CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE ARTIST IN WORDS

CHAPTER II

POE’S FATHER AND MOTHER

CHAPTER III

YOUNG EDGAR ALLAN

CHAPTER IV

COLLEGE LIFE

CHAPTER V

FORTUNE CHANGES

CHAPTER VI

LIVING BY LITERATURE

CHAPTER VII

POE’S EARLY POETRY

CHAPTER VIII

POE’S CHILD WIFE

ANNABEL LEE.

CHAPTER IX

POE’S LITERARY HISTORY

CHAPTER X

POE AS A STORY-WRITER

CHAPTER XI

HOW “THE RAVEN” WAS WRITTEN

CHAPTER XII

MUSIC AND POETRY

CHAPTER XIII

POE’S LATER YEARS