Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-20

CURRENT LITERATURE.
tbs LASD Willow; June, 1857. Edited By d
n. HILL Charlotte, NJ q.
This excellent magazine not only
maintains, bat increases its claims to the
support OF the people of the South, whom
IL defends and j~ustiies. As q mere lite
Fary work, apart from the value which it
deserves from It's biographical sketches
of Confederate heroes, and its incidents
Of the camp, the bivouae and the battle,
it is exceedingly we'll kept up. The
present number contains several admi-
rable articles, in prose and verse. Ofthe
latter, we propose to borrow for our
readers "Hosein," by our friends that
amiable and genial gentleman and gen.
uine good fellow, j. AUGUSTINE SIG
NIAG0, and the sonnet dedicated to JAS.
BARRON HOPE, by SAMUEL SELDEN, OF
a State that we think we remember once
to have heard of, called VIRGINIA.
Wasn't there such q State once, when
Phil. SHERIDAN was q small jack-booted
second lieutenant, and even before that,
when DAN. SICKIEs was a New York
Democratic rowdy? Where SoHOFIELB
was then, who the devil knows? They
are caesars ALL" to-day but mean
while there is "LdHd We Lac - and
its history and the traditions OF
its glory are not all lies. General Hill
dares 10 write the truth and Justify the
South. DO zoe respect ourselves, or care
enough for the cause fer which q 81
| dred thousand Of oar heroes died, TO sus'
tain the only magazine that records their
glories?
ScoTT's WEEKLY MAGAZINE; Atlanta, Georgia
We have the April number of this pc
/ riodical. Upon opening it we see, first OF
All. an admirable likeness of ALEXANDER
H. STEPHENS, soft as a photograph, ac-
eurate and tasteful. 1t had to be en-
graved in New York. This cannot be
| called a Magazine of the highest eharae'
ter. II opens with a H1eIdngeof "erumbs
from a countryman's table, and a little
further on we find "Bertie Club Table
talku Of the omelette-soutfie nature,
There is a parbpf a tale by Mrs. WAR,
| FIELD, a pleasant article on Field an0
| Camp.U articles on the Arabic phlloso-
h and EDGAR A. Poe. The Editor
| can do better than this, if he will try,
Why grope about among the Mummies
in the Egyptian catacombs. There are
living things and meB and issues enough
10 keen us all busy. We take out the
| lilAhness of STEPHENS, and consign the
residue TO the tomb Of the Capulets, ex.
rent the long poem entitled 1.-THE CenO-
| taphU OF which this number gives Us
CsNTo ", We do not know who III
| q K. of Missouri may be; but he writes
Doetyv, as the extracts which We make
elsewhere show.
ISFLuEScE OF JUDAIs or THE PROTESTANT
REFORMATION. Translated by the Rev. 81
NOS TUsKA, from the German % Dr. -
GBAuTz Cincinnati Z Bloch & Co. Tor SAFE
at BlelOck : Cos.
That modest and amisble scholar,
Rabbi TUsKA, has here given US a trans
lation of a valuable aud little Known
| Chapter of History. The ingratitude OF
| humanity has never been more signally
/ displayed than by the Christian world IN
respect TO the immense debt which II
owes TO the Hebrew race; nor Is there
apy stain and shame so broad n deeI
uD0n the human character as that lefl
bv the prosecutions of the Jews in almost
every country in Europe. Do Christians
| 0lagGys remember that not only PAUL
| the postle, and JOHN the Baptist, and
holm the Evangelist, but also MOSES
the great LawgiveF, Rpd JESUS of Naza'
reth himself. the Amounted one, the
Christos, the Masayah, were Jews7
fWF CATHOLIC WORLD; Amonthly magazine
for Juse. 1857. New York: The Cathohe
Publication Hc4se,
This is No. p OF volume five OF this
book, and it well maintains Its nigh
| character as a literary and religious
journal. 1t will not harm the most con
seientious Presbyterian or Baptist 70
read It. On the contrary, he VIII reap
profit from every humber. Ihere Is
abundant scholarship aud philosophy 10
il, and little than - controversial
/ There is no periodical more Weieosls u
us, though no u Is mueh iurther tfoh
agreeipg with its religious creed than
we are.
| DEBow's REVIEW April and May ~. n u
BARNwKLL aud EDwE Q. BELL, Eda'orS.
This work, temporarily suspended in
consequence of the death OF ios hfMel
Editor. !. d. B. DEBOW, which wassoon
eoIIovyaS nv that of his brother, B. +. De
Row il poy revived, and, we have nc
donbt will be fegulariy published.
mis- work is better entitled to South
arn support now, than ever before.
| BEFORE the war, it was par exeeilenee
fra.esting. the medium for the utteranee
of every crude and fantastic theory, out
of which calataity was to come like
winds from the cloHds. The present
number is an admirable me. We have
read with especial pleasure, Aspects o.
the Hour, pby GEO FREDERICK DIMES.
Liberty vs.. Government" by GEORGE
FrTZHUGH; and Principles and Issues
of the American Struggle" The price
| of the work is S. per annum stt for two
| copies SIS for three; and $50 for hve
Every thinking, earnest Southern mar
ought to take and read it.
THE LATE TOURNAMENT We cliI