University of North Carolina Library Studies Number 2 ORTH CAROLINA FICTION 1734-1957 An Annotated Bibliography 1958 University of North Carolina Library Studies Number 2 NORTH CAROLINA FICTION 17344957 An Annotated Bibliography Prepared by the Joint Committee On North Carolina Literature and Bibliography of The North Carolina English Teachers Association and The North Carolina Library Association UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY STUDIES No. 1 North Carolina County Histories, A Bibliography, by William S. Powell, 1958 No. 2 North Carolina Fiction, 1734-1957: An Annotated Bibliography, by a Joint Committee of the North Carolina English Teachers Association and the North Carolina Library Association, 1958 NORTH CAROLINA LITERATURE SERIES in Library Extension Publications 1949 John Charles McNeill, North Carolina Poet, 1874-1907, a Bio- graphical Sketch, by Agatha Boyd Adams 1949 North Carolina Writers [a study outline], by Walter Spearman 1950 Thomas Wolfe: Carolina Student, a Brief Biography, by Agatha Boyd Adams 1951 Paul Green of Chapel Hill, by Agatha Boyd Adams, edited by Richard Walser 1952 Inglis Fletcher of Bandon Plantation, by Richard Walser 1952 North Carolina Authors: a Selective Handbook 1954 Frederick H. Koch: a Short Biography, by Samuel Selden and Mary T. Sphangos 1955 Bernice Kelly Harris, by Richard Walser 1956 North Carolina Musicians 1957 O. Henry in North Carolina, by Cathleen Pike Imaginary landing of a ballonist near Salem in 1789. See No. 528. NORTH CAROLINA FICTION 1734-1957 An Annotated Bibliography William S. Powell Editor CHAPEL HILL THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY 1958 Copyright 1958 by The University of North Carolina Library JOINT COMMITTEE fFlorence Blakely, Duke University Library Grace S. Dalton, Librarian, Garner High School *Carlyle J. Frarey, School of Library Science, University of North Carolina Earl H. Hartsell, Department of English, University of North Carolina Mildred C. Herring, Librarian, Greensboro Senior High School Katherine Hinson, Teacher of English, Charlotte City Schools Mary T. Hoffler, Teacher of English, Enfield High School fCornelia Love, Chapel Hill fRosalie Massengale, University of North Carolina Library Cathleen Pike, Teacher of English, Wadesboro High School William S. Powell, University of North Carolina Library Mae Tucker, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County * Elaine von Oesen, North Carolina State Library Richard Walser, Department of English, North Carolina State College *Jane B. Wilson, Library Consultant, Durham City Schools t Appointed January, 1957. * Served through 1956. vi CONTENTS Illustrations ix Introduction xi Location Symbols xiii Reader Key xvi Bibliography 1 Index 171 vii Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/libraryextension23univ ILLUSTRATIONS Imaginary landing of a ballonist near Salem in 1789 from Hirum Harum by SchofeL Frontispiece Page 'The Fortunate Shipwreck," 1720, contains the first mention of Carolina in fiction 49 A Wreath from the Woods of Carolina, the first children's book by a North Carolinian. 85 The Life and Entertaining Adventures of Mr. Cleveland in which North Carolina first appears as a setting 119 Alamance by Calvin H. Wiley, the first native North Carolinian to write a novel 161 INTRODUCTION Shortly after the publication of North Carolina Authors: A Selective Handbook (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Library, 1952), the Joint Committee of the North Carolina English Teachers Association and the North Carolina Library Association was authorized to continue its studies in state literature and bibliography. The present volume is the result of three years of cooperative research, to which staff members of public and institutional libraries, teachers of English, and private col- lectors have generously contributed. The guiding purpose has been to make readily available to reference librarians, teachers, students, local historians, antiquarians, writers, and other interested users a substantial quantity of pertinent information about every known book of fiction with an ascertainable North Carolina setting published during the past 223 years. No part of this purpose is to recommend for profitable or enjoyable reading a random selection of such a two-century "attic" accumulation. Indexed to facilitate finding and annotated for purposeful selection and location, the book is only a descriptive catalogue, one function of which is to prevent waste of time in examining hundreds of useless items for fear of overlooking a few of genuine worth. The comprehensive, non-selective scope of the bibliography appears to be justified by the almost infinite variety of purposes for which it is likely to be used. To serious literary and social historians, half or more of the titles may be of no importance whatever; yet exclusion for lack of literary merit or historical authenticity would deprive of helpful guidance those who seek the rare, the antique, the locally or topically specific, the awkwardly imitative, and the unconsciously droll. While qualitative judgments are stated in some annotations and implied in most, such judgments are to be attributed to the individual readers whose initials are appended and do not attempt more than a suggestion of selectivity. Yet, comprehensive as it is, the scope of the bibliography excludes some noteworthy works which friendly critics will wish it had listed. Exclusion of many novels by well-known North Carolina authors on the basis of setting alone will be as keen a disappointment to some users as it is an unrelished practice of consistency on the part of the Joint Committee. Some dubious exclusions result from authors' use of a generalized regional setting which cannot be identified, by internal or external evidence, as definitely North Carolinian. Many valuable short stories are omitted because they were not published in book-length collections. The sometimes imperceptible line between fiction and non- fiction may have caused occasional erroneous discriminations. Several eligible novels, known to have been published, could not be included because no extant copy could be located. An attempt has been made to limit each annotation to fifty words, therefore only the barest hint of what the book contains may sometimes be given. The initials following the annotation are those of the person who read the book and gave the Joint Committee a report on it; the reader did not necessarily prepare the annotation and in no case should xi he be held responsible for it. Most of the annotations were prepared by- members of the Joint Committee from information furnished by the readers. The index, however, has been prepared from both the annota- tions and the readers' information sheets so that information contained in the books may sometimes be brought out in the index but not in the annotation itself. The date of publication indicated for books in the bibliography is not always that of the first edition nor of the edition held by the libraries and individuals owning copies. It merely represents the particular edition available to the reader. We believe we have pointed out some interesting "firsts" in the field of North Carolina fiction: the first to mention Carolina (204), published in 1720; the first with a North Carolina setting (495), pub- lished in 1734; the first by a native of the state (662), published in 1847; the first children's book (352), published in 1859; and one of the first by an American Negro author to be critically acclaimed (91), published in 1899. The editor acknowledges his thanks for the cheerful assistance and careful work of each member of the Joint Committee, but he especially owes a debt of gratitude to Richard Walser who acted as Chairman of the group and to Cornelia Love who assisted in preparing the index. xii LOCATION SYMBOLS Ab Randolph Public Library, Asheboro Al Stanly County Public Library, Albemarle AS Appalachian State Teachers College Library, Boone Av Pack Memorial Public Library, Asheville BA Belmont Abbey College, Belmont Bk Mitchell County Library, Bakersville Bn Yancey County Public Library, Burnsville BwR B. W. Roberts, Durham CC Catawba College Library, Salisbury Ch Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Charlotte Cn Concord Public Library, Concord DC Davidson College Library, Davidson Dr Durham Public Library, Durham DU Duke University Library, Durham ECC East Carolina College Library, Greenville Fc Forest City Public Library, Forest City FoC Francis O. Clarkson, Charlotte Fy Cumberland County Public Library, Fayetteville Gb Greensboro Public Library, Greensboro xiii GC Greensboro College Library, Greensboro Gs Gaston County Public Library, Gastonia GUC Guilford College Library, Guilford College Gv Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville Hb Orange County Confederate Memorial Library, Hillsborn Hk Elbert Ivey Memorial Library, Hickory Kn Kinston Public Library, Kinston Lb Scotland County Memorial Library, Laurinburg LC Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. Lk Rockingham County Library, Leaksville Ln Caldwell County Public Library, Lenoir Lx Davidson County Public Library, Lexington Mg Morganton-Burke Public Library, Morganton Mr McDowell Public Library, Marion NCC North Carolina College Library, Durham NCS North Carolina State College Library, Raleigh Nl Avery County Public Library, Newland Rl Olivia Raney Library, Raleigh Rm Thomas Hackney Braswell Memorial Library, Rocky Mount xiv RpM Roger P. Marshall, Raleigh Ru Rutherford County Library, Rutherfordton SA Saint Augustine College Library, Raleigh