Show 4 southern mthr literature are lj it is lut justice to the brotherhood of I 1 letters elters in ili the united states slates to say that our literature is is nut not sectional and that tho the south has actually fu furj ri u dished a larger share of interesting I 1 and important books than the north we e know that tins this may seem strange strang go to the croak croakers ers who ulio ire are ever bampi harping 11 I 1 upon ulon the literary lut barrenness a ot the south yet yei it is is of true that some liot only of the mott most able but of the most remunerative munera tive books bols pub published libed in the I 1 united states slates have been bt en and dreby be southern authors during the past a year there las has been no biography on th P either cither side of the water which sur lh k in ability di dignity and in in classic lit ic style the inte interesting restito res titi life and tunes times of james Af madison adison t by hon ja I 1 win V in C rives of virginia ginia neither in in eland bergland nor in france from h I 1 a number lumber of volumes lol unies of field sport t I 1 in in europe eu rope india I 1 nd 11 and africa do we find a more racy graphic and interesting ti book than Car carolina oiDa sports spoils N lion flon win elliott Elji olt of south carolina just jast issued by darby LI I 1 jackson his style is ao a cheerful an and his english so i is a a positive I 1 ale pleasure a to read bi his sparkling pa pages in the dorn domain linof ot fiction we are informed that of grace trueman or 01 love and principle published by sheldon boand co and written by mr ford of kentucky more than let copies have bave bean sold in a few feu Q at cwb and rol that lint the hidden rath path rand and moss side bide by darlain timan di an kf of richmond va and published by lebei I 1 derby jackson have had all ail a aggregate gre gato sale sald of co copies pies Beulah iq derby jackson by A augusta u gusta J t evans avans of mobile has pass passed ed chrol fifteen editions in three months and the demand is by no means exhausted I 1 mustang grey wo we believe belice by I 1 Apple tons written by hon jere clemens of alabama has also alo had bad n an immense sale then there is that vei veteran erali in the literary world ly il liani illiam gilmore suns nho has bas not dot only written some of our most lar works of fiction but has lately enriched his native state stale with his valuable history of south carolina redfield in works of theology intellectual philosophy ac cc the south is iol behind dr fullers sermons e sheldon bb eldon co are the characteristic t and eloquent christian productions of the former pastor ot of beaufort J I 1 S C who dis discussed cued with dr I 1 wayland the it i e question of slavery sl aery dr fuller s sphere of usefulness lias has been greatly enlarged by his hia ream 10 inoval al to baltimore and these sermons P are the fruits of bis labor there J professor hoge now of this city but at T formerly of richmond has furnished td I 1 sheldon co bund Bar 1 and the frame ame house publishes the I 1 all Chri christian tian paradoxes by dr crawford it of mercer university georgia ita moral science b by y dr dagg 0 president of mercer university 1 lob pictures ures brorn an ancient artist prof 11 11 tucker of georgia 1 of and many kindred volumes in books for children the oakland S stories 8 by george B taylor of so richmond va just from the press or of sheldon cow co is not only having atif a most extensive sale in the I 1 southern and middle states but adi from the die ext extreme me north the orders ie show what is the appreciation of the I 1 boot book there we ivein indeed struck I 1 with willi the criticism of the most widely i circulated boston paper which tho ilia e devoted to republicanism had the I 1 fr frankness artiness to 0 o assert that jhc thc the oakland ty stories were far ar superior perlor to a similar series af a asu popular p ili r northern a writer i we in mi j multiply examples but A we ve will state slate that thai on indu inquiring iring at on 1 ly t two wo 0 of f the ne new w york publishers 00 sheldon co and derby jack r 1 10 son 11 we ve find that within a few say I 1 in months they y have issued the one fifteen 0 dif different publications tiou and the be other seventeen all written by bv southern auth authors ors representing represent representing in 9 louisi Louis I 1 jiin latia alabama georgia south carolina virginia and kentucky harper 11 bros applelone Apple lons tons dix di edwards Ld ards scribner indeed all our leading publishers hive have a goodly i list shoeing howing that the constant assertion in certain quarters that ilia t the south has hai rio jio 1 literature is abt only unfounded but aliat ahe south actually furnished a large proportion of reading matter for the north |