The Writers of South Carolina: With a Critical Introduction, Biographical Sketches, and Selections in Prose and Verse
George Armstrong Wauchope
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(Forgotten Books, Feb. 1, 2018)
Excerpt from The Writers of South Carolina: With a Critical Introduction, Biographical Sketches, and Selections in Prose and VerseI trust that both the casual reader and the special student will find this book of selections from the writers Of South Carolina a thing of sufficient interest and value to prove its own excuse for being. To those, however, who yet believe that writers are as scarce in the South as snakes in Ireland, it should be said that this work has been undertaken in no narrow, sectional Spirit. It is evident that the permanent worth of a study such as this must depend upon the mainte nance of relative values, and that this result can be attained only by the adoption Of sound critical standards. In the interest of historic truth, therefore, as well as of the writers themselves, I have endeavored not to overrate the literary merits Of any one, but to form a just estimate Of each, having always in mind that larger national literature Of which the individual's work, however modest, is a part.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.