Editing A Descent into the Maelström (section)

==Critical response==
Shortly after its publication, the April 28 issue of the ''Daily Chronicle'' included the notice "The 'Descent into the Maelstroom' {{Sic}} by Edgar A. Poe, Esq., is unworthy of the pen of one whose talents allow him a wider and more ample range."<ref name=ThomasJackson324>{{harvnb|Thomas|Jackson|1987|p=324}}</ref> Mordecai M. Noah in ''Evening Star'', however, said the tale "appears to be equal in interest with the powerful article from his pen in the last number, 'The Murder in the Rue Morgue'".<ref name=ThomasJackson324/> In 1911, Richmond professor Robert Armistead Stewart said the story was "the most enthralling of that trio of tales of pseudo-science that demonstrate Poe's wizard power" along with  "[[MS. Found in a Bottle]]" and "[[The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall]]".<ref>{{cite book |year=2013|pages=171–172 |editor-last=Barger|editor-first=Andrew |title= Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Short Stories 1800–1849 |publisher=Bottletree Books LLC |isbn=978-1-933747-49-1 }}</ref>