Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-05
Recent Publications.

Recent EubuCSuOu5.
TEE AeE.
The FIRST number of this long expected journal
appeared yesterday. It presents neat and Az
.aeye appearance and contains the following articles,
many of them extracted from English periodicals.
Traits of the Ago. Our RancorOus Cousins. The
House Of Commons. After tSe Battle. Chapter on
Landladies. A Death bed Promise PhenomsnA OF
Mlsink. Friends Friends. Smiths Revised Eaghsh
Grammar. Unctuous Memories. WoOlWch Arsenal and
ia Manufacturing Establishments Editors Table
Literary Aiscellanies.
The leading article By Mr.. Burwe the Eiisor, Is In
his best veiu A1d unfolds The aims Of the The Ae IN
very forciBle manner. Tee article on Smitha Gram
mar is scathirg review Of Yankee publication palmed
of on the Southern public. Judging from these spec
man bricks "The Age" destined TO aid not little IN
building up Southern industry and literature on high
and eaduring basis. The terms of "The Ago" ought
somewhere to be stated. Mr. Geo. L. Bidsood, l0l
Main street, is the Agent for the sale of 1.-THE Age
which We learn is to be incorporated with Tbs Re
cord"
MAlTLASD's Horn. BY W. Jefferson Buchanan.
This pamphlet has been en- our table for several days,
and ought TO have been noticed before. The author,
revising she conclusions reached in previous publoa-
ton, 'Maryland's Crisis INDUCES the hope that
MARYLAND will yet Joined her sister Southern stAtes
God grant it. We regret that the pressure Of Oongres-
sona and other proceedings prevents Us from peSen-
ing the public with number of extracts from this IN
teresting brochure For sale by West and johnston.
OoSyxpERArE Stairs MEDICAL AND SURGIsAL jour
NAL.
The February number Is befors us. 1t contains seVe
raj lustrAliOne valuable Original Communications,
Hospital Reports, Editorial and Miscellaneous matters
and Chronicle of Medical Science, made up from TO
reign medical journals. Tbs character of the Journal
is well sustained, and it promises to be Of great use to
the service and TO the profession at large.
Tux MAGNOLIA WEEKLY.
For the week ending January So Toe mo notabls
articles are Mis-. Jordahs poem, "The Aissng Form;"
Peof Joyues' "Ol LISTERS" Rest from the March"
q poem, by Frank" Gan. CArringtOn's Ward" aad
"a Great Victory"
SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NKws.
Number for January SOth, 1864 NJ. JnO. r Thonp
son contributes al excellent necrolog cal notice Ct
Thackoray Capt, Stanton poem, entitled, Tho Lit
tie Boy Guiding the Pow"-that is the Yankee mode Of
spelling plough a series of witty sketches from Ny
Portfolio is commenced; EeaaOr's Victory" is con-
tnued, and there three ilustrAons fine Likeness
Of General Longstree; humorous cut at the present
decay Of hoops; aud pioure to accompany the text
Of Elearor's Victory.
Messrs. Ayres Wade have also furnished US with
the advance sheets Of the plates TO a work On ban
dages shortly to be pub ishsd the advance shees Of
EeauOs Victory, which will appear in book form as
soon as is publication in the "NsHs" Is concluded;
and an illustrated manual of Military Surgery" pre-
pared for the ule of tee Confederate Stats army by
order Of the Surgeon General-a compso well printed,
handy and seFviceAble little work. The works en- Sur
gerry and Blldsgss, jus! alluded to, taken 10 cOnnec
ton with the Sursical journal, would 10 indicate
thst AJres WAds have made medical sciOnce spe.
caTy; certainly they taking prominent stsad in
this department. Of Southern literature, to which they
are destined, We trust to render valuable service in
addition to what they have already accomplished
The February number Of THK SoUrHERs Literary
MlssrSaEa will appear to-day or tomorrow West L
Johnston promise the Eth and last part Of Les Aiss
rabies next week "Jesn Ysj:An" will be locked for
with aax,ty by the thcu3aniS who have read the pre-
yous parts Of Hugos remarkable work.
Tbs above list shows 10 dimlnuion Of literary se-
t,vity in the South Spite of the war--spite OF the
scarcity and enormous price of paper tho mind Of the
South works It's Way up to the surface aud demands to
be head snd decided. In good time il viii bsTe free
pay and manifest itself 70 the world as a new power.
In It's struggling stages Southern literature needs to
be fostered and this las been our elrnes. en6eavor.
We shall continue to give ali reasonable encourage
ment until the war i5 over. When Southern literature
is strong enough to stand alone purpose 10 handle
is faults with gloves OF.