Description
This volume comprises three 1895 issues of The Southern Literary Messenger—May, June, and July—professionally bound together for institutional or library use, exactly as many late-19th-century readers encountered periodicals: durable, permanent, and meant for reference. Founded originally in the 1830s, the Messenger played a significant role in shaping Southern literary identity after the Civil War, and under Mrs. Buck’s editorship it became a notable platform for women’s intellectual, literary, and cultural voices during Reconstruction’s long aftermath.
Especially compelling is the original tipped-in letter from editor Anne (Alice) Trueheart Buck, addressing subscription terms and editorial logistics—an uncommon piece of firsthand ephemera that transforms this from a run-of-the-mill bound volume into a documented artifact of American literary history. Material like this appeals directly to collectors of post–Civil War Southern culture, women editors and publishers, and institutional collections focused on regional print history.
A scarce survival with original editorial correspondence—far more than a bound magazine volume, this is primary-source literary history.





















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