![]() ![]() ![]() Although the details arc, with some exception, very dissimilar, still I maintain that the general features of the two compositions are nearly identical. Some of the New York journals (' The Transcript" among others) saw the matter in the same light, and published the "Moon story" side by side with "Hans Phaall," thinking that the author of the one had been detected in the author of the other. It was three weeks after the issue of " The Messenger" containing " Hans Phaall," that the first of the "Moon-hoax " editorials made its appearance in "The Sun," and no sooner had I seen the paper than I understood the jest, which not for a moment could I doubt had been suggested by my own jeu tPesprit. In this view I wrote a story which I called "Hans Phaall," publishing it about six months afterwards in "The Southern Literary Messenger," of which I was then editor. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poe ![]()
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