Minor, Benjamin Blake. Southern literary messenger, 1834 to 1864 by Benjamin Blake Minor, editor and proprietor from 1843 to 1847. [*]$2. Neale.
“A history of a magazine which for so many years held the chief place in the periodical literature of the South and an honorable one in that of the country, written by the gentleman who was its editor and proprietor from 1843 to 1847, and who now at the good old age of eighty-six, is perhaps the only survivor of those who were personally connected with its fortunes. It will have a special interest for cultivated people in the South, and incidentally for all students of American literary history.”—Critic.
| + | Critic. 47: 382. O. ‘05. 90w. |
“In spite of obvious faults (and partly because of them) Dr. Minor’s book has both permanent value and contemporary interest.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 494. Jl. 29, ‘05. 1350w. |
Mitchell, Charles Bayard. Noblest quest, and other sermons preached in the First Methodist Episcopal church, Cleveland, O. [*]50c. Meth. bk.
Eight stirring sermons including, besides the title sermon, The Supreme Master, A shameless Jew, The dignity of labor, Remember thy Creator, A deserted grave, Life’s Jerusalem, and The impartial God.
Mitchell, S. Weir. Constance Trescot. $1.50. Century.
The tragic story of a young northern wife who goes with her husband to St. Ann, Missouri, where he is agent for a large estate. He becomes involved in a law suit, and is the prey of the prejudices and misconceptions so common to the reconstruction period. After his murder, Constance lives only to avenge herself upon his slayer, and the story becomes a strong psychological study of the charming woman’s selfish cruelty. It is a masterly book, unusual, and real, both in theme and characters.
“It is told in a masterly fashion.” Richard W. Kemp.