The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-03-04
Lssaat Literature.

VI II. III itIfittlNC w tiiV NHlFI ~ tsC VI
Monthly Literary Magazine to be
published in this city affords most
fitting and appropriate occasion to give
in our experience" which we do with
all the penitence Of a contrite and re-
pentant sinner. If YOU think it too
high colored. and discouraging friend
Harris, we advise you to 90 in and try
fer Yourself. for there is nothing more
profitable to the Young man, who pro
poses to founder about in the worlds
affairs a "half century than early
| piety, which experience is most Ger
tain to furnish But we are anticipa-
ting the queries. Let US have the
letter first
BARON Rouer, Feb 25th 1853
En-. CoHEr
Uea' Sir As | am stranger
among you, will take the liberty Of
asking your opinion upon 4 subject
which, your connection with Tire press
| your kuowled ge Of The tastes. wants,
&c, the southe'n PEOPLE and your for
mer experience in periodical business
evldentl Y fits You to answer.
| wish to know how a Monthly
Magazine would he received and sus-
tanned by til South Of high, moral.
| literary and Artistic character, filed
witI9 hoice literature from the ableSt
pens Of the South, West and East.
with Il De, alflneut devoted to the diff.
fusion II a general knowledge and a
view to eIeyating the taste Of the
public IL regard to true art, emhe|-
isIed with fine >teel plate engravings
OF the best wor ker< ofart in Europe and
America, together with hioeraphica'
sketches from the lives Of he great
master. Of ancient and modern times
and as The cnd ard aim Of all literary
publications, should be the good of
mankind, there should be- rnp,al OBJ
icct in view, which IN this would b.
tie diffusion Of healthy temperance
principles 10 aid in hat GREAT moral
rcior'uaioo, tl,at is a4i'aIing the North
and the South. and that will eventu-
ally >rread all over our broad I'm on
With due respect to your opinion,
shall remain,
! our most rhedient,
Frances HARRIS.
In answer to the question which
You fatter us Iy saying your long
connection with the press, fits you to
answer" allow us t, say and that toe,
as briefly rs though B. Green Jones
were before us-,If moui d." To
satisfy you. listen to the history in
short hand, Of the "Magnolia Maya
zine a Monthly Magazine devoted
to literature, science, art and the
elevation Of morality, virtue, politics,
poetry, religion and law. with an occa-
slonaI love tale. Should not such
work flourish in the saauth, and meet
with patronage from A'ohre Genius ?
One would think so We thought so
and in cur day and night dreams, no.
thing Else gaIopad NAB Ike though
nur oyprbuldeucd brain until twas ac-
tua, y set a going. We sent out
broal inviGGon for every body to
write for the book. Come along com
a'"ng d92p'' say 70" can't" What was
the result We had two cont,ihl-
tons during the year, one Of which
had to 10 rewritten, and we never
could find any sufficiently versed In
the Chinese, to tell what the author of
the other, designed saying, on his bait
dozen pages of the morst abused fools
cap that ever came under oss' eye. We
didn't flag at this; but held converse
with parti-colored spirits from uncork
ed decanters, and wrote sentimental
stories for the book, with eyes closed,
and with locomotive speed It was
no uncommon thing for us, in that day,
to get out tole fifteen pages long in