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rsons. Father Ryan has been for

poets. The Conquered banner, Inc
Sword of Robert Lee" Song of the
Mystic" and Death" are his best and
most popular works. AS the setting
sun, on calm eve, sinks beneath the
horizon, gliding the heavens with its
mild, yet, gorgeous splendor, SO did
the grand soul of Father Ryan pass in
to eternity, leaving behind the bright
| light of his genious and virtues-the
one to illumine the armament of liter
ature and the other to serve as shin
| ing example to men,"
A new south has risen from the
ruins of the civil war. The south has
| not been as unfruitful in literature as
| is often supposed, for it has produced
some excellent writer's. This group,
| which has performed its work since
the civil war, stands out as the best
story-tellers of the country. These
story-tellers who are Harris, Cable,
Craddock, Page and Allen, who have
not been excelled in freshness, truth.
dramatic force and artistic finish.
Joel Chandler Harris has made for
himself a secure place in American
literature by his stories of Uncle
Remus." He made faithful study of
the negro of the south, and, recognize
| ing the darkeys artistic possibilities
lin literature, he set himself to portray
NEGRO life and dialect as he so well
| knew it. His best works are his
Uncle Remus" tales. George Wash
| ington Cable, native of New Orleans,
has given many interesting stories of
Creole life in his native state. "Old
Creole Days. 1.-The Grandissimes,"
Madame Delphine" and ''Dr. Sewer"
are his best works. Charles Egbert
Craddock, known in private life as
Mary N. Murfree, writes very interest
ingly of life in the Tennessee Noun
tains. The everlasting hills form a
background for her wild, pathetic
scenes, and her characters are the
hardy mountaineers. Her stories may
be summed up under the title In the
/ Tennessee Mountains" Thomas Mel
son Page, a Virginian, is famous as a
writer of stories in the negro dialect.
No more truthful picture of southern
life can be found. Some of his best
stories are In Ole Virginny," 1.-TWO
Little Confederates" and "Befo de
War;" James Lane Allen pictures to
us life in the Blue Grass region of
kentucky. In all his works he shows
an ardent love for nature. He isthe
writer of "a Kentucky Cardinal"
1.-THE Choir Invisible and others.
Several of these writer's give promise
of becoming the foremost writer's that
Jour country has ever produced.
There is a present new literature
in the south, and, as this has been
called an age of prose, our present
writer's of the south are doing excel
lent prose work; indeed, they are do
ing such good work that many of
them have achieved national distinc-
ton. Some of these excellent writer's
are Glasgow, Fox, Johnson, Wilson,
Harland, and Burnette.
Ellen GIasgow's novels are import
ant documents in dealing with condi-
tions of life in the south developed
by the civil war, and the great social
forces -aristoeracy, poverty and poll
tics in Virginia during the reconstruc-
ltion period. Her best works are
"The Voice of the People John Fox,
Ia Kentucky novelist, is noteworthy for
vivid descriptions of life in his native
state, of whose mountain dialect he
is a master. Mr.. Fox is the writer of
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
"a Cumberland Vendetta The Lit
tie Shepherd of Kingdom Come" and
many other good books. In Mary
Johnston's work is reached the High
Water mark of American fiction since
Il Uncle Toms Cabin" was written.
Her works, which are Audrey, .
Prisoners of Hope" and ITO Have
, and to Hold" are pure, wholesome,
fascinating and vigorous Augusta
Evans Wilson is a novelist of indie
pendent spirit She approaches her
subjects in a brilliant and charming
manner In the galaxy of southern
novelists no name is more worthy of
our attention and admiration Mrs.
Wilson has frequently been pronounc-
ed the most brilliant and fascinating
writer. of the south. Her most popu-
lar works are "At the Mercy of Tiber-
ius," "St. Elmo "Beulah'' and
-Vashti' An English American
, writer of much note is Frances Hodg-
, son Burnett. Mrs. Burnette's stories
are very ife-like. Her best book is
Little Lord Fauntleroy." 1t is very
widely read in England and in Amer
lea. Marian Harland, a Virginia