The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
1NTHELITERARY WORLD
,ox DrxTEn-x CONFEDERATE
BIzAAR sOUTESIR.
written. IN tho Southern state'-se'
leeuons Typical Of the Ne" i''ef
ture Of tho south.

FROM DIXIE. Original artic tes con 0on.
fhC,,'',o8 bv Southern writers Tor puo,,
'''..,, as a souvenir OF the Memorial
49, for the benefit OF the monu-
--t no. the private soldiers and sailors
s ,to Confcdcracy and the estaolsh-
.-.rf OF the museum for Contedeia'e
-.r-s with heretofore unpuoilaheo
Inns hy some who have crossed over
,ts river" Richmond, Va, 1870. 81
r.- sale by West. Johnston q CO.
,,.s Judge Minor. Of whose careful and
-.--.r1.uating compilation From DlNie
y. tre result. has the following TO say
-.-.-fng the contents Of the book ana
.. object OF It's publication. TO the
r,--.tten dead of an houOrcd cause,
al. bl0k IS dedicated by their compa-
..,s lo admiration OF unrccorded valor
D. ,..et8 hardly he fair 20 the authors
1890 contributions make up this book,
..-f From Dixie into the world with
.., gorl of explanation. These poems
stories have been collected from
.tt- various authors by simply stating
ban, the cause in behalf Of which the
.lsr.trshcd. The book. as a whole,
. tribute Co the Confederate soldier
s-,-, some ~ the most prominent Of our
e...r.-- -..r1rs. II viii be sold for the
1890 % -.a monument TO the Confcd-
-.. a soldier and sailor TO be
-.t ehmOud, Va. and for a
- r11fcderate relies. 10 be os-
.t...a. the Executive Mansion Of
81. ..r moderate States. Without
- these men and women have
SION their laurels. and n gift
an rer pens is no empty or unmean-
a. rr-' OF the stories alluded 20
,-s are FOUR. Alison Stewart. Some
Data M.ss Isabella, and Pendleton Neil,
~ EsaIa. which come respectively
f--- tte pens OF Miss NJ. @. Mcclellan,
sarah Barnweu Elliott, Mamie b. Win
ft.r and William w. Archer OF the
poems there are fourteen. TO which the
names Of Sidney Lanier, John y. Tabb,
Robert Burns Wilson. Amelie Bives.
Thomas Nelson Page. James Lane Allen.
James Barron Hope, John r. Thompson,
Father Ryan and Charles Washington
Coleman. are respectively appended.
a recent issue OF the Literary Digest
contains an abstract Of a paper written
By Theodore Benton, which appeared
iu the Revue DIES Deux Mondes.' and
which IS headed. STORY Writers in the
Southern States"
Iu DO Mr. Benton remarks that cot all
parts Of the United States it was the
South which. up 10 the time Of the civil
war. made the most feeble contributions
o. the literary wealth of the country, un-
lrss y0u are willing 10 admit that the gen
ils ~ Edgar Poe was sufficient of itself TO
establish an equilibrium. At all events
that star of the FIRST magnitude is unique
ln the beautiful and QuaSitrOpical sky
where Il rose suddenly about 1870. de-
splsed and dlsdained by all. In its train
were grouped some dim nebulae. among
which shone with a passing brightness
Che poet Sidney LanieI, who died young
before being able 10 manifest AN that
was expected OF him. The
number of celebrities contributed by the
South is ample proof that the absence OF
a literature belonging TO it is not sign
of intellectual perjury. This
poverty must be attributed 10 other
causes. the lack OF large towns. the pre-
dominance of agricultural interests. the
ultra-conscryative spirit which prevented
lettered persons from going outside the
circle or classic masterpieces Inherited
from England. producing preference for
those fruits of a recognized excellence to
the wild stock terminating near them.
tine sourness of Which Disguised the falth-
tll readers OF Milton. Dryden. Goldsmith
and Pope Lastly. Mr.. Benton ailudes
90 "tuat new literature of the South
which can already stand comparison for
short stories and novels with the Purf-
tan East of Sarah Jewett and Mary VIII
kns ana almost with the Californian
West of Bret Harte." I'm It's entirety the
paper u.s. fair and impassiOnate. the writer's
point of view, which Is that OF a foreigner
whose mental eyes are clear Of any
mote OF personal prejudice or sectional
bias. especially enabling him 10 see mat
t-Is lu their true light. The term New
South is not pleasant TO the Southerrer
of this busy, progressive, nervous dav.
because Do" comedies with "a tenderness.
reverence. and fealty that sits very ex-
q-siely upon his strong and practical
personality, that all that he holds dearest.
hln.est and most admirable in civilization
and culture is what is old. virginia is
only one OF those Southern States the
most precious OF whose wealth is me-
uoirs There rs nothing new in the South.
tl- oouiheruer says. which is good and
desirable, that IS not very firmly based
upon what is old in t. lie realizes tnat
Dr. would be the most presumptuOus. ar
Iosant and weak OF traitors We're he 10
iiin "a traitor 20 his memories: sell his
tiH,hright, shake from his insolent feet
me dust or that realm which is peopled
With pious. pure. cultured. honorable
ancestry. This new literature of the
south 10 which Mr. Benton alIudas is
the product Of the utter devastation and
poverty consequent upon the war be-
tween tho States by am inherited. hieb-
bred. delicate but thorough culture. and
cannot fail 20 be Of strongly distinctive
type Mrs. Minor has selected some Of
ihe purest illustrations of that type and
bound the whole together in Confederate
gray, so that IN every particular From
Dixie IS an emineuUy appropriate Me
mortal Bazaar souvenir The four stories
are AN admirable, although Miss Winston
ana Miss McClelland have both done
much stronger and cleverer work. How
ever the story OF each possesses strength
and purity, the latter being a somewhat
uncommon quality IN latter-day utera-
i1re Some Data" by Miss Elliott and
fendietOn Neil" OF Rosalia. the former
b. Miss Elliot, the latter by William w.
archer, ara both based upon the losses
suffering and pathos OF the war. and are
exceedingly fine. The picture OF the old
home ana the jonquil garden Of Ted's
oloyant splendid. care free boyho0d
AID the old home Of wounded. weak but
yer finer. Ted's return after the depreGa-
lions and outrage Of the war. will be
appreciated by hundreds I'm our fair
Southland. % whom It viii possess the
iortlrns strength of a picture from their
"n lives, ana the glimpse Mr.. Archer
gives us Of a hish-souled chivalrous.
n'l9roble Virginia gentleman, vic,.mizeI
oF The imprIdcnee Of a Northern Gear
., Dagger and negro upstart, gazing
y us VITA serene dignity from between
Ae bars OF his CELL unfortunate. abused.
TRACED, but always Of necessity a gem
.'n'n. IS worthy Of ary pen. OF the
poems. James Lane Aliens "Wanderer"
T easily the gem. il possesses Aliens /