Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-11-03
Periodical Literature,


 far estimate of the large sums paid to northern publishers for fashy and trashy maga- zlnes would astonish those who have never seriously considered the subject. Acomparison between the magazines of the north and of the south, whenever instituted, will result in favor of the latter; yet strange to say, the former are liberally-lavishly patronised and the latter neglected It is true that the south ern periodi- calls do not have those highly dsubed wood cuts of women. glaring with carmine and gam boge, gravely called fashion plates, or old en- cravings furbshed up and aublished as "ex- pressly engraved" It isithese that make these trashy concerns SO popular among that class who devoid of taste, seek to follow the fashion and take it from these pictures that are, some of them, year old. Besides these pictures, the body of the book will be found filled with the sylabub Of literature, love stories; attempts at descriptions of fashionable life; receipts to make tarts; directions how to kill time by working blue dogs on red: surface, are the sum and sub- stance thereof. The stories generally turn on some sentiment or some affecting incident.-- The heroine is "Clara Mordaunt,. "Isabel De Vere," or if it is tale of rustic life, the authc- ress sometimes condescends to the simple name of Lucy. The masculires are all of the same stripe, generally dark complexioned, iuvaribly tall, with piercing eyes, and black hair. They never walk but stride; never sit down, bit stand with folded arms. Both male and female are made to talk in style that weave su,e m real men or women ever did talk ir., and ,be whole affair is made to proceed ina certai, stted way to the conclusion.
 In every instance where q soptbarn maoazin h"s coine unoer our Lotice we found the matter of an entirely different order. The stories are interesting anu well-tJld, the namby- -pambyisir of the north ern ma sazines is avoided, and othe sueects both literary and scientific are treated ah rnasterly way by those who write to instruct as we'll as to please.
 Russell's Magazine is published at Charleston 5. c., at $3 ayear. The publishers have sem ns several numbers and after looking over them We are at a loss to conceive how the reasonable men and women of the south can pass by such a magazine as RusselFs, to support the limsy periodicals of the north. We are satisfied that if its merits were more widely known, it would receive g. liberal support from Arkansas, and we are glad to hear that club of subscribers is be- ing made up in our city.
 The Southern Literary Messenger is publish. ed in Richmond, Va, is we'll established work and has published some original articles tha have become standard in our literature. Wt have not seen copy of the Messenger for 2 year or two, but are told that it still retains al its vigor, ability and originality.
 To those who like heavier reading-to tho planter, merchant and politician, we commend DeBow's Review. The October number before us has several articles, either of which is wortl years subscription. Indeed, we do not set how the. .southron, who desires to keed posted on affairs can do without this valuable work It needs no recommendation to those who have seen it, and those who have not can do no bet ter than to subscribe for it at once on our "ips dir,t"
 We regularly receive monthly agriculture work, published simultaneously at St. Louis and Louisville, entitled the Valley Farmer Every page is repete with matter interesting t, the planter and farmer. We had supposed tha the price of the work was five dollars or at leas three dollars year, but upon looking at the terms of the subscription we find that it is only one dollar Think ofthat farmer. An agricul tural magazine for one dollar year. Address Norman J Coleman, St. Louis, Mo.