, 1885-10-21

! III y NNAAAA li ANWHF N supp NNN NAtHNA
TASTES OF u afgr ieadfng pppn ltiuu. anil
Ihry grew ioud Ia their demand Tor raj
IN maiitr
afsAr VtrefN1r
10 grail y this cali The publisher, Of
the , onfcdefarA commenced the issue IL
clica4 reprints of iamous French and
tugiish move The first Of these.
Iuiwer b, tton strange Story met
with Entering success Ilugos -
Miserablcs. " Braddons e ady Audley :
ecret. Augusta Evans Wilson's Ma
caria. % aud many others followed In quick
succession
These books are curiosities as 10 manu-
facturc. being printed on paper mol as
good as that now used for wrapping
purposes. and bound in varicgated hues
Of wall paper, Taken us II whole
they looked about as unlike a book as
a book could well look. but they
were very welcome to the soldier during
his monotonous camp life. and a blessing
TO his wounded comrades lying in the
hospitn's Never. perhaps. were books
SO well lhumbed. They were passed from
soldier 10 soldier until they commenced
falling 10 pieces. and then the leaves were
carefully gathered up and carried 10 the
children al home.
IN addition TO these reports the Confed-
craze publishers managed to issue quite a
number Of very credilablo periodicals. 1t
Was found that there were more talented
writers In the south than any one had
supposed. aud they came nobly to the
rescue OF the publishers. Most of the
authors were in the field, but they con
trived TO send many articles Of merit.
though most Of them were tinged with
the life they were leading
-u rH.EN PERIODICALS.
Tie Magnolia " eekly, devoted 10 fiction
II general light literature. was a great
ia rriie with the young people of the
tonietemcy. and enjoyed Il large circula.
ton The southern illustrated News
gave fairly well executed cuts Of noted
persons. places and battle scenes. besides
some very good stories and sketch matter.
II was very popular with everybody. and
bad about 20. 600 subscribers. a larger list
thn any OF the other weeklies The
Southern lunch was the never failing
humorous paper. 1t was modelled after
its ondon nnmesake. and though II had
no Eu Maurier for its artist or Jerrold for
editor. It was very creditablc Its satire
was keen and was used unsparingly
against the administration when il was
unusually numerous In il b.unders.
There was also n magazine called The
Age. that deserved to live
Eut the lion Of all the southern periodi-
cars was iht pulhtih Literary hcsscn
ger. edited during the war by the gifted
Johu O.. Thomson. 1t could not com
pare geographically with the poorest
magazine of to day. but in the value Of It's
contents would rival the best Of them. 1t
occupied with the people OF the south
the same place that The Century and
Harper do at this time with the people
OF the whole country. Among its authors
al his time were many who have since
made a name in the literary world
SUBSCRIPTION rWICF.
lis seldom hat the subscription prize
Of q newspaper is changed. The prices
OF everything else may iluctuatc but the
price Of the paper goes on forever. The
price Of the books and periodicals pub
lishcl ia the Confederacy did not advance
in proportion to other things as Confeder
ale money deprecated in value. though
the increase in the cost Of production WINS
greater than in most things. Thus under
poc's cditorship the price of The Messen
ger was 20 cents. aud during the last
years Of The war IL brought but So. while
many other articles that formerly sold at
the same price brought $40 and more.
As the Federal lines pressed closer and
closer around the doomed capital, and
printing material became more difficult to
procure, II became evident 10 the pub
fishers that they could hold out no longer.
so one by one the periodicals that had
been called into life by the war ceased TO
appear rs the war drew TO a close. When
the | Mon troops entered Richmond the
last one had stopped publication. Thus
died the short lived Confederate literature,
il had served its purpose and was no
longer needed 1t served a noble purpose
in introducing TO the public u few tai.
ented writers. who have since done good