of the interesting sketch of "Cleburne and his Division at Missionary Ridge and Ringgold Gap," which we published in our last number.[1] These mistakes in names are very annoying, and we felicitate ourselves that they do not occur often.
The Louisiana Division, A. N. V., had, we judge from the reports, a most delightful reunion and banquet in New Orleans on the 21st, and we deeply regretted our inability to accept a kind invitation to be present on the occasion.
We are glad to learn that their monument scheme has been so entirely successful that they expect to dedicate it on the 10th of May next, and have secured General Fitz. Lee as the orator of the day. We hope to be able to greet our comrades of the "Pelican State" on that occasion, and to participate in the interesting exercises.
The Carolina Rifle Battalion, of Charleston, S. C., celebrated appropriately the birthday of General R. E. Lee, on the 19th instant, and the "Maryland Confederate Army and Navy Society" had their reunion on the same day. Would it not be well for this anniversary to be more generally celebrated?
LITERARY NOTES.
The South Atlantic of Baltimore—an admirable Literary Magazine—and our Papers will club to new subscribers at $5 per annum (instead of $6) for both Monthlies. This arrangement ought to increase the circulation of both.
New Biographical Dictionary.—An excellent feature of the new edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, just issued, is the new Biographical Dictionary, in which are given the names of nearly ten thousand noted persons of ancient and modern times, with a brief statement of the dates of their birth and death, their nationality, profession, etc. This is designed for purposes of ready reference, to answer the questions which often arise as to when and where certain persons lived, and the character of their achievements. It contains many names of persons who are still living, and the pronunciation of each name is given.
Scribner and St. Nicholas for February fully maintain their high character.
A Song for the South.—From Ludden & Bates' Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga., we receive a splendid song and chorus entitled "The Southern Soldier Boy." with words by Father yan and music by W. Ludden, which we can commend as a grand song that will be welcomed wherever the Southern soldier boys' memory is held dear. The poet priest's touching words are here set by a master hand to a tender melody, and fittingly dedicated to the Southern mothers whose soldier boys sleep in graves
| "Unmarked by a name, unmarked by a stone, And only the voice of the wind maketh moan O'er the mound where never a flower is strown." |
- ↑ Corrected on p. 464 in that volume. (Wikisource contributor note)
