The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-17

he had been in many places where he
could have seen ravens and made OBJ
serVatiOus OF them sufficient for all the
uses his celebrated poem makes Of that
bird. Mr.. Hirst may have had one.
Or. Woods says that The Raven was
first published anonymously over the sig
nature OF "Quarles," and this nc suggests
means quarrcls between Poe ana hirst.
This Interpretation is pucrile, aud Is
worse than some OF those which the
Doctor ridicule5 as having been given to
"The Raven Suppose that Poe did adopt
the nom de plume 'Quarles' IN aliusloh
10 his having quarrehcd with Hirst, what
could that indicate In resard 10 me
authorship of the poem BON had writ
ten poetry before, and b0th continued 10
write it, But Poe soon dropped ms as
guise and ayOwed publicly the authorship
OF ''The Raven" and Hirst let MN nave
il. There are some facts "hleh Il seems
I'm mo must silence forever any and every
pretence that can be brought forward o.
. claim By Mr.. Hirst 10 the hOhor or
having composed "The Raven Not very
hong after it's inst publication IN New
York AIR. Poe wrote To ne ana asked
me AS a special favor 10 him. 10 repubiish
il in the Messenger, with when ne haA
once been elitOrialy associated lie kne"
that the granting Of mis- request would
hs a dpnarture from general rule; stll
he urged H. saying that ne wished 10
make some alterations and desired TO see
his work " In The beautiful typography OF
the Messenger IT'S founder. MI l. w.
White. had given IL high character LOT
the STYLE ia which he printed IL.
Am fneuectigu Of THE Raven induced
mo 70 comply with the authors request
and il was issued Ia the March NO, loD,
page, ~.
have since compared the copy Ia the
,f,eeopear with that in the American
XI,bia., Review. Of New York The changes
are nor numerous, bur. IN my humble
t,,dpment every one OF them was an inn
proyement 90 .ho OIL, ~
And now We have come TO the slst OK
the matter That very issue OF the mes
senger Clarcn lSi5l' Whleh C0h'ail,eu w
80 corplete version % The raven,
,,'itt pos name attached 10 ", contained
10 .NIare Ments. by Henry u, HIST,
a,,tbor Of ErdymiOn.' Thus the TWO
&c we're arranged. not against edch
otbar. but As IL were side by sue, "l tHe
sine number OF literary WdsdHihe'
friendly 10 both and especially 10 hlfst,
whom II had helped 10 deFelop, hllse
knew and saw that zoe elaiiheu INC
Paven." and that the NeSseuoo. 80
It'd his claim. Yet ne never ue'eieu 4
NJ 80 ,rotest or objection ny means
~ maj remarkable series OF conceptions
81 Ga IN heir wonderful presentation ana dc,
s anu airI, which constitute The Raven.
Poe 20 e was about 10 be welded TO-, 10 lame ne
far above any which HIST ehJoyou "r "
uShtch ne was likely 10 ATTAIN '"u '.Ie
, wnl,m Of the country everywhere We're
}}o oII%ain the example OF the Messsnser
in pa6shiag the ea9ns u.s. n aFs' k9 can
ali this. and yet held ms pfsee 40 onv
AZ az friends and admirers really 90 any
ilis,a. for him than he did for himself?
better 80 fa lq' as ,' there may be any resem,
lance 90 between the writings Of Poe and
, Il@i' Of Hlrst why may not the latter Ter
mn ,t,a tnitator and beneficiary. In so far |
De ,lle NAV be any imitation, instead OF
as as ~ slmilarsties OF thought which come |
a anosg TO dinerent penetrating
mindsl 49, ony nIauslhla |
case which Or. Woods may De sois 70
edSe ont Poe's claim 70 the authorship |