The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-10

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LII EK AZURE.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN BOOK.
ITS CONTINUED AND ESTABLISHED
SUCCESS.
OVER 5000 SOLD IN ONE WEEK,
C. Il u s L
and NTRAB
AN ESSAY On THE AMERIUAN CRISIS.
BY T. w. MAC MACON"
OVER 5000 SOLD IN ONE WEEK.

the great suecexa OF this rem arkAbly bril-
liant " ork 10 without parallel In the d is tory
of So uthern publications. 1t appeared on
s.sve, and We have already sold over
tAyss thousand soptss ct u, while the demand is
largely On the iucrsass. Those who ave read
it, high and low, are loud and unqualified In
tn cir praises of IT. Whoever wishes to Pc
ruse q delis tful book, characterized BY Es-
MUS and beauty, should procure SsHse and
Contrast.
Read what the newspaper press says Of it:
From As Riohmond Examiner.
"The philosophical design Of this work and
Its flns literary execution not only recon-
mend it 10 the favor OF the many readers it
will doubtless secure. but promise 1t . place
In tho standard literature Of the South. The
author treats all the su bjec t. growing out of
the slavery dispute with an acusensss Of
analysis and q grace of style that tive
wonderful freshness to subjects which have
hsen hackneyed BY other writer's, and has
produced in the whole popular and grace
ful ex position Of Southern political philoso-
ply"
From Tie Richmond FiiS.
"The author lays mis- fou ndauOns deep and
broaG-giving rapid and lucid history
to the present time-sho wing that it 'eoa-
stituted an intea rel element in the progress
and greatness Of the most remarkable gov
ernmsnts that ever existed His history OF
races and com parison OF 1heir capacities for
progress and empire will strike every intelh.
gent reader a. being ~ able In deductions a.
1t 10 remarkable In research and varied learn
ing. He conveys In small compass the Pc
moral. and mental, and makes apparent the
i'm pHssable gulf which God has placed be-
tween him and the white man forever pre-.
venting the equality Of tho two racss-the
ages past, present. and future
1.-THE authors style is easy and graceful,
com bining many beauties Of com position,
. t. III Ana md ~ppfn~ oil "
densed In short, few authors present more
to please, and less obnoxious TO just critic
cism. We rise from the psrusal Of his book
with a more enlightened, warmer aud
more genial love for our Southern brothers,
their happy homes, their sunny cline, AID
lnoir wise inseiations."
From sAs Richms1d Dispatch.
eve have read With great pleasure this able
and brilliant vindica ten Of the Souther n
cause. Although the object has been often
discussed. the authors style and mode Of
treatment give 1t new attractions. 1he his.
torical statement in the concluding PAGES, of
the conduct Of tho North, since the beginning
Of the sectional troubles, and especially Of the
Federal Adm ipistratlon, towards the South,
10 mastery. 1t 10 a simple record OF facts,
and less ornate than any other part OF the
publication; but he must be man Of Ice
whose blood that unvarnishsd story docs rot
cause 70 boil in every vetn."
From tAs Pss~sisrS keYrsss.
ITO defend the institu ton Of slavery upon
all the points on which it has been assailed |;
to show the physiological and Intellectual
inferiority of the negro to the Caucasian
race, and tho elsvating influences upon the
former of state Of servitude; to expose the
real authorship and nature Of the war into
which the two sections OF the late Union
have been plunged, and thus lay the foun-
dation for its correct history-thess are The
directs of the publication before Us, and the
writer has by the very clever manner In
which he has performed his labors rendered
valuable service not only to the sanse OF
Southern literature but to thecause OF truth
and Justice. His sta ements are iUctd-his
flections judicious, and his style pleasing"
= From tie Richmond Enquirer.
The Work In question IL nota vindication
of Southern political life or philosophy; 1t IL
an exposition Of both, however, in their pub
lie, moral, and rational aspects. But the
author has taken wlde and comprehensive
view Of the subject, handling 1t 80 as to rem
der his theme deserving the Warmsst conSids-
rations OF accom- iishsd scholars, yet c 9TH
Ing 1t with such poetic charms as to make its
perusnl felicity 70 tbs humbless reader.
From tAs CAsrIestss Courier.
West / Johnston, the snterprieink nlcn-
mond publishers. have just i.sued MT mac.
Mahonis long expressed work, cause ana
Contrast" From rapid survey Of its pssee,
am iucltned to regard 1t ~ one OF tho most
remarkable books con tribated - southern
literature. The diction Is splendid Ths
book treats of the present crisis, and gets out
of the haonsyed way Of writers upon the
slavery question. Mr. AacMahon IL krowa
% the author OF . letter to Thomas francis
Mssxher, which was widely COPIED 'nfossa'
out the South several months ago.
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