But a Frenchman will tell you that Poe, among American poets and writers, is the greatest; his writings have been translated into nearly every European language.

General Poe was an ardent patriot both before and during the Revolution.

Then, too, Poe was a master of style, one of the greatest in English prose, possibly the greatest since De Quincey, and quite the most remarkable among American authors.

Probably this is hardly the place for an extended discussion of Poe, since the present volume covers neither American literature as a whole nor the American short story in general, and Poe is not a humorist in his more notable productions.

" Johnnie Poe, one of the famous Princeton football family, and incidentally a great-nephew of Edgar Allan Poe, was a general in the army of Honduras in one of their recent wars.

" TESTIMONY OF MR. WILLIAM POE Mr. Poe is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and was formerly a slaveholder.

Your father just gave me a great fright by "tapping at my window" (I believe Poe's was a door, wasn't it?) and holding up your note.

Poe was, however, a studious and well-behaved young man in the opinion of the professors, and he was never found guilty of any serious misconduct.