“_Book collectors have recently devoted increased attention to making up sets of the first editions of leading American authors. Hawthorne, Longfellow, Poe, Lowell, Irving, Whittier, Holmes and many others, all have their admirers, who search the bookstalls, ransack old libraries, and even of late fill the advertising columns of the booksellers’ journals with lists of their wants and the prices they are willing to pay for them. All who have engaged in the delightful excitement of book-hunting must have at times met with difficulties, owing to the small amount of bibliographical data obtainable in print. With the hope of supplying this want, so far as the works of Longfellow are concerned, this bibliography is modestly offered._”--EXTRACT FROM PREFACE. => This book was first published by WILLIAM EVARTS BENJAMIN before the formation of the present firm. THE POETS AND POETRY OF AMERICA. A Satire by “LAVANTE,” reprinted from the original, published in Philadelphia in 1847. With an introductory argument by GEOFFREY QUARLES, to show that it was written BY EDGAR ALLAN POE. 12mo, paper cover, 50 cents. The publishers submit this little brochure as a literary curiosity, believing it will prove of interest to the admirers of POE. In Preparation--to be Issued in the Fall. A SELECTION FROM THE POETRY OF LEIGH HUNT. With a prefatory sketch and a reproduction of a portrait in water colors BY SIR DAVID WILKIE. Hitherto unpublished and now in the possession of the publishers. To be Daintily Printed in a 12mo Volume. Transcriber’s Notes: --Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). --Obvious punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected. --Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved. --Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved. --Inconsistencies in formatting and punctuation of individual advertisements have been retained. --Index finger images in advertisements replaced with => in text versions. End of Project Gutenberg's Mr. Incoul's Misadventure, by Edgar Saltus