1898 Book. Southern Writers. William Malone Baskervill

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Title: Southern Writers:

Biographical and Critical Studies

Biographies of:  Irwin Russell, Joel Chandler Harris, Maurice Thompson, Sidney Lanier, George W. Cable, Mary Noailles Murfree (Pen Name: Charles Egbert Craddock)

By William Malone Baskervill

Published in 1898

Published in Nashville, Tennessee: By Methodist Episcopal Publishing House, South

Size: 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches

Pages: viii+403 (Complete)

Above:  In the Original Hardcover Binding

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Above:  Title Page States the 1898 Publication Date

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Mrs. W. E. Wilson bought from Mrs. Beasley's library.

Above:  Inscription on Reverse Side of Front Cover

(I Don't Know the Identity of these People.)

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Above:  Back Cover

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Writers of the American South

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By William Malone Baskervill:

William Baskervill (born 1850 - died 1899) was a writer and professor of the English literature at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Baskervill ran the Open Letter Club at Vanderbilt University, with George Washington Cable. That organization promoted African American civil rights and education in the American South.  Baskervill was a native of Tennessee.

Writers in this Book:

This rare first edition presents detailed biography information about six Southern writers.  They are:

1. Irwin Russell:  Irwin Russell was born in Port Gibson, Mississippi.   He studied at St. Louis University. He was one of the first writers to write in the dialect of Southern Blacks. Later in his life, he worked as a newspaperman in New Orleans, Louisiana.

2.  Joel Chandler Harris:  Joel Chandler Harris was a journalist born in Eatonton, Georgia who wrote the Uncle Remus stories.

3.  Maurice Thompson:  James Maurice Thompson  was a novelist, born in Fairfield, Indiana. He was raised on a Georgia plantation.  He wrote about slavery and other issues of the American South.

4.  Sidney Lanier:  Sidney Lanier was a musician and poet, born in Macon, Georgia.   He attended Oglethorpe University near Milledgeville, Georgia.  He served with the Confederate signal corps during the War Between the States / Civil War.  He later worked in Montgomery, Alabama.

5.  George Washington Cable:  George Cable wrote about Creole life in Louisiana.  His work has often been compared to William Faulkner.  During the Civil War, he fought for the Confederacy.   He became a friend of Mark Twain, and they did speaking tours together.

6. Mary Noailles Murfree (Pen name: Charles Egbert Craddock)  Mary Murfree was born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She is considered one of the first great female writers of Appalachia.  She is often compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett.

Condition:  Nice Condition: No institution or library markings. Pages are mostly clean, with only a few smudges to a few pages at the back of the book. Pages are securely bound. The ends of the cover's spine are worn.  The cover's spine has some wear. The cover has slight discoloration.

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