Altho the Intention Has Been That of Furnishing Supplementary Reading for Students, Professor Trent Has Prepared an Instructive Book for General Use. the Literature of Representative Writers Of the South Has Been Divided Into Three Periods: 1607-1789, the Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution, Including Records Taken From diaries of colonial gentlemen; 1790-1865, the literature of the Old South, including speeches by distinguished southern statesmen; and 1866-1905, the literature of the New South, reflecting the spirit of the literary renaissance.
“Is altogether an admirable piece of editorial workmanship.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 121. S. 1, ‘05. 860w. |
Reviewed by Herbert W. Horwill.
| + + | Forum. 37: 249. O. ‘05. 400w. |
“On the whole a praiseworthy effort, and in the main a successful effort, to redeem the South from the charge of actual literary sterility.”
| + | Ind. 59: 332. Ag. 10, ‘05. 420w. |
“The book is open to the criticism that it tends to foster the provincial illusion that the larger the number of names the greater the repute of the locality. For reference it is valuable, and appears to be well done.”
| + + — | Nation. 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 240w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 364. Je. 3, ‘05. 370w. |
“May be confidently recommended to all students of American literature, North or South.”