The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-09
The Literary Side y -
i y of the Confederacy.
Z ! IN. ,aid General Sherman.

..id;er and
US notable fact that is powerful intellectual
res revolution brought the front brightest
~ France and the orators, journalists and poets OF
..,rod will be forgotten
AIR civil war the American people, North and
p" s,, through similar experience.
\. ~, time daily newspapers were small sheets
a. snur 10 eight pages. New York Herald of 1861
+ H !. laughed 1t would not be considered a
800. 6,iv for city of 10000 inhabitants
~, ,psrsely settled South there newspapers
.,rny editorial pages, but their columns general
sbea had only brief mention OF the most important
Ss At this was changed after few battles had been
~ Famous foreign correspondents, like Russell, of
I,rdon Times, crossed the to accompany the
80 and report their movements.
n, wealthy Northern publishers employed such men
n,,rs. Alfred Townsend Whitelaw Reid Albert D.
srdson Murat Halstead and Joe Howard, Jr, They
M Ss South our poorly equipped journals unable at
- n obtain sufficient supply of white paper, displayed
n,kabIe degree OF enterprise. Some Of their special
rspOndenu in the field exceptionally able men,
y Il, late P w. Alexander of Georgia, whose letters
II remembered to this day. Editors like John NJ Daniel,
n. Richmond Examiner, made an international repu-
II Atlanta Henry Wattcrson, Asa R. Watson, Major
az Steele and Alex ST. Clair Abrams did of their
III work and paper, The Register frequently had
&sd,l, from Howell Cobb and L. Q. c. Lamar.
there were scholars and literary who were not
IN 10 bear arms and many Of these attempted literary
RrbHss in journalism and periodical literature
II n Richmond Magnolia Weekly. eightpage story
sra was very popular journal. The Southern illus
E,d News with its horrible wood cuts, published Miss
serial Ecanors victory and other
aas H. the English magazines William Gilmore Simms
VITA contributor, but his wartime work did add
EQUATION
u led @sakly throughout the and later.
The Southern Literary Companion published at New
ly na n small weekly, sometimes appearing half
uhaa s. Bet
c III Richmond had two or three monthly magazines filed
,uh I'd Nib natter borrowed from foreign periodicals
III. Southern Punch, published there, a humorous
50 Naly but of its illustrations simply old
St rn frsrisrs cuts
s Adsnts by Asa R. Watson and Bill Arp It small
w aiaus
VII Sni j.mss R. Randall John R Thompson. Henry Tmrod
,np E Harry Flash contributed some Of their best poems
Inn ID b, Southern newspapers OF the period.
man named Swazze started comic monthly at Grif-
and being hard up for Illustrations he used adver-
fTssut the wife OF General John H. Morgan
Some of Morgan men were in the Griffin hospital and
~ ~ picture made them One night they
! swaize and rode him rail through the principal
In tts Of the town.
The unluety editor at once retired from Journalism
the close Of the Joined the republican party
dyms There VIZ, gsa, activity in the publishing line
i In R,hmond West & Johnson brought Les Mise
as in FIVE paper-covered volumes. The set sold for
case SIS
The same firm printed "Clsromonde" by New Orleans
sta who did not give his The Aid de Camp"
n lanes D. McCabe;" mo Name" by Wkie Collins
e. pa Captain of the vulture," by Miss Braddon, and
fssId POlard's History of the War"
listen Mobile S. H. Goetze Co. published Great Ex-
5aaons" and Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings" by Dickens
10y Audeys Secret" by Miss Braddon, and Joseph
Second" by Miss Muhlbach.
asa ,ton Duncan while printing Confederate money
Warmha suddenly dashed into the book publishing field
Inc Golden Daggers" by Paul Reva but he did not
fS.s the experiment.
Atlanta was quite publishing center, John H. Rice
aNa Confederate geography, ridiculous book filed
h aouss OF the North and its people The Intelligence
dnr "a Ts turned out History of the Siege of Vcksburg
da y Clair Abrams, and work shorthand by Mr.
w. Burke Of Macon reprinted Websters spelling
En- q Confederate arithmetic was published somewhere
Morgan and His Men," by Sallie Rochester Ford
j M issued In Mobile.
Some Of these books had stiff, brown paper covers
un s were bound in wall paper. Their prices were
s,. asA In 1864 copy of Lady Audey's Secret
various military books published, and thousands
~ IN, Of The notable publications during the
M,a e o. Georgia The contract awarded to Colonel
!, s E seal; and for while he thought that he had an
- Ng,anl on his hands.
nov was he get supply of white book paper1 That
l question He could not get it in any large South
Eom FINALLY he heard of large lot somewhere in
say I'm SAiohna He bought it once, and published the
,a <i Vne OF 1000 pages, bound in sheep and the
sSp@ IL, y" IN every way satisfactory
AN e0de has been initiated in several states Much
,. written by Thomas R. R. Cobb, and his chapters
IN, 'eo the admiration of great lawyers all over the
srss I limited facilities prevented the publication of many
ps's MEs saa white paper that the leading
The Ia, y, loehty had to wrapping anc
h ra r gu in half sheets
~ RON the first m. r.oot. ,. I...r,.J 80, ., I,
E5t "S PSOple were uetetmucu NOT 10 uuo
i OF Northern authors and they remained deac
~ ~ S &c oook stores There steady demand fo
fssa p& S.y southern and foreign writers.
& AZ [ "erary Southeners urged the study Of French
ftM They predicted the OF Maximiliaf
ur si5 and took the position that his empire and thu
Ton sssvsIasy would be strong allies
!, @ VIII hereafter be the language Of Mexico" sale
NJ M ~ prominent educators "and should study
se d, s rance produces Of the best literature
~ ftu, 80 and we should make the of it until on
H&ae are able to the demands Of the readin
&s. sn we should read the standard British author
r. .ns,s Yer There is reason why should eve
NJ rliher Yankee book"
b ,,.s ss me talk Of dreamer but there man
Y Asa with him.Waace Putnam Reed in the Sam
sssi
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