New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-18
EDGAR ALLAN POE.
ALETrER FROM FRANCIS GERRY FAIRFIELD.

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TIE oRDER OF Ills wErnNGs-A CHANGE OF VIEW
To the Fdltor OF The Trt1nhe.
SIR: While no one can more thoroughly ap-
precIac the deicacy with which with lady
should conducted must, nevertheless sooi' 'e op
porunity OF "A brief rejoinder to tho COMMUNICATE"
from s. II. W." printed in todays TRIBUNE cono''i
ing the article Poe. Passing personal fnaeio' ~
seems clear to me, from my own memorada iii our
IS in error rs the order OF Poc5 poems
and other literary producis Let Inc give syhOpniS
a. Al aaraof Tametlaue and Minor POous, BallinOrc'
1900 MS found IN Bottle" took premium IN 1913
connected with Southern Literary messenger nom 1000
10 1897; Narrative OF Arthur Gordon fym Oi NAN
ticket" Harper & Brothers. 1888 "Tales OF tDe uro-
tesoue and Arabesque" collection OF scattered iaa
zine stories, Philadelphia, 1910; became edltor Oh orr"
hams lia9a-iae and wrote the a. Gold Bug" the MIR
der, of the Rue Morgue" and other sin guar analytic
tales besides completing development OF the piot oi
Diekeps's Barnaby Rudgc" for that periodical; re-
moved to New-York in 1874 and was employed by MOT
ris Wilt on Tie Mirror; Raven, published In COT
TONS win Rerier in February. 1915.
"Aunabel Lee and The Bells" appear TO have been
written revolIs 3i7 The Pail ofhe House o Usher
had appeared al,eady, and Lisisa," Norc'a,' ana
other psychological tales had been printed. His E'i-
rpka" was delivered is lecture in 1873 IL Is woniS'
words. words. Any person who VIII compiieh VIII ho
various mesmerc specuaslons OF that da'' inc Pioto
tvrs OF the literature of modern sprtualisn, viii nd
that II contained scarcely original tbOhgh, a'o"uSh
abundant in original expressions. The habit OF rept-
ton l. one OF its peculiar features The first Fesuge OF
Poe's IFalnme' ain abe to find occurs In me Home
JoayuaI Saturday, Jan. /, l9l5-the year before hs
tragic drath-under wiliAesque caption OF Epita-
reanlsIn OF Language" brief paragraph IN the manner
of Ills prefaces tie ballad. states that 1t is copied rom
me American Reriec describes Il AS poem iui oi
braufy and oddy in sentiment and ycr,ihcaoh, an IN
oures Who is the autnorf The final stanz,, rildcu
m The Griswod edition OF his pos ms, Is uncnlhseu' d"
Illustrates the Va 90 ana empty nature OF the poch on
ny view OF the case more lelicitosJ WAN All te iS7
IL runs ~ follows: -,
said we then-tie two, then-" Al, canb
Have be the wOOdlandisi ghonls-
The pitiIal The merciiul ii ais
To bar and to Lam
From the secret t1at lies IA tlese wolhs-,,
From Che thing that lies hidden in intse wolds--
Has drawn up the sDectcr Oi a pAilot
From Il limOH OF lunary SOULS
This snfuy -ciutiait planet
From the Iiell Ui TIE planeiar, souls ~
1t would eIuirc all tAc poetic insight VI a tohlfheH
sirt:i.si TO ind any real meaning IN tbs absurd syn
tr.ie of sonorOus labes. Ii your correspondent mas
such an insight there ample verge Tor e1rrcising IL
Ierc As t. my own stencies shall frankly con
Tess them. Those who know are wei aware that
there was n date when my admiration OF Poe was rathrr
excessive. But one UugrOws some thlugs ana ma
myself at - denying The Jurisdiction OK my ionef EOu
Tl conductor OF Sc,ibners MOnDy, years since, when
counrrIel with The Springfield iebubfscon, once re-
turned certain crude5 Of mime VITA the remark thaL
.ouy one tIu wrote in that way, ana he Was itu
And nav ne mad my attack of Poe feter-ind long one
Sas-I nope may be permit lei 20 say tDa nave re
covered without leaving tc dclriOuS faNrs oi lhe ~
tack quoted AGAINST mature and SOBER OPiIlCEs
We y Respectfully yOurs, FRANCS GEhkf ihHfiELD'
Aeg-1 ORR, Oct. -, 1879.