Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-10-30
SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW.

The supl0Ined appear from the fuplsners OF the
Southern Quarierly should have the attention Of
every intelligent man in the community. The
work recommends itself to the patronage of the
few WHO have the leisure the taste and the means
to lead them into the higher walks of literature
and of science and, nc il is cmnentlr worthy Of
the most intelligent support We cannot but be
surprised to learn Of tho probability of failure on
the part Of its rrcrrictors. If it appealed to
popular favor, commonly 20 called. We might ac-
count for the want Of patronage. As it IS, such
glarirg neglect is without ':rlrme or reason
But we do not wish to preach sermon. however
well the subject demands it. The article fr"m the
Tmes is explicit and to the point
We have been placed under great obligations to
our brethren of the Press for the frequent aud
favorable Editorials they have penucd in behalf
of the Rsrisr. The SpaltaRbuyy Express Of the
10Th inst, in an article touching upon Southern
patronage sustaining Northern Journals and Per-
iodicals, says:
.'Wc have among u>. piniDg for patronage, Il
Review, edited by probably The proiouulcst intel
lect of the whole SCuth-a Review that might be,
and rW be, il supported. an ornament and lasting
honor to the country. But two members have so
far appeared, and yet they contain articles that
ought not to be allowed to dic-that deserve an
honorable place in every library. Let every man
who feels an interest in Southern Literature do
his duty and ward off the shame of permitting
the Southern Quarterly Review to sink, with the
present management
We wish to deal candidly and openly with the
friends of the Quarterlv and hence we make the
above quotation in order to Introduce what We
have to say.
We took possession of the title of the Rsriem last
winter and secured for its Editorial management
the talent and services of one of the ripest scho
ars of the present age (tic Rev. DR.. Thornwc!l, J
who has avoided no effort to procure the co-opera-
ton of many ma. ter minds, and the two numbers
which have appeared under his direction have been
assigned character second to no other periodical
now published.
Our correspondents are paid 50 90 per page for
every page of matter published in the Review, and
we have labored to make it all that its friends
would have it. But, land we regret to state the
fact, we have not realized over $500 upon the
present volume, barely sufficient to pay for the
paper upon which the Review is printed.
We have distributed 1900 copies Of each num-
Der of the Review to subscribers, which ought to
have realized for US $4,000, and thus placed the
work on firm basis
The number in press which will he issued on
the 1st November, we are authorised to say, will
be submitted rs specimen, equal, if not superb
or, to any previous number, aud if it should un-
fortunately turn out that the friends of the en-
terprise have determined not to sustain it, by
continuing to withhold the subscription price, We
will be forced to yield to the pressure and aban-
don the work as soon rs the volume is compile
ted.
Ifthose who have received the Review the pres
ent year, could be induced to forward Us one half
tie Subscription price we wculd be encouraged to
20 on, but when it is known that our receipts
have amounted only to about 5000. and that we
have paid to authors, printers and others engaged
upon ths work Sl,450, the reader will easily dis
cover that it is wol sc than folly for to contin
ue the publication.
This is the last appeal We intend to make for
the Rcview. If its friends are determined that it
shall die We must submit and close its pages be-
fore We become seriously involved.
Carolina Times.