As Poe’s best short stories may be mentioned: _Metzengerstein_ (Jan. 14, 1832, Philadelphia _Saturday Courier_), _Ms. Found in a Bottle_ (October 19, 1833, _Baltimore Saturday Visiter_), _The Assignation_ (January, 1834, _Godey’s Lady’s Book_), _Berenice_ (March, 1835, _Southern Literary Messenger_), _Morella_ (April, 1835, _Southern Literary Messenger_), _The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall_ (June, 1835, _Southern Literary Messenger_), _King Pest: a Tale Containing an Allegory_ (September, 1835, _Southern Literary Messenger_), _Shadow: a Parable_ (September, 1835, _Southern Literary Messenger_), _Ligeia_ (September, 1838, _American Museum_), _The Fall of the House of Usher_ (September, 1839, _Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine_), _William Wilson_ (1839: _Gift for_ 1840), _The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion_ (December, 1839, _Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine_), _The Murders in the Rue Morgue_ (April, 1841, _Graham’s Magazine_), _A Descent into the Maelstrom_ (May, 1841, _Graham’s Magazine_), _Eleonora_ (1841: _Gift_ for 1842), _The Masque of the Red Death_ (May, 1842, _Graham’s Magazine_), _The Pit and the Pendulum_ (1842: _Gift for 1843_), _The Tell-Tale Heart_ (January, 1843, _Pioneer_), _The Gold-Bug_ (June 21 and 28, 1843, _Dollar Newspaper_), _The Black Cat_ (August 19, 1843, _United States Saturday Post_), _The Oblong Box_ (September, 1844, _Godey’s Lady’s Book_), _The Angel of the Odd_ (October, 1844, _Columbian Magazine_), “_Thou Art the Man_” (November, 1844, _Godey’s Lady’s Book_), _The Purloined Letter_ (1844: _Gift_ for 1845), _The Imp of the Perverse_ (July, 1845, _Graham’s Magazine_), _The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether_ (November, 1845, _Graham’s Magazine_), _The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar_ (December, 1845, _American Whig Review_), _The Cask of Amontillado_ (November, 1846, _Godey’s Lady’s Book_), and _Lander’s Cottage_ (June 9, 1849, _Flag of Our Union_). Poe’s chief collections are: _Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque_ (1840), _Tales_ (1845), and _The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe_ (1850–56). These titles have been dropped from recent editions of his works, however, and the stories brought together under the title _Tales_, or under subdivisions furnished by his editors, such as _Tales of Ratiocination_, etc.