His best nature poetry will be found in his
single American volume of selections, entitled _Poems, Selected by the
Author_ (1911).
PROSE
POE.--Poe's best short story is _The Fall of the House of Usher_, but it is
better to begin with such favorites as either _The Murders in the Rue
Morgue_, _The Gold-Bug_, or _A Descent into the Maelstrom_. There are many
poor editions of Poe's _Tales_. Cody's _The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe_
and Macmillan's _Pocket Classics_ edition may be recommended. The best part
of his critical remarks on short-story writing is quoted in this text, p.
299. A part of his essay, _The Poetic Principle_, is given in Trent.
SIMMS.--Mims and Payne give (pp. 50-69) a good selection from _The
Yemassee_, describing an Indian episode in the war of 1715, between the
Spaniards and the Indians on the one hand, and the English on the other.
Trent gives (pp. 186-189) from _The Partisan_, a scene laid at the time of
the Revolutionary War.
HARRIS.--Read anywhere from _Uncle Remus, his Songs, and his Sayings_
(1880), _Nights with Uncle Remus_ (1881), _Uncle Remus and his Friends_
(1892). An excellent selection, _Brother Billy Goat eats his Dinner_, is
given in Trent.
Pages:
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429