A ROMANTIC RENDERING OF THE LIFE-STORY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

BY

MARY NEWTON STANARD
(Author of "The Story of Bacon's Rebellion")

"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find they have been upon the verge of the great secret."

—Edgar Allan Poe, in "Eleanora"

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
THE BELL BOOK AND STATIONERY COMPANY
1909

A ROMANTIC RENDERING OF THE LIFE-STORY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

BY

MARY NEWTON STANARD
(Author of "The Story of Bacon's Rebellion")

In the Sacred Memory

of

My Father and Mother

A ROMANTIC RENDERING OF THE LIFE-STORY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

BY

MARY NEWTON STANARD(Author of "The Story of Bacon's Rebellion")

In the Sacred Memory

of

My Father and Mother

MARY NEWTON STANARD
(Author of "The Story of Bacon's Rebellion")