Text: Anonymous, “[Review of the Southern Literary Messenger for March 1836],” United States Gazette (Philadelphia, PA), vol. XXXVI, whole no. 6190, April 9, 1836, p. 1, col. 2

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The Southern Literary Messenger for March, full of good matter, is at hand — delayed with a view of giving the whole of Professor Dew's address. We miss the racy and condemnatory criticism that distinguishes the work, and which has been favorable to the production of good books. We who publish no volumes, look with complacency upon severe criticism.