Excerpt from A Selected Bibliography and Syllabus of the History of the South, Vol. 18: 1584-1876 The Bibliography, Part I of the compilation here presented, contains, in addition to the guides and bibliographies, a selec tion of the more important works cited in the chapters of the Syllabus. A number of books in the general field of American history and all titles taken from periodicals are omitted from the Bibliography. It seemed unnecessary to list the former, while the periodical literature is sufficiently described in the Syllabus itself. The scheme of classification used in the Bib liography is given in the table of contents. In the Syllabus, or Part II, we have attempted a chronologi cal and topical outline of Southern history from the period of exploration through Reconstruction, and have sought to give due weight to all the factors, political, social, economic, and racial. That have contributed to the molding of Southern life and character. The necessity of conserving space and the fact that Southwestern history has become a field in itself, led us to give but slight attention to that section. 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.

This ambitious undertaking is designed to acquaint students, teachers, and researchers with reference sources in any branch of English studies, which Marcuse defines as "all those subjects and lines of critical and scholarly inquiry presently pursued by members of university departments of English language and literature.'' Within each of 24 major sections, Marcuse lists and annotates bibliographies, guides, reviews of research, encyclopedias, dictionaries, journals, and reference histories. The annotations and various indexes are models of clarity and usefulness, and cross references are liberally supplied where appropriate. Although cost-conscious librarians will probably consider the several other excellent literary bibliographies in print, such as James L. Harner's Literary Research Guide (Modern Language Assn. of America, 1989), larger academic libraries will want Marcuse's volume.-- Jack Bales, Mary Washington Coll. Lib., Fredericksburg, Va. -Library Journal.