The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-23

"a I
class Of the Southern States suf-
4SHlllM fered during the late war, says
(Sf&S3lD the Charleston News and Cour-
Ter, was the stoppage Of the
supply of general literature. "Sans lie
Nord, le Sud ne sauralt lire,.' said, brill
liant, hut not over-axact Frenchman sixty
one years ago. This was not true. but 1t
was true that there were very few pub
fishing houses In the South In ante-bel-
lum days, and the people of this section
largely depended upon the North and Eu-
rope to supply their mental needs. The
war stopped both sources Of supply. Very
few books were sent through the block
ode for quinine and brandy were more
needed than books.
While the majority OF the Southern SOL
cicrs did not own slaves, and we're not
men OF literary tastes, yet the book-read-
ms public, the college graduates and stu
dents of the South, volunteered almost
eli masse In tho armies Of tho Confed-
eIacy. :
The demand for reading matter was
very great, and MS the difficulty OF i'm
porting Northern and European publicn-
tons Into the Confederate States was one
that could not be surmorntcd, several OF
the principal booksellers OF Richmond,
Charleston and Mobile became publishers
as we'll. Chief among them We're A. Nor
Iis, George l.. Bdgood, j. w. Randolph
and West and Johnston, of Rlchmnod .
Evans and Cogswel and John Russell. of
Charleston: S, II. Goeze Of MOBILIZE;
Hutton md Frelgh, OF Memphis. and
James Mcpherson and Company, OF At
lanta.
The best made book printed and pub.
lished In the Confedcrauy during the
war, according to MI j. d. McCabe, was
the translation Of Marshal Marmont's
spirit of Military Institutions" with CO.
pious notes by the translator, an officer
Of the Confederate army. IT was an eX:
ceedlngly valuable work, as its notes and
references bore directly upon tho conflict
then In progress, The publication OF Mar
! monts work was due to the enterprise of
Evans and Cogswell, of Charleston, and
aftorward of Columbia.
The most elegant book, IA to paper,
printing and binding, which appeared In
the South during the war. was published
IN Charleston In 1864. II was "The Life
and Times OF Bertrand Du Guesclin: A
| History OF the Fourteenth Century. BY
d. o. Inmison, OF South Carolina" and
was entered according to the act OF Con.
gress OF the Confederate States OF Amer.
lea by John Russell, In The District Cour,
for the District of South Carolina, {"
The life OF Du Guesolin can now be
found In many private libraries in Soutl
Carolina. The work received most favor
able comment abroad. and the Southern
| Presbyterian Review Is authority for III,
statement that Napoleon III. ordered tina
i, be translated into French, -
| The greater number OF publications. o
this period were reprints Of English nov
els Five dollars In Confederate none
was the average price at which the
were sold, and the sales were large. TIL
works Of Miss Braddon "rhc CAPITAL
of the yulluren and "I.ady Andley
Secret" sold extensively. especially
the army, Evans & Cogswell republlshe
IN 1864 1.-THE Adventures Of Philip on Iii
May Through, the World, &c. by W, n
rhackoray. tla,eiy neGeasedj Splendid
illustrated, With portrait OF the an,hc
and other engravlngs.H Ina notice
the Confederate press the publishers say
The price f'Phllip. is 81 ,50--one-third o
/, TO the trade.
| Victor Hugo's Les aliserables," pull