New York was his next location, where he was on _The Evening Mirror_. In 1845 his "Raven" was published and at once sprang into phenomenal favor. Lecturing, magazine work, and the editing of _The Broadway Journal_ occupied the next year. In 1846 he moved to Fordham. There ill-health and poverty so oppressed him that money had to be raised to take care of the family. In 1847 Mrs. Poe died. From this time till his own death, October 7, 1849, his mind, long clouded and affected by his habits, became hopelessly diseased. Poe was a genius of great analytical power and imagination, but unstable and morbid. His ability has always received great recognition in Europe, particularly in France, where a translation of his tales appeared in his lifetime. REFERENCES BIOGRAPHY: WOODBERRY: Edgar Allan Poe. HARRISON: The Life and Letters of Edgar Allan Poe. CRITICISM: STEDMAN: Poets of America. GATES: Studies and Appreciations. BROWNELL: American Prose Masters. NOTES TO "THE GOLD BUG" This story, which is classed in the group entitled "Stories of Ratiocination" (see Introduction), was first published in _The Dollar Newspaper_ of Philadelphia in June, 1843, winning a prize of one hundred dollars. PAGE 23. TARANTULA: the bite of this spider was once supposed to cause a form of madness which made the victim dance. Compare the musical term "tarantelle." HUGUENOT: French Protestant. Many fled to South Carolina from persecutions in France. SULLIVAN'S ISLAND: Poe has been criticised for his inaccuracies concerning this island. He should have known it well, as he was stationed at Fort Moultrie in 1828 when a private in the United States Artillery. 24. SWAMMERDAMM: Jan Swammerdam--one final _m_ according to the Century Dictionary--(1637-1680). A distinguished Dutch naturalist. 27. SCARABÆUS CAPUT HOMINIS: (Latin) _a man's head beetle_. There is no such species known. 29. SYPHON: Negro dialect for ciphering, a colloquial word for "reckoning in figures." Poe hardly seems successful in representing the sounds of the speech of Negroes. Not much attention had been paid to the subject in literature at that time. To-day, since the work of Joel Chandler Harris in "Uncle Remus" and of Thomas Nelson Page in "In Ole Virginia," we rather look down on these early crude attempts. NOOVERS: Negro dialect for manoeuvres in the sense of movements. 32. EMPRESSEMENT: (French) _eagerness_. 44. CURVETS AND CARACOLES: the prancing and turning of a horse. 45. VIOLENT HOWLINGS OF THE DOG: it is popularly supposed that a dog, through its extraordinary sense of smell, can indicate the presence of parts of a human body, though buried. 48. COUNTER: obsolete term for pieces of money. 49. SOLUTION OF THIS MOST EXTRAORDINARY RIDDLE: this story exemplifies Poe's power in such work. He specialized on it in magazines. 52. LONG BOAT: "The largest and strongest boat belonging to a sailing ship."--_Century Dictionary_.