" For the time, I'm sure that Poe's Dupin was inspiring and did inspire libraries of detective fiction to come...but it is dated. What was probably novel, and original reads like a phonebook. I will make the exception for Purloined Letter. Of the three Dupin stories, PL was quite readable. I would easily give it 4 stars, but the Case of Marie Roget pulled the entire work down to a 3. I may also be allowing my appreciation of Poe's ouvre to keep the rating at three instead of 2. Can't say that I'd recommend this volume to anyone other than those who have an interest in the history of crime fiction, particularly Sherlock Holmes. "
— Russell, 2/10/2014