The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-21

Verse. Charleston Published by SAMUEL Hart, sr.,
King street, I845.
aforementioned old book, and will accept our
thanks.
MIR. VIM. GILMORE S1MMs is understood to be
the compiler of this book, though his name does
not appear. In his preface, ho says
Tho miscellany which follows is complied entire
y rom the writings OF native resident citizens
OF Charleston. The sources Of the Compilation
ra are not 81 those e OF professional authorship The
other professions and pursuits. What is done
among us, in literary point of view, is the work
OF the amateur, q labor of stealth OF recreation,
from this fact the reader will be able to account
for that air of didactie gravity, that absence of
variety, aud OF the study of artistcal attributes,
sources OF the collection been found in the more
various fields OF q national literature. He will
niseoVer, however, that in most of the pieces
Whlcn tonow, there ia iveliness OF fancy q
huency or expression, and general readiness of
resource, indicating such presence Of the imag-
lnatlye faculty. as leaves no doubt of the capacity
OF the community, from which the work is drawn,
to engage with great success in the active pur-
suits OF literature. Should this little miscellany
contribute, in any degree, to bring about result
30 very desirable, the reward OF tho publisher will
be ample.
The table OF contents presents fine array of
names Of talent and distinction in every walk OF
life. WASHINGTON ALLsToN and CHARLES FRASER
both contribute from their richly furnished store
houses OF art and literature. HUaH 8. LEaAnE.
WILLIAM CRAFTS, THOMAS 8. GRIMKE, ISAAC HAIR
BY, MITCHELL KING, JAMES L. PEr1aRu, GEoRaE g,
BRYAN, JOEL r. PoINsETT, RICHARD YEADoN, VIZ.
u. PORTER, and others, dead and living, here illus
trate that legal lore and literary leisure are not
incompatibles. Medicine also contributes her
quota, through the polished pens Of DICKSON.
IRVING, and poor WUaDEnAN.
The clergy are not i'll represented on this cata-
logue. First comes the patriarch of our Charles.
ton churches, DR.. BAoHMAN, who, in this volume.
stands accredited with tThe Morals OF Ento,
mology;" )" Rev. A. A. MULLER wrote ssThe School
Girl Watching the Stars" and DIR. GILMAN con-
trtbuted paper on French literature, written in
that charming style, characteristic Of all his pro-
ductions,-with diotion, and mastery use OF
English, reached by few OF his cotemporaries,
The list OF writer's among clergymen might have
been very much enlarged. DR.. SMYTH had even
then written much for publication Bishop CApERs
and DR.. WIaHTMAN had dallied with the muse.
But above all, should Bishop ENGLAND not have
been left ont; for we have had few, if any, au-
thors Ia our State to surpass him in extent of
learning, vigor Of thought facility of present.
ing his VieWs to his readers in clear, forcible
manner. Others also We could name, but the
editor meets any possible charge on this ground
by stating, in his prefsce, that "many of the dis
tinguished among us, living and dead, have been
omitted through the sheer impossibility of finding
space for all in design 80 limited"
The ladies are not for, often. ANNA P, D1NS1Es
contributes "The Wife" PEN1NA NOISE, the eweet
singer Of Israel appears here, celebrating the
praises of MIRIAM" The lamented MARY E.
LEE has several very interesting pieces, both
prose and poetry, characterized by pathos and
cir OF melancholy that pervades all her writings
CAROLINE GILMAN, 80 favorabIY known to those of
| our young readers who have been fortunate
enough to find any of her writings in what is left
OF the older libraries in our State contributed
several pieces for this collection. Mrs GILMAN IA
still amongst u.s. and we feel assured we express
tho wish OF thousands Of her friends and admirers
when we say that we should like to see some of
her books reprinted. They are constantly in
qured for, but are not to be had now.
MARY e. STEWART wrote "The Flight Of Time'
for this book. ELIZA MURDEN wrote 1.-THE Voun-
teor."
JOHN A. STEWARDS "Boat Chase" is a yery
spiri ed sketch. j. D. B. DEBow has an essay
here on "The Beautiful" He has long since left
it for the useful. DANIEL Z. WHITAKER, another
member of the press, writes on the Necessity of
Southern Literature J. NJ. CLApp on "The
Death Of ALBERT RHETT."
B. s. CARROLL has fine picture here Of the
Mental Structure of HuaH 8. LEaARE:" there
are seyeral others by the same practiced hand.
now reposing in the silent tomb-one of the
many victims Of tho late war. WILLIAM ]. RIVERS
contributed sfThe Sisters"
It will thus be seen that DIR. SIMMs was iud,.
cious in his selections, cuiling flowers from every
walk in life. There are nearly o hundred pieces
Ia this volume, and we know Of no book that OF.
fers as much OF interest to the Charestonian as
this. II he be an old resident he will be pIeased
to renew his acquaintance with the clara et nobQ;a
nomina OF other days. If no belongs to a later
generation, he should be glad to have an oppor
tunity OF procuring link that will connect him
and his cotemporaries Of this stern, practical
present. with the light and spendor of other DAYS.
Charleston has never at any one time counted
many professional writer's among her sons or
daughters. But high standard of culture was
hers at all times In the society of few cities OF
her size could you find 30 many men of talent,
education, large reading, brilliant and instructive
conversation; and 30 many women possessed of
all the charms that render the higher social circle
attractive and useful to even the most inteIec.
tuai young man. Very many of these men and
women could express themselves on paper with
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