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Summary

Poe Museum manuscript, Richmond, VA;
manuscript fragment, a review of Frances Osgood's poetry, particularly "Elfrida, a Dramatic Poem." Poe commends Osgood's powers of passionate expression and notes her lack of pretension and ambition. The review was published in Southern Literary Messenger in August of 1849 (vol. XV, no. 8, pp. 509-515). This manuscript fragment comprises the first page and a half of the review.