▁soul , ▁the ▁Dev il ▁s ne ez es , ▁referring ▁to ▁an ▁earlier ▁moment ▁in ▁the ▁story ▁when ▁the ▁Dev il ▁says ▁that ▁men ▁disp el ▁bad ▁ideas ▁by ▁s ne ez ing . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁ ▁An ▁editor ial ▁in ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Saturday ▁Cou rier ▁thank ed ▁Po e ▁for ▁subm itting ▁the ▁stories . ▁The ▁writer , ▁pres umably ▁the ▁editor , ▁Lam bert ▁A . ▁Wil mer , ▁added ▁that ▁" we ▁have ▁read ▁these ▁tales , ▁every ▁sy ll able , ▁with ▁the ▁greatest ▁pleasure , ▁and ▁for ▁original ity , ▁rich ness ▁of ▁imag ery ▁and ▁pur ity ▁of ▁the ▁style , ▁few ▁American ▁authors ▁in ▁our ▁opinion ▁have ▁produced ▁any ▁thing ▁superior ". ▁A ▁rev iewer ▁in ▁the ▁Win chester ▁Republic ation ▁wrote ▁" Mr . ▁Po e ' s ▁' B on - B on ' ▁is ▁quite ▁a ▁unique ▁and ▁ racy ▁affair ". ▁William ▁G w yn n , ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁Gazette , ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁" s ust ains ▁the ▁well ▁established ▁reputation ▁of ▁the ▁author ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁possess ing ▁a ▁rich ▁imag in ative ▁genius , ▁and ▁a ▁free , ▁flow ing ▁and ▁very ▁happy ▁style ". ▁ ▁Public ation ▁history ▁▁ ▁Po e ▁submitted ▁" B on - B on " ▁to ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Saturday ▁Cou rier ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁" The ▁B arg ain ▁Lost " ▁as ▁an ▁entry ▁to ▁a ▁writing ▁contest . ▁Po e ▁also ▁submitted ▁four ▁other ▁tales : ▁"