Excerpt from Southern Fiction Prior to 1860: An Attempt at a First-Hand Bibliography: A Dissertation, Presented to the Faculty of the University of Virginia as a Part of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In every instance I have done all in my power to get back to the sources - the novels themselves in the first editions. I assume no responsibility for the correctness of the titles and dates of books I have not seen. But little confidence can be placed in the dates and titles as given by various encyclopedias and books on American literature. This is especially true of books written on Southern literature by Southern authors in recent years. Most of these I have found absolutely worthless when accuracy is at stake. Two notable exceptions are the Life of Simms, by W. P. Trent, and the Virginia Edition of Poe, by Dr. James A. Harrison. These two gentlemen have made every effort to reach first-hand results. Nothing has been added to the results reached by Dr. Harrison, and no errors have been discovered in his dates or titles. As to the matter included herein, the lines have not been drawn at the novel alone; but novels, tales, tragedy, comedy, short stories in prose and verse, and metrical romances have been included. No account is taken of books written in foreign languages, but a few translations have been listed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.