The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-01
Southern Literature.

The recent appearance of handsome cc-
tayo volume ef five hundred and sixty-eight
pages, entitled ''The Living Female Writers
'ofthe South, ,".is an event worthy a note.
The title page modestly says, Edited by
'the author of Southland Writer'S" which,
as every one knows, means an accomplished
lady of Mobile. The Introductory says:
''This record OF the Living Female Writers
:of the South is intended to embody the
snames and works OF all those ladies who
shave written for publication, and been
recognized as writers in the Southern
"States;" and it Is but fair to say that this
intention has been well carried out in the
book. Tile work is as nearly complete as a
work OF contemporary biography can be ex.
pected to be. The number of sketches is
one hundred and eighty one in the twelve
Southern States. Or these twenty-five are
OF South Carolina. A list OF these will show
how carefully our author has pushed her in
quiries among the writers Of our State. In
some way connected with Charleston are
Mrs. Gilman and her accomplished daught-
er, Mrs. Jervey, Mrs. Petigru King, Mrs.
Caroline Ball, Mrs. Julia q. r. Dorr, Miss
Elsie B. Cheesborough, Miss Alice F. SIM
ons, Mrs. Fanny Wigiall Deas, Miss Carrie
Griswold, Miss Julia G. Mintzing, Miss
Jeanfe A. Dickson, and Miss Catharine
Gendron Poyas. or the coast region are
Mrs. Mary Palmer Shingler, Mrs. Whitaker,
Miss Marian Reeves, .(author OF "Ingemisco, :"
and other popular, although anonymous,
novels and Miss Annie M. Barnwel. or
other portions OF the State are Mrs. Marga-
get NJ. Martin, Mrs. Mary @. Rion, Mrs.
Mary Ewart Ripley, Mrs.. Catharine Ladd,
Miss Clara V. Dargan, (now Mrs. McLean,)
Mrs. Floride Clemson, (Mrs. Lea,) Mrs.
Louisa MeCord, Mrs. Laura Gwyn, and Mrs.
Selma E. Means.
Surely the most exactiDg-even those who
thought Mr.. Davidson's list. 30 much too
short-will be content with this showing.
These sketches have been prepared with
care; and much that was cumbrous in
Southland Writers" has been avoided, and
scores Of inaccuracies and errors in that
work are corrected in this. The whole is re-
cast and makes essentially new work, al
though covering in general the same ground.
At far less expense much more valuable
material is presented. It's issued from the
press Of Claxton, Remsen & Hafelfnger, OF
Philadelphia, and its general get-up-includ-
ing copious and capitally digested index
Is highly commendable.
Apart from the sketches above mentioned,
there are many others OF interest to the
whole South, such as those Of Mrs. Warfield
and Mrs. Jeffrey, Of Kentucky; Mrs. Dorsey,
Mrs. DENIES and Mary Walsingham, Of
Louisiana Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. DuBose and
Miss Fanny Andrews, of Georgia; Madame
de Wendell Chaudron, Mrs. Wilson, Madame
Levert and Mrs. Saxon, Of Alabama; Mrs.
Vance and Miss Poitevent, of Mississippi;
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, Of Florida; Mrs.
French and Mrs. Ketchum, OF Tennessee;
Mrs. Preston, Miss Brock, Mrs. Terhune and
Mrs. Jordan, OF Virginia; Mrs. Clarke and
Miss Frances G. Fisher, (author Of "Vale-
'rie Aylmer,") Of North Carolina; Mrs.
Crane and Mrs. Southworth, OF Maryland,
and Miss Nellie E. Moore, OF Texas.
The author-or, as she modestly calls her.
SELL the editOr-of this volume, known in
literature as "Ida Raymond, )" deserves much
credit for both the spirit shown in getting