Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-12-27

3he Nov Yerk Jolrua1 q CoumorDo says :
Z Ihae oer ntsrsture = noe sectional, and the
eoat1 Aas actually fhraishsd : larger share Of
Nora M isox sSss sSis 1sy Spss ZEN 'i 2s.nes es
@ he eroaksss uho are sver ,hayping upon the
literary barma1esa e the South, bat Is is new
ertheless TIRE that ssmo not ooly of the most
able, but - tbs msst rsmunsrstise books pab-
lishe1 IN t1s Unitsd 6tnsss hsvs bssn and are
By Southern euthors. During the past ysar.
sssss e: ss e q s!ss ss1sf s;.0 ;as g
ssa elssie seyle, ihs Interesting sLifs and
Times of ysnss AaAisss, slby Hon. Wn. G..
Rivss, sf Virginia. Neither il England nor In
Rfance from number 81 volumes On Asld
sports IN Europe, Iodia and Africa, do We fnd
more rscy, graphic and interesting book than
tie .c<{olina sports, hy hon. Vim. Eiiiott. ssf
. q sSs .ss..is 3 81 astio. :. x.~ss i.fs.s.sd
that of s-9faes Tnemsu, or Love and Prin-
cipls, written BY Mrs. Ford, Or Kentacky,
more than 10000 copies have been sold in .
few months; snd that the Hidden Path and
Moss Side, BY Marion Harland, Of Richmond,
ss .o... a.s: sis 4. issss:si ale s : asSeo
bile, has Pa0sd 1hsssgh sAftssn editions in
three moethA and the demand ID BY No sneans
exhausted. sMustang Grey written By the
Hon. Jere Clsmens O. Alsbama, hss also had
an immenss sale- The4 there is that veteran
In the literary xorld, William Gilmore Simms,
ulsr works q xction, brs hss isssiy srriehsd
. bic native State With his valuable History .of
South Carolina ~ 80 ~ tss,s - 81 s-,s Z
assIn works Of Theology, Intellscsusl Philoso-
ply, &c-, &c., the South Il not behind DR..
Enilsrs Sermons' are the charscteristic and
eloquent Christian productions Of the former
pastor e Beaufort. South Caroline, Who dis
cussed with Dr.. WAyland the question Of sla-
very Dr.. Failsr's sphsrs Of ussfulnsss has
been greatly enlarged ky his rsuoval 10 Bsiti-
more, and thee ssFnens are the frvits Of his
labors there. Prof Hoee. now Of this city. but
formerly Of Richmoud, hes furnished Blind
Bartimeus, fhs Christian Paradoxes, IL BY
pr. Crawford, Of Mercer University, dsorgis;
hoT., a.ss y, Ss'sscs y DIT p.ss formerly Prssi-
Ancient Artist, By Prof. III. n Tucker, sof
Gsorgis, and many kindred volumes. 81
I'm books for children, the s0akIsnd Stories, ,
BY Geo. B. Taylor, Of Richmond, Va, is not
only having most extensive sale in the South.
ern and Middle States, but from the extreme
North the orders shes what is the appreciation
the criticism Of the most widely circulated Bos-
ton paper, which, though devoted 70 eRepab-
licanism, had the frankness TO assert that the
Oakland Stories were far superior TO Z similar
series Of 9 popular Northern writer. - IS -
I'VE might multiply examples, but Ne viii
state that, on inquiry at only two Of the New
York. publishers .Es find that within few
months they have issued. the one fifteen differ
ent PUBLICATIONS, and the other seventssn, al
written BY Southern authors, representing
Lcuisiana, Alabams, South Carolina, Virginia,
and Kentucky.
"All our leading publishsfs have . eooiIy
list, showing that the constant assertion Il,
certain quarters that the South has no liter
atare is not only unfoQndsd, but that the South
- sss.sliy fanishes large proportion Of reading