The works of Edgar Allan Poe; newly collected and edited, with a memoir, critical introductions, and notes, by Edmund Clarence Stedman and George Edward Woodberry; the illustrations by Albert Edward Sterner.

TALES OF NATURAL BEAUTY
THE ELK
THE natural scenery of America has often been
contrasted in its general features, as well as in detail,
with the landscape of the Old World - more especially
of Europe - and not deeper has been the enthusiasm,
than wide the dissension, of the supporters of each
region. The discussion is one not likely to be soon
closed, for although much has been said on both
sides, a world more yet remains to be said.
The most conspicuous of the British tourists who
have attempted a comparison seem to regard our
northern and eastern seaboard, comparatively speaking, as all of America, at least as all of the United
States, worthy of consideration. They say little,
because they have seen less, of the gorgeous interior
scenery of some of our western and southern districts,
-of the vast valley of Louisiana, for example,- a
realization of the wildest dreams of paradise. For
the most part, these travellers content themselves with
a hasty inspection of the natural "lions " of the land, -
the Hudson, Niagara, the Catskills, Harper's Ferry,
the lakes of New York, the Ohio, the prairies, and the
Mississippi. These, indeed, are objects well worthy
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