 1. 19 phrenology (cap.) 1. 20 combatvueness (cap.) 1. 21 , the (o. c.) 1. 23 , is (must be) 1. 26-28 its . . . anyi^.n^') 1. 27 c , . . (cap.) 1. 29 , but (. But) 1. 28 per\erseness (cap. n. i.) 1. 29 not (i.) 1. 30 exists (prevails) 1. 33 and . . . questions (o.) 1. 34 soul, (o. c.) page 148 1. 2 dis- tincti've (distinct) 1. 2 Tvho (who,) 1. 5 is (, in such case, is) \. II yet . . . , that (yet a shadow seems to flit across the brain, and suddenly the thought strikes him that,) 1. 12 this (o.) 1. 14, the ( — ) 1. 14 desire (desire — ) 1. 15 , and ( — ) 1. 16-17 > (to . . . is in defiance of all consequences, is) 1. 18 /^i? (Again : — We) 1. zzglo^Wy ( — ) 1. I'^-z^^with . . . fire, (and our whole souls are on fire with anticipation of the glorious result.) 1. 24 , // ( — ) L 25 to-day, ( — ) 1. 26 } and (. And) 1. 26 ansnver, (o. c.) 1. 27 , using ( — employing) 1. 29 , but (;) 1. 30 nameless, ( — ) 1. 3 1 , cra^ving (o. c.) 1. 34 us, — ( — ) page 149 1. I substance . . . shadonv (cap.) 1, 2 . But ( ; but) 1. 3 shado^w (cap.) 1- 3 , — "we (. We) 1. 4 strikes, (o. c.) 1. 4 . ^/ (, but at) 1. 5 time, (p. c.) 1. 5 it (o.) 1. 5 ghost (Thing) 1. 6 —tt{. It) 1. 7 — w^ (. We) 1. 8 . Alas ( — alas) \. <) We (And yet again: — We) 1. 10 — ijoe (. We) 1. 1 1 Unaccountably (, and yet, un- accountably,) 1. 14-15 , still . . . imperceptihle, {o. c.) 1. iG genius (cap.) 1. 1% , a (o. c.) 1. 18-19 , far . . . genius (far . . . Genius) 1. 19 demon (cap.) 1. 20 , and (. And) 1. 20 thought {Thought) 1. 20-21 a . , » TALES. 289 I) page 161 1. 5 the (a) page 163 1. 17 syllabification (syl- libification) page 166 1. ^o putridity (putrescence). The last putridity is Poe's MS. correction in his copy of the Broad-way Journal. An article of ours, thus ent.tled [The Facts in the case of M. Valdemar], was published in the last number of Mr. Colton's udmcrican Rcvietv, and has given rise to some discussion — especially in regard to the truth or falsity of the statements made. It does not become us, of course, to offer one word on the point at issue. We have been requested to reprint the article, and do so with pleasure. We leave it to speak for itself. We may observe, however, that there are a certain class of people who pride them- selves upon Doubt, as a profession. — Ed. B. J. 292 NOTES. THE ENGLISH PAMPHLET. Mesmerism | " In Articulo Mortis" | an | Astounding and Horrifying Narration | Shewing the extraordinary power of Mes- merism I in arresting the | Progress of Death | By Edgar A. Poe, Esq. I of New York | London | Short & Co., 8, King Street, Bloomsbury. | 1846. | Three pence | . ADVERTISEMENT. The following astonishing narrative first appeared in the Ameri- can Magazine, a work of some standing in the United States, where the case has excited the most intense interest. The effects of the mesmeric influence, in this case, were so astounding, so contrary to all past experience, that no one could have possibly anticipated the final result. The narrative though only a plain recital of facts, is of so extraordinary a nature as almost to surpass belief. It is only necessary to add, that credence is given to it in America, where the occurrence took place. Variations from text. Page 154 1. I / (, I) 1. 2 , that (o. c.) 1. 2-3 M. Valde?nar (small caps.) 1. 4 tiot — (,) 1. j farther (further) 1. 8 endeavors (endeavours) 1. 8 this — (,) 1. 13 facts — (facts,) 1. 14 , succinctly, (o. c.) 1. 15 these: (: — ) 1. 17 Mesmerism (s. 1.) 1. 17 and, (o. c.) 1. 18 ago, (o. c.) 1. 21 ; — no (5) 1. 21 mesmerized (mesmerised) page 155 1. i seen, (,• — ) 1. 2 , in (o. c.) 1. 3 ; (5 — ) I. 5 ; (^ — ) 1. 6 Death (s. 1.) 1. 9 — the (;) 1. 14-16-17 <' . . ." (o.) 1. 14 Biblioteca Forensica (L) 1. 15 Issachar Marx (<< Isa- char Marx") 1. 20 — his (,) 1. 21 , also, (o. c.) 1. 23 — the (,) 1. 30 , or thoroughly, (o. c.) 1. 30 , a7id (5) 1. 31 clairnjoyance (n. i.) 1. 33 these (those) page 156 1. 9 him (n. i.) I. 9 and (o.) 1. ii / and (,) 1. w , to (o. c.) 1. 13 ; for, ( — for) 1. 1^ period (time) 1. 20 physicians (physician) 1. 23 note: (: — ) 1. 24 i' — (Poe) 1. 25 noiv (n.i.) 1. 29 an (-an-) page 157 1. i ;( — )\. 6 po-tver (power,) 1. 8 palliathue (purgative) 1. 8 ^without (, with- out) 1. <) penciling (pencilling) 1. 11 Doctors (Drs.) 1. 16 , of course, (o. c.) 1. 19 , running (o. c.) 1. 20 ; and (,) 1. 21 , at (o. c.) 1. 28 o« . . . point (, on . . . point,) TALES. 293 1. 32 hold (hold a) page 158 1. 13 until (, until) 1. 15 acquaintance^ (o. c.) 1. 16 ,) ( ),) 1. 16 farther (further) 1. 19 and (and,) 1. 28-29 ^ as . . . could, (o. c.) 1. 29 L — (L — 1) 1. 29 Valdemar, (o. c.) 1. 31 mesmerizing (mesmerising) 1. 32 Yes (s. 1.) 1. 33 mesmerized (mesmer- ised) page 159 1. 4 but (but,) 1. 7 Doctors (Drs.) 1. 9 , and (5) 1. II hesitation — (,) 1. 14 and (, and) 1. 19 although (, although) I. 19 sigh (, sigh) 1. 19 a (o.) I. 27 inixiard (n. i.) page 160 1. 2 ; the (,) I. 5 , it (o. c.) 1. 7 a (a very) 1. 9 The ( — The) 1. 18 position; (,) 1. 19-20 (...;)(,...:) 1. 22 Still, {p. c.) 1. 24/ (, I) 1. 25 half (o.) 1. 29 ; but (— ) 1. 29 to (, to) 1. 33 He . . . (new par.) page 161 1. 7 ivords : (word : — ) 1. 8 Tes ; — (5) 1. iz again : (.) I. iS farther (further) 1. 22 and (, and) 1. 27 ; and (,) 1. 29 said (said,) 1. 30 inaudibly : (: — )1. 31 (not new par.) 1. 31 Tes; (,)1. 32 , or ( — ) 1. 32 ^ish, ( — ) page 162 1. I , until (o. c.) 1. I super (inter) 1. 10 ^cvhich (, which) 1. 10 , hitherto, (o. c.) 1. 11 ^ent out (n. i.) I. 17 / ivhile ( — ) 1. 22 beyond conception (, beyond all conception,) 1. 26 a/ (, at) 1. 27 simply (o.) page 163 1. i ja^ass (jaw) 1. I 'voice — (,) 1. 4 ; /(.) 1. 6 ; but ( — ) 1. i 3 ears — (,) 1. 13 least (least,) 1. i^ me (me — ) 1. ij as ( — as) 1. 25 said: (,) 1. 26 res; — {—) I. 26 no; — {:)\. 27 dead. (!) 1. 28 , or (o. c.) page 164 1. I hour, (o. c.) 1. 2 , silently (o. c.) 1. 3 endea-uors (endeavours) 1. 10 endeavored (en- deavoured) 1. 12 (new par.) 1. 12 , indeed, (o. c.) 1. 14 M. (myself to M.) 1. 1 5 ?«? reply, (at reply) 1. 16 longer (longer the power of) 1. 18 — although (,) 1. 18 endea'v- ored (endeavoured) 1. 22 ; and (,) 1. 34 speedy (speedy,) page 165 1. I until (, until) 1. 6 attentions (attention) 1. 15 . These (: these) 1. 17 especially (specially) 1. 19 out-flo-uoing (o. h.) 1. 20 highly (highly-) 1. 23 and (, and) 1.23 Z'— (F.) 1. z^follo^jos: (:— ) 1. 28 rather (, rather,) 1. 30 before;), ( ),) 1. 31 nvhich {, which) 1. 31 forth: (: — ) 1. 32 — put (. Put) 1. 32 or, (o. c.) 1. 33 --waken (wake) 1. 33-34 — I say . . . dead! {I S3.y . . . dead !) page 166 1. 3 endea-vor (endeavour) 1. 3 re- 294 NOTES. compose (p. h.) 1. 3 but, (o. c.) 1. 3 this (this,) 1. 5 and (, and) 1. 6-7 at least (, at least,) 1. 8 — and (,) 1. 17 , less ( — ) 1. 18 rotted (n. i.) 1. 18 aivay (away — ) 1, 19 that (the) 1. 20 — of(,) 1. 20 ^^/^j/^xZ'/.? (detestable,). THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO. Godey's Lady's Book, November, 1846. With respect to several of the variations noted below, the Gris- wold reading may be preferred to the Godey's 5 but as we have no positive evidence that Poe made these changes, the latter form has been followed in the text. Variations of Gris^wold from the text. page 167 1. 2 couldy (5) 1. 2 7(, I) 1. 7 r^jo/^^^ (resolved,) 1. 8 , but (o. c.) 1. 13 that{, that) 1. 23 , to ( — ) 1. 25 gemmary, (o. c.) 1. 26 , but ( — ) page 168 1. i ; — 7 (:) 1. 10 him (him,) 1. 14 day. (!) For Luchresi substitute Luchesi throughout. 1. 28 it (, it) page 169 1. 1 5 silk (silk,) 1. 15 ; and putting (. Putting) 1. 19 honour (honor) 1. 30 upon (on) page 171 1. 13 long (o.) 1. 13 skeletons (bones) 1. 27 Ifagon] (flagon) page 172 1. 7 y ^*a sign."" (o.) 1. 8-9 from . . . roquelaire a . . . tronvel (a trowel from . . . roquelaire) 1. 13 and (, and) 1. 24 side (o.) 1. 28 crypt or (o.) page 173 1. 2 endea'voured (endeavored) 1. 20 it (, it) 1. 10 labours (labors) 1. 20 , / ( — ) 1. 21 ,• hut (:) 1. 25 clamoured (clamored) 1. 25 , / aidedy ( — ') 1. 27 clamour er (clamorer) 1. 29 and (, and) page 175 1. 2 recognizing (recognising) 1. 4 he! — a ( — a) 1. 5 , indeed (o. c.) 1. 23-24 ,* it . . . so ( — on account of the dampness of the catacombs) 1. 25 labour (labor). TALES. 295 THE DOMAIN OF ARNHEIM. Columbian Magazine, March, 1847. This tale is a developed form of ** The Landscape Garden." The text follows the Columbian Magazine, the variations of Griswold from the text being noted below. Page 176 1. 15 Turgot (C. M. and Gris., Turgot) page 178 1. 13 t/jat, (o. c.) page 179 1. 13 [yirui'] (o. a.) 1. 26 \_Puckler\ (o. a.) 1. 15 upon, (o. c.) page 182 1. 26 there (, there) page 183 1. 30 this : — (:) page 188 1. 23 IStaef] (Stael, [C. M.], Stael [Gris.]) page 191 1. 29 ; there ( ;) page 192 1. 23 Hea-uen (s. 1.) 1. 30 and (, and) page 193 1. 12 Arabesque (s. 1.) page 194 1. 5 [dibris'] (o. a.). MELLONTA TAUTA. Godey's Lady's Book, February, 1849. The text follows the Lady'' s Book, the few variations of Gris- wold from the text being noted below. The following letter is prefixed to "Mellonta Tauta" in the Lady s Book : To the Editor of the Lady i Book : — I have the honor of sending you, for your magazine, an article which I hope you will be able to comprehend rather more distinctly tlian I do myself. It is a translation, by my friend Martin Van Buren Mavis, (sometimes called the " Poughkeepsie Seer,") of an odd-looking MS. which I found, about a year ago, tightly corked up in a jug floating in the Mare Tenehrarum — a sea well de- scribed by the Nubian geographer, but seldom visited, now-a-days, except by the transcendentalists and divers for crotchets. Very Truly, EDGAR A. POE. 296 NOTES. Variations of Gris^ivold from text. Page 197 \. ^ ,as (o. c.) page 198 1. 8 ^ith (n. 1.) 1. 12 tra'veling (tv?LYQ\Ymg) 1. 17 drag rope {dvzg-ro^G) page 199 1. 23 the (-the-) 1. 29 cat-peltries (o. h.) 1. 32 , ^-z/^fr); (o. c.) page 200 1. 12 Atalantic (Atlantic) page 201 1. 13 r' (!) page 202 1. 3 a (o. a.) 1. 11 , and (o. c.) page 203 1. 27 7iihil (, nihil) page 205 1. 9 J?y (B) 1. 9 ^//^ (-the-) 1. 20 j«7, (o. c.) 1. 23 , too (o. c.) page 206 1. 2 /'^ (n. i.) I. II , theorize (o.c.) 1. 27-30 tra-veling (travelling) page 207 1. 3 tra^veliyig (travelling) page 209 1. 18 the (-the-) 1. 31 a7id (, and) page 211 1. 2-4 tra-ueling (travelling) 1. 32 papers : (;) page 213 1. 16 chiseled (chisseled). HOP-FROG. The Flag of Our Union, 1849. The text follows Griswold, as no file of this paper is known. The following changes were made by the Ed. : Page 219 1. 7 c'clat (edit) page 224 1. 31 superin- tendence (superintendance) page 225 1. 9 Caryatides (Caryaides) page 226 1. 34 Caryatides (Caryaides). X-ING A PARAGRAB. Unknown. The text follow? Griswold. The following errors were corrected : Page 230 1. 26 Pofs (s. 1.) page 231 1. 25 go (go — ) page 232 1. 24 Pot (s. 1.). TALES. 297 THE SPHINX. Unknown. The text follows Griswold. Correction by the Ed. : Page 238 1. 4 orne (ornee). VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY. Unknown. (Published not earlier than 1848.) The text follows Griswold. The following corrections were made by the Ed. : Page 245 1. 20 etc. Humphry (Humphrey) page 249 1. 4 leiden {liedeti) 1. 31 bonhomie (bonhommie) page 251 1. 12 mansarde {mausarde). LANDOR'S COTTAGE. Unknown. Text follows Griswold. Sent to The Metropolitan before July, 1848. The following corrections were made by the Ed. : Page 257 1. i^pittoresco (pittoresque) page 258 1. 11 'vanishing (varnishing) page 264 1. 20 itait (o. a.) page 270 1.15^ (o. a.). 298 NOTES. VARIATIONS OF THE STEDMAN-WOOD- BERRY, STODDARD, AND INGRAM TEXTS FROM GRISWOLD. THE GRISWOLD TEXT IS IN PARENTHESES. THE LITERARY LIFE OF THINGUM-BOB. Stod. page 3 1- 12 (?/(of a)page 21 1. 16 j^fx;^ (sieve). S. & W. page I \. S to (o.) page 13 1. 5 cases (case). Ing. page 3 1. 31 dazzled more than they (more dazzled than) page 7 1. 25 regard (regarded) page II 1. '^'7, from (for) page 16 1. 33 composition (compositions) page 27 1. II and (and through). THE PURLOINED LETTER. Stod. page 29 1. II the (a) page 34 1. n he is (he's) \. 6 rigidly (rigorously). Ing. page 27 1. 5 Donot (Dunot) page 29 1. 32 ?V a (is) page 38 1. 4 etc. except 45-30 cheque (check) 1. 24 the (his) 1. 24 his (the) 1. 31 any (any one) page 40 1. 2 beyond (beyond a) 1. 28 this (his) page 4 1 1. 23 Bruyere (Bougive) page 45 1. 34 intrigant (intriguant) page 5 1 1. 13 have (had). 8. & W. page 29 1. 32 is a (is) page 41 1. 23 Bruyere (Bougive). This text has the Lorimer-Graham verbal corrections. THE SYSTEM OF DR. TARR AND PROF. FETHER. Ing. page 54 1. 12 closing (clothing) page 59 1. 14 Sainte (o.) 1. 25 'vieille (vielle) page 62 1. 31 etc. Ma'm- selle (Mam'selle) page 63 1. 16 in (is) page 71 1. 30 Clos (o.). S. & W. page 54 1. 16 etc. Clos (Closde) page 59 1. 14 Ste. (p.) 1. 25 'vile (vielle) page 61 1. 23 so (, too, so) page 62 1. 31 etc. Mamzelle (Mam'selle). Stod. page 53 1. 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