The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
The New Southern Magazine.

TfoH INC <tUUItfU tUNSUtottOts
There has been good deal said about
the new Southern magazine to be pub
lished under the auspices Of the Southern
Literary Society, and the public curiosity
has been aroused as to the shape the new
periodical will take. Mr.. Tom Cannon,
the editor of the Sheffield Duty Enterprise,
who has the new magazine in charge, was
in the city the past week buying presses
and type to print the magazine upon, and
during his stay called on the Constitution
lie went to the meeting of the Southern
Literary Society at Nashville authorized
by Sheffield capitalists to make terms for
the location of the magazine at that city,
and he succeeded.
The first number was far advanced in
preparation when a fire destroyed the
forms. Nothing daunted, he went to
work with fresh vigor and is making ar
rangements to issue the first number in u
few weeks. 1t will bear the date of April
LIST, but will reach the press some days
earlier. The edition will be 10000 copies
and the magazine will bea quarto of about
$50 pages. The table of contents is an
ambitious one.
General John 7. Morgan will have n
paper of which the subject has not been
announced.
General Joseph Wheeler and Governor
Robert Taylor will contribute articles
upon political questions.
Charles j. O'Malley will write of
Southern Literature and Its Enemies"
Professor s. A. Felter. author of Felter'
school textbooks, will contribute an arti-
Gle ON Educational Interests in the
South"
Mr.. +. L. Stanton will contribute a
poem.
Mrs. Rozelle Messenger author of sew
eral books. writes OF Southern Women
at the the National Capital
Mr.. George B. Fleece of Memphis will
contribute paper on the Single Tax
| Theory"
Mr.. r. C..Isabel of Tennessee will write
against "Creedism."
Mr.. H. C. Burris will have an article on
Reforms of the Press"
Mrs. Theodore Lanier Of Birmingham
will contribute story, and there will be
another by Mrs. Margaret o. Malley..
Miss Hattie Staley will write of 'Land-
scape Painting and Literature"
General John d. Gordon has been asked
to write paper on the Condition Of Con
fedcrate Soldiers" and Captain John Nc.
Jntosh Kell will write sketch of Raphael
Semmes, commander Of the Alabama.
Miss Lizzie Walker, of Hartford, KY.
will have poem called November"
Mr.. T. G. DeLeon will have poem, the
title Of which is not furnished, and Mr
1
tribute a pathetic, illustrated poem, en-
titled "The Blue and the Gray" Thi.
poem describes two soldiers Of the unior
and confederate armies, who have faller
near each other. In their death ag0nie.
they comfort each other, and the last illus
tration shows them dead with claspet
hands.
Professor Thomas posey of Henderson
KY, will write on Northern Textbook
in Southern Schools
The cover of the magazine will be stee
gray granite, with plain head, "Th
American Present" On the side will b.
the words, "A Journal of ro-Day."
"As TO make-up it will be in every sens
a Southern product said Mr.. Cannon
ut will be printed ON presses and typ
bought in Atlanta Of Mr.. Dodson, witt
ink made specially for us by the Atlant
Ink Works. The Illustrations, which viii
be half-tone, are done in Chattanooga
The paper was bought Of Moore Il Star
of louisville. Our contributors are al
Southern people, and they write on South
ern subjects
The price of the magazine will be S3 pc
annum. and it will be issued about tn
Goth of each month under date of tn
month following.
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