The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-14


tall brick chimneys jutting above its
pointed roof. 1t was kept by a Mrs.
Mary Brennan. and from her Poe
rented rooms
"The Raven" Appears.
There were no intervening apart
ment houses in these days, so from his
two windows the poet could look down
on the waters of the noble Hudson.
Here Poe is said to have written THE
Raven" But then there are almost as
many places for which that honor has
been claimed as there are Washing
tons Headquarters" At any rate he
seems to have sent the famous poem
from the Bloomingdale Village house
to the American Revielo at 11S Nassau
street, where 1t appeared over the pen
name OF "Quarles," to be reprinted in
the Evening Mirror over his own
name, and then to go like wildfire
through the country.
In the summer of 1S45 Poe Joined
Carries F. Briggs C'Harry France")
In conducting the Broddtody Maya
zine. He was now famous, thanks to
The Raven" for which, incidentally,
he had received the extraordinarily
high price of ten dollars, and in the
Broddtcdy he added to his actual work
by reprinting nearly everything that
he had already written. His old
stories turned UP in every number,
some with his name, some unsigned
and some over the signature, Little
ton Barry" 1t was the same with
his old poems. an easy way of sup
plying copy and of keeping him be-
fore the public. OF the Broadtpdy
Journal in Poe's time the late r.
H. Stoddard recorded that, read In
the light of later days, It was "a
curious mixture OF good and bad
writing. 1t might be described as the
Saturday Review of Billingsgate. It
was savagely critical and bitterly per-
sonal, not to any insulting. 1t aston
ished and amused its readers, which
was all Poe cared for; that he was
perpetually In hot water on account
Of It could not have astonished him
and could hardly have amused him.
1t was useful to him since 1t made
him feared. and it was hurtful to him
since 1t made him hated"
The Years of squnbbIe.
That all was not harmony In the
office OF the Broddioay Journal is in
dicated by the following letter writ
ten by Briggs:
"Poe is only an assistant to me,
and will In no manner interfere with
my own way of doing things. 1t was
requisite that I should have his or
some other persons assistance, on ac-
count of my liability to be taken of
from the business OF the paper, and
as his name is OF some authority
thought It advisable to announce him
as an editor. Poe has left
the Mirror. Willis was too Willisy
for him. Unfortunately for him
(Poe) he has mounted a very ticklish
hobby just now. Plagiarism, which
he is bent on riding to death, and 1
think the better way to let him
run down as soon as possible by CIV
ing him no check. Wiley and Put
nam are going to publish a new edi-
ton OF his tales and sketches. Every
body has been raven mad about his
last poem, apd his lecture, which w.
Story went with me to hear, has
gained him dozen or two of waspish
foes who will do him more good than
harm"
Horace Greeley Aids Him.
When Poe first went with the Broad
iody Journal the offices were in lower
Nassau street. Soon, however.
through an arrangement with Horace
Greeley, who Endorsed note for $50,
Poe obtained undivided control and
moved the paper to Clinton Hall, at
Nassau and Beekmsy streets. on the