The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-18
SOUTHERN
$780, LITERATURE.
THE TWO GREAT SOUTHERN BOOKS.
THEIR CONTINUED AND ESTABLISH.
1899. ED SUCCESS.
OVER 1000 SOLD In THREE WEEKS
C. A u s E
AND CON TRAST.
AN ESS AZ On THE AMERICAN CRISIS.
BY r. W. MAO MAHON."


The great success Of this remarka bly, bril-
liant work is without parallel in the history
OF southern publications. II appeared on
Christmas Uve anu we have already sold over
four tAomsdhd copiss Of ii, while the demand il
largely on the Increase. Those who have read
it, nigh ana Tow, are loud and unq ualifled in
their praises Of 1t. Whoever wishes to pc.
ruse delightful book, characterized by &c:
Mas and beauty, should procure Cause and
Contrast.
Read what the newspaper press says Of it !:
From he Richmond Eromine
"The philosophical design of this work and
its nne literary execution not only recon-
mend 1t 70 the favor OF the many readers 1t
will doubtless secure, but promise it q place
In tho standard literature OF the South. The
author treats all the subjects growing out of
the slavery dispute with an acnteness Of
analysis and a grace Of style that give a
wonderful freshness TO subjects which have
been hackneyed by other writer's, and has
fnl tx position Of Southern political phiioso-
ply" ......--....,-...
From The Richmond / MS.
"The author lays his foundations deep and
broad-siving . rapid and lucid history OF
slavery, as 1t existed from very remote ages
TO the present ttme-sho wing that it scon-
stituted an tntee rel element in the progress
and greatness Of the most remarkable gov
races and comparison of their capacities for
prog ress and empire will strike every intelA :
gent reader a. being rs abs in ded uctions as
1t h remAfkaOlo In research and varied learn d.
ealiar traits Of the negro race, ply steal,
moral. and mental, and makes apparent the
impassable gulf which God has placed be-
tween him and the white man /; forever pre-.
negro doomed TO fnfsriority throughout all
ages past, present. and future.
"Ths authors style 10 easy and graceful,
| dat Annn
and yet 1t 10 vigorous and su11efently con.
dsnsed ; In short, NV authors present more
20 please, and lees elmo xious to just critic
cism. We rise from the perusal Of hia book
mora genial love for our Southern brothers.
their happy homes, their sunny cline. and
their wise Institutions"
From tie Richmond Dispa.eA.
1--WE have read With great p easure this able
and brilliant vindicatiGn Of the Southern
cause. Although tho object has been often
discussed, tho authors style and mode OF
Treatment give it new attractions. "he his.
the conduct Of the North, since the beginning
Of the sectional troubles, and especially Of thu
Federal Adm inistration, towards the South,
IL mastery. 1t is simple record of facts
publication; but he must BE- a man Of ice
whose blood that unvarnished story does Tot
cause TO boil in every yein."
FSow tie Petrs5urg Express
all the points on which 1t has been assailed
to chow the physiological and intellectual
inferfortty OF the negro to tbs Caucasian
race and the elevating influences upon the
former Of a state of servitude tn ex pose 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.
objects 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 cause OF
Southern literature but to the cause of truth
and justice. His statements are iucid-hif
logic NO less vigorous than accurate his re-
| i1ections judicious, and his style pleasing n
From tie Richmond Eaqsirer.
The work In question is nes u vindfcation
an exposition Of DO tn, howeve,, in their pub
lie, moral, and rational aspects. But the
author hss taken a wide and com prehensive
view of the subject, handling it so as TO rem
der his theme deserving the warmest consi6e-
rations Of accomplished scholars, yet cloth
ing 1t with such poetic charms as u make it,
psrusal \ felicity TO tho humblees reader.
From the Ckasscsten Courier.
| West 4 Johnston, the enterprlsing Rich.
mcnd pu blishers, have just issued Mr. Mac
-Mahon's long expressed work, "Csuse and
am Inclined to regard 1t as one Of the mosl
remarkable books contributed to Southern
literature. The dietion is splendid. The
book treats OF the resent crisis and gets out
Of the hacneycd way of writer's upon the
slavery question. Mr. MacM thon Is known
as the author Of a letter to thomas Francis
Meaxhsr which was widely copied through.
o7t tho South several months ago.
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