Show reminiscence OF POE the painter william willia in sartain Sart aln contributed some ree recollection 0 of edgar allan poe to the art world ll 11 li his s blo biographer grapher griswold has slandered him ahlm as intemperate my aly father sa said i ld this was ft B true and he was most temperate in drinking itla itis a considerable confirm confirmation 0 n of this that poe was a model of punctuality I 1 in n hf his s reviewing and other work for the magazines during all the in ensuing 15 years of his life which comprises his literary career in 1837 he moved to new york tork and after 6 a year to philadelphia where he wrote wroth some of his finest stories for much of his literary career lie was half starving ills his labor over his llis writings is shown no d doubt t with some poma J exaggeration however in his article the 1 phy of composition written shortly after the publication of the haven in this essay he be enumerates some of ills his articles of fulth faith ruch as beauty Is the legitimate province ot of the poem it Is a pure and intense elevation of the soul not of the intellect nor the heart 01 but except for these intermittent indulgences his addiction to stimulants must have been grossly exaggerated by ills his biographer griswold whom my father has bas said he had personally seen see n ork on quite lind bad terms with poe my bly fathers acquaintance anc with him was the more close in the latter years of ills life and as his sta statements temen is wore ivere idest niost positive these derogatory stories must be daiken with n grain of salt the recount account I 1 havo have given of poes death after having been robbed of hin hl clothes sekma to me jno to he be so reasonable and moreover baledon based on my fathers contemporary information fornia tion that I 1 cannot accept the story of ills having been lured into the hands of an election beering gang and drugged so Is as to be utilized for i J depositing ballots in lium numerous erous polling places |