San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-02-07
Cincinnati, IN 1891. The Cinoisnati
Chronicle, edited by Benjamin Drake,


Chronicle. edited by Benjamin Drake
IN 1926. These were followed BY
y long list Of other publications at Gin
Q ciuuai and elsewhere, 90 that th
West was only at short intervals de-
prived Of . literary organ or organ
J from 1920 to 1856. when the slaver,
} agitation and the war that followed il
1861, together with the rapid rise o.
, the daily newspaper aud its monopoly
of oil other literary interests swep,
: them all away, and none had risen il
their places until within the last -four
or five years. . large number of semi,
\ literary weeklies, Of . sprightly and
wide'awake character. have taken the
place Of the old magazines and liter
sry journals. It would require much
space and considerable labor to cata,
logue those papers and magazines
which have melted literary activity in
the Ohio valley. a 1ia amra on"
The Western Review. conducted by
Timothy Flint. at Cincinnati, from
1927 to 1890. .o'afe ssil Il
The illinois Magazine. started at
Vandalia, Illinois, by james Hall, in
1880, and afterwards removed to Gin.
cinnati. and there continued 40 the
Western Monthly. until 1885, a.ll 80,
The Cincinnati Literary Gazette of
1924 and 1925. iloa,9 % sssd 81
The Hesperian, established at Co..
lumbus, Ohio. in 1888, aud edited by
Thomas H. Shreve, William D. Gala.
her, and Otway Curry. boa eal1a
The Cinulnnati Mirror, started at
Cincinnati in 1921. by w. D. Gallahar
and Thomas h Shreve. and afterwards
merged with the Chronicle. the result
ant publication being conducted by
Gallaher. Shreve and James H. Per-.
kins. s.,. oY
The Western Literary journal
and Monthly Review, edited by Gal.
laher, in 1886. i'" 2 ''' e s E
The Louisville Journal, started at
Louisville. Kentucky, in 1880, by
George ID. Prentice, and continued un-
til tho close of the war of the rcbel.
lion. .%.,, ,p
Then there was the Genius of the
West, started at Cincinnati, in 1853,
by Howard Durham, Jethro Jackson's
Parlor Magazine, the, Columbian and
Great West, of the same city,. the
Literary Journali by Mrs. Bangs and
others, at Louisville, Kentucky, and q
great many others of similar character
= though, perhaps, none Of equal mer-
itwith those mentioned--the names Of
which are forgotten now. eas''3
AS long ago as 184l, William D.
Gallagher compiled volume entitled,
The Poetical Literature Of the West,
which was published by o. P. James,
Of Cincinnati It was q dpodecimo Of
264 pages, and 38 poets were represent.
ed in its pages. , aeu1+ 75r
In 1860, Follett, Foster & Co., of
Columbus, Ohio. issued q volume Of
Western Poetry of 6sS pages. large 90.
tavo. The work was compiled by
Willinm L. Coggeshall, at the time.
Ohio State Librarian. and 159 poets
were represented in its pages. OF
these, all but 80 were from the States
Of Ohio, Indiana and X eutucky, dis
tributed thus-Ohio ~, Indiana 33sl
Kentucky 81. " '1
Thus 20 years ago Indiana had 80
writer's of verse who were considered
worthy of place 10 compilation of
Western literature. 80 The pames OF
these were julia Dumont, Laura NJ.
Thurston, Henry w. Ellsworth, john
b. Dillon. John Finley, Noble Butler.
George Y. Wellborn. DR.. Orpheus
Evarts john G.. Dunn, Jonathan
W, Gordon. VIII Wallace Harvey,
John James Piatt, Frances Locke,
Horace p. Biddle, Peter Fishe Reed,
Isaac II. Julian, Cornelia w. Laws,
Rev. Sidney Dyer. George w. Cutter
Mrs. Sarah Il Wallace. Prof. T.. Il.
M. Loulsia Chitwood. Sam.
,el V. Morris, Mary Z. Nealy, Amanda
=. Ruter Dufour. Granville NJ Ballard.
sarah I. Bolton. William 8. Peterson
Louisia Vickroy Boyd. aud b. s. Park
u, being set down to indians though
pistt. Peterson, Edwards. Harvey. and
'erhaps Others. have long been resi-
leuts of other states. a. O. I
In the score Of years that has pissed
ince the publication of the volume
asst mentioned. Indians has Develop
d at least score Of new poetical
writer's, some Of whom have at
aimed as wide a popularity as any Of
hose who preceded them. James
Maurice ThompsO1. Lee U. Harris