Southern Writers: Selections In Prose And Verse is a literary anthology edited by W. P. Trent. The book features a collection of writings from various Southern American writers, including William Gilmore Simms, Edgar Allan Poe, and Mark Twain. The works in the anthology are divided into three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The fiction section includes short stories and excerpts from novels, while the non-fiction section includes essays,...