The title "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" was first used by "The World's Classics", London, and printed by Grant Richard, 48 Leicester Sq.
The title of this collection was then adopted by Padraic Colum in 1908 in view of the growing reputation of Poe's taste for suspense, especially in the context of what his French critic M. Brunetiere called events "on the margin" of life.
Colum hence also left out two works as too lengthy, these being The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall".
[3] The title of the 1908 book together with its formula of compiling Poe's most bewildering tales into a single volume continues to be used by other publishers.
Alan Parsons Project also used the title "The Gold Bug" for a track on their The Turn of a Friendly Card album.