"Originally issued in a two-volume edition."--Pref

A dramatic prologue -- The two orphans -- Lady Bountiful claims Israfel -- The little angel tries his wings -- Israfel in Albion -- Israfel meets Helen -- Israfel salutes the marquis -- Elmira and the enchanted garden -- Israfel in cap and gown -- Alias Henri Le Rennet -- Israfel in Carolina -- Cold marble -- The West Point interlude -- The weary, wayworn wanderer -- The mysterious years -- Bottled fame -- The valley of the many-colored grass -- Carmine Street -- Grotesques and arabesques -- High tide -- Spring Garden Street -- The raven and his shadow -- The literati and the Fordham pastoral -- The universe and Mrs. Shew -- A handkerchief soaked in ether -- Lenoire and the edge of the world -- An appeal to higher authority -- Notes on Poe's ancestry -- Galt correspondence, etc. -- Wills of William Galt and John Allan -- Poe's brother -- First marriage of Poe and Virginia Clemm -- History of Poe's friend, F.W. Thomas -- Letters from the University of Virginia in 1825 and 1826 -- Letters from Maria Clemm and Dr. J.J. Moran -- Poe-Neal correspondence and politian

Includes bibliographical references and index

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