The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-27
PROSPECTUS OF A NEW SERIES OF
The 6outhern Quarterly Review

PROSPECTUS OF A NEW SERIES OF
:, The Southern Quarterly Review.
CoMMENcEp ON. THE lsr or APRIL, 1850, NJ
WALKEa 4 RrcnARDs, PrYriefors 4 Publishers
TERMS-S5.00 per annum, payable in adj
The publishers Of the SOUTHERN QUARTERLY
REVIEW beg leave to entreat the attention Of the
public to that Work, to return thanks for the m
variable indulgence which has smiled upon its
progress hitherto, and TO express the hope that
this countenance will not he Withdrawn, now that
the publication, passing from the hands of the
former publisher into their own, makes, as it
were, a fresh start in the pursuit of a well known
PROCESS. They cannot allow themselves to doubt,
that---with all their former contributors, with the
addition Of many new ones, not less valuable and
distinguished-unde the conduct sui OF Mr. w I.
GILMORE SlMMs, its sole Editor during the past
year--and with the assurance which the subscri-
bers now beg leave to give, that the work will be
henceforward issued in style very superior TO
that Of the past, on better paper, with fine new
type, and with a regard to- neatness and hnish,
which will leave it second to none in the country
they will continue to receive that patronage which
their own endeavor and the claims OF such an or
gan seem reasonably to demand.
The writer's for the REVIEW include the greater
number of the best and ablest names of the
country. They represent the highest literary
talent Of the South, and reflect truly, with ma
tive earnesmess, force, and fidelity, the real pol
icy and the peculiar institutions of our section.
We entreat the people of the South, who feel
the Importance of such periodical as the Review,
to excuse its deficiencies, and generously lend
themselves to its assistance. With their counte-
nance and concurrence, it can become the estab-
lished organ Of domestic opinion---the champion
of our rights and character abroad--the guide and
counsel to intellectual progress and proper taste
at home--the arena in which the better minds of
the country may always distinguish themselves,
and find the proper provocation to execution and
performance--the wholesome authority to which
we may always turn for the correction and re-
sraint of crude and undigested speculation These
are all objects of the last necessity to civilized
people, who have anything to gain by enterprise,
or any thing to lose by remissness and indiffer-
eDce. Once more, we ask from the patrons of the
Review, indulgence for the past, and such sym
pathy and support for the future, are due to the
vital interests which it faithfully serves, and the
character which it seeks to establish. 4
H. All communications should be addressed
Ib WALKER. e. RICHARDS,
Publishers Southern Quarterly Revieao,
THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th Of May,
1850, under its original name-instead of Richards
Weekly Gazete-as more significant of its peculiar
character, it being the only weekly organ Of Litera
ture in the entire South! 1t is
Greatly Enlarged and Improved,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns Of
matter II is, moreover, in an
Entirely Neio Dress
j" from head to foot - and upon beautiful wnre
paper, so that, in mechanical excellence, it is not
surpassed by any paper whatever in the United
States! 1t continues under the same Editorial
direction as heretofore, and no pains or expense
will be spared to make it @
a Choice Family Newspaper, a
g as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the
best!" Utterly discarding the notion that a
Southern journal cannot compete with the North
ern weeklies, in cheapness and interest,
The Southern Literary Gazette
rivals the best of them all the characteristics of
a truly valuable freside Journal. Its aim is the
diffusion of cultivated and refined taste throughout
the communicated it embraces in its ample
folds ever species of intelligence that can tend to
this result. ~ t
Original ConiribuionsJ
from many Of the ablest writers in the South,
chiefly occupy its columns, but not to the exclu-
sion Of choice miscellany, selected from the best
American and European sources. ~ 6yIa
The tone Of the "Gazette'' is independent IA
criticism and in the discussion Of every legitimate
topic, but it is strictly ,,s * Is
Neutral IN Politics and Religion
It's columns are occasionally embellished with
Southern Portraits and Landscapes,
engraved expressly for the work, and aecompa-
MED by biographical and typographical sketches
Its General Information &
is copious, but carefully condensed from the
leading journals of all parts Of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size
and attractions of the paper, it is still published at
THO Dollars PEI. .an,l,n, in .4duance ,
it viii be furnished to persons becoming respon-
sible for the whole number Of copies, and having
them sent to one address, on the following terms
Three copies, rs ,
Five copies,
Ten copies, Is
Fifteen copies, 90
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
~ All orders must be accompanied with the
money, and addressed, post pal, to
WALKER d RICHARDS.
Charleston, S. G..