Excerpt from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. 7: Miscellaneous
Popularity of the work. We believe that in this respect it has surpassed even the inimitable compositions of Mr. Dickens. At all events it has met with a most extensive sale; and, although the graver journals have avoided its discussion, the ephemeral press has been nearly if not quite unani mous in its praise. To be sure the commendation, although unqualified, cannot be said to have abounded in specification, or to have been, in any regard, of a satisfactory character to one seeking pre cise ideas on the topic of the book’s particular merit. It appears to us, in fact that the cabalistical words fun, rollicking and devil-may-care, if indeed words they be, have been made to stand in good stead of all critical comment in the case of the work now under review. We first saw these dexterous expressions in a fly-leaf of Opinions of the Press appended to the renowned Harry Lorrequer by his publisher in Dublin. Thence transmitted, with complacent echo, from critic to critic, through daily, weekly and monthly journals without num ber, they have come at length to form a pendant and a portion of our author’s celebrity - have come to be regarded as su fiicient response to the few ignora muses, who, obstinate as ignorant, and fool-hardy as obstinate, venture to propound a question or two.
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