In the following year he took charge of Graham's Magazine. In the spring of 1843, he wrote "The Gold Bug," for which he received a prize of one hundred dollars. He had previously written a number of critical papers and stories, among them "The Mystery of Marie Roget." In the autumn of ]S44 he removed to New York. His residence at first was on what is now Eighty-fourth Street. The house, a large bleak structure, stands on a rocky elevation. It is said to

fore the old fashioned fire-place, the poet sat and dreamed his wonderful dreams, the weirdest of which, perhaps, is embodied in " The Raven-"

Poe's next place of residence was Fordham. In the winter of 1846, says one of his biographers, he was living in extreme destitution at Fordham. In the meantime he had been employed by Willis & Morris, as critic and assistant editor of The Mirror, a position which he retained about six months, and as associate editor with C. F. Briggs of The Broadv:ay Journal. The latter publication ceased in January, 184G, and Poe then began a series of papers, " The Literati of New Y'ork City," which were published in The Lady's Book. Their pungency and pereonality created for him many enemies. His troubles now began to thicken. His wife's health, which had always been delicate, was failing rapidly and Poe was sub-

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jected to the agony ol' seeing her lading, day by day, without the means at hand to minister properly to her comfort. His necessities were finally made known by some friendly hand in the newspapers and a subscription was raised in his behalf. But, although his sufterings were extreme, he must have had many gleams of happiness in the little old-fashioned cottage at Fordham.