![[William Burton],review in Burton's GentZeman's Magazine](https://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/crclarge/978041584/9780415849951.jpg "[William Burton],review in Burton's GentZeman's Magazine")
ABSTRACT
Burton (1804–60) was an English actor and theatre manager who came to America in 1834. His Gentleman's Magazine (1837–40) was a moderately successful venture on which Poe was briefly employed (1837-40). Poe identified Burton as the author of this review — see Letters,I,130.
