THE SOUTHERN LITERARY JOURNAL, AND MONTHLY MAGAZINE. DANIEL K. WHITAKER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOL. II. FROM MARCH, 1836, TO AUGUST, 1836.
Charleston: Printed by Burgess & Honour, 1836. iv, 488pp. Original sheep [worn, joints split but holding, spine rubbed and chipped], gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Old accession numbers at base of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing and spotting. Good+.
Daniel K. Whitaker founded this scarce, short-lived periodical in 1835; he edited it until 1837. William Gilmore Simms was its primary contributor. Its final publication was in December 1838. It includes poetry, essays on a variety of literary, cultural, and historical matters, generally with a southern flavor [The Alabama Prairies, Domestic Slavery, the Health and Climate of Charleston].
II Turnbull 376. Sabin 88392n. OCLC 22777040 [1-Ball State]. Not in Lomazow or Lomazow Supp. Item #24490
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