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Of the many verses from time to time ascribed to the pen of Edgar Poe, and not included among his known writings, the lines entitled โAloneโ have the chief claim to our notice. Fac-simile copies of this piece had been in possession of the present editor some time previous to its publication in โScribnerโs Magazineโ for September, 1875; but as proofs of the authorship claimed for it were not forthcoming, he refrained from publishing it as requested. The desired proofs have not yet been adduced, and there is, at present, nothing but internal evidence to guide us. โAloneโ is stated to have been written by Poe in the album of a Baltimore lady (Mrs. Balderstone?), on March 17th, 1829, and the facsimile given in โScribnerโsโ is alleged to be of his handwriting. If the caligraphy be Poeโs, it is different in all essential respects from all the many specimens known to us, and strongly resembles that of the writer of the heading and dating of the manuscript, both of which the contributor of the poem acknowledges to have been recently added. The lines, however, if not by Poe, are the most successful imitation of his early mannerisms yet made public, and, in the opinion of one well qualified to speak, โare not unworthy on the whole of the parentage claimed for them.โ
While Edgar Poe was editor of the โBroadway Journal,โ some lines โTo Isadoreโ appeared therein, and, like several of his known pieces, bore no signature. They were at once ascribed to Poe, and in order to satisfy questioners, an editorial paragraph subsequently appeared saying they were by โA. Ide, junior.โ Two previous poems had appeared in the โBroadway journalโ over the signature of โA. M. Ide,โ and whoever wrote them was also the author of the lines โTo Isadore.โ In order, doubtless, to give a show of variety, Poe was then publishing some of his known works in his journal over noms de plume, and as no other writings whatever can be traced to any person bearing the name of โA. M. Ide,โ it is not impossible that the poems now republished in this collection may be by the author of โThe Raven.โ Having been published without his usual elaborate revision, Poe may have wished to hide his hasty work under an assumed name. The three pieces are included in the present collection, so the reader can judge for himself what pretensions they possess to be by the author of โThe Raven.โ
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