Transcriber's Note There is a small amount of Greek in this text, which has been transliterated. It is surrounded by plus signs +like this+. Bold text is indicated with tildes ~like this~. Characters with a macron (straight line) over them are indicated as [=x], where x is the letter in question. Those with a caron (v shape) over them are indicated as [vx]. Superscripted text is indicated with a caret (^) preceding the superscripted letters. The original text indicated omitted text with varied numbers of spaced periods; this convention has been retained. SOUTHERN LITERATURE _From 1579-1895._ A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, WITH COPIOUS EXTRACTS AND CRITICISMS FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND THE GENERAL READER _Containing an Appendix with a Full List of Southern Authors_ BY LOUISE MANLY ILLUSTRATED RICHMOND, VA. B. F. JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY 1900 COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY LOUISE MANLY. PREFACE. The primary object of this book is to furnish our children with material for becoming acquainted with the development of American life and history as found in Southern writers and their works. It may serve as a reader supplementary to American history and literature, or it may be made the ground-work for serious study of Southern life and letters; and between these extremes there are varying degrees of usefulness. To state its origin will best explain its existence. This may furthermore be of some help to teachers in using the book, though each teacher will use it as best suits his classes and methods. The study of History is rising every day in importance. Sir Walter Raleigh in his "Historie of the World" well said, "It hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over." It is the still living word of the vanished ages. The best way of teaching history has of late years received much attention. One excellent method is to read, in connection with the text-book, good works of fiction, dramas, poetry, and historical novels, bearing upon the different epochs, and also to read the works of the authors themselves of these different periods. We thus make history and literature illustrate and beautify each other. The dry dates become covered with living facts, the past is peopled with real beings instead of hard names, fiction receives a solid basis for its airy architecture, and the mind of the pupil is interested and broadened. Even the difficult subjects of politics and institutions gradually assume a more pleasing aspect by being associated with individual human interests, and condescend to simplify themselves through personal relations. To illustrate this method, which I have used with great success in teaching English History: