Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine...Volume XXIII

Philadelphia: George R. Graham, 1843. Marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Octavo. iv, 320 pages. Mild rubs to extremities, occasional foxing and browning inside. Very good to near fine overall.. Engravings, some colored. The July through December 1843 issues of Graham's Magazine, of which Edgar Allan Poe had recently been editor. This volume contains three reviews by Poe, including his review of James Fenimore Cooper's historical novel, "Wyandotté." <br /> <br /> It was while editor of Graham's that Poe developed his bitingly sarcastic style of literary criticism, and that style is full flower here. Not surprisingly, Cooper gets the least amount of acid from Poe's pen.<br /> <br /> Also included in this volume are four poems by a young poet named Elizabeth B. Barrett. Her 1844 volume "Poems" would lead to her meeting another poet, Robert Browning. A famous literary courtship ensued, and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett became Elizabeth Barrett Browning.<br /> <br /> Other notable contributions include two poems by James Russell Lowell and a two-part biography of American Revolutionary War naval hero, John Paul Jones, by James Fenimore Cooper <br /> <br /> This volume includes several engraved portraits and other illustrations, some of which are colored.