Edgar A. Poe; a Study

The first part of the Robertson study is devoted to the psychopathic problem; the second is mainly biobliographic, though with frequent references to the 'cause'. In both there is a manifest desire to get at the truth and to dispense with theories and apologetics. The volume does not restore Poe's reputation to one of sobriety, but it brings his moral character a littre nearer to normancy, and substitues intelligent sympathy for unintelligent criticism. THE BOOKMAN "This work, with its sound and well carried out scientific purpose, is a biography of the most puzzling figure in American literary history." BOSTON TRANSCRIPT ILLUS.