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HE ueath last week of Au
brey Thomas de Yore, the
third son of Sir Aubrey de
Vero, who died in 1S46. and
was himself a poet of noto
as well as a prose writer,
removes a distil
and patviarehal author.
The elder de Vere was a
contemporary of Byron and
Peel at Harrow, and
Wordsworth said of his
sonnets that they were
“the most perfect of our
age.” The son who luts just died was also a
sonneteer of special excellence, and was
a contemporary of and much esteemed
■by Tennyson. But he wrote in other
forms and ways, not only poems but
crit'cisms and political essays, and he
was a voluminous contributor to jour
nalism, writing column-long articles re
verently for The I,nndon 1 imes.
The following aro tile titles of liis most
important works: “Th
“The Search After
“Poetry, Miscellane
> Waldenses,”
Proserpine," 1S43;
s and Sacr d."
“May Carols.“ 1S57-SJ: “The Sister." PCI;
“The Infant Bridal," 1S64; “Irish Od< s.“
IjttO;* “The Lx>g?nds of St. Patrick." H72:
“Alexander the •treat.” 1874; St. Thomas
of Canterbury." lvt ; ; Eegends of ti e Sax
on Saints." 1S79; “The Foray of Queen
Mauve and Other Begcnds of Ireland's
Ueroic Age,” 1NS2; Bcgvnds and Record
of the Church and the Empire," 1SS7; “St.
Peter's Church.” 1SSS; “Religious Poems,”
IS93; "The Church Settlement of Ireland,
er Hibernia Pacenda,” lSliS; “Constitution
al and 1'nconstitutlor.al Poliileal Action,”
1SS1; "Essays, Chiefly on Poetry," 1SS7;
“Essays. Chiefly Biterary and Ethical."
Put. and “Recollections." 1S97.
The last volume contains his very rc-ad-
ah.e reminiscences of many eminent
names and events, as the poet's life cov
ered the largest part of th • nitv teentli
century Ho was a charade r of some
originality, and was greatly esteemed and
respected, lie commanded a forcible dic
tion. and liis poems were noted for “deli
cacy of finish.” His little lyric, which ap
peared in The Atlantic Monthly of Au
gust, 1S5S, quoted below, is a fairly typis
cal specimen of his verse:
Ant Evening Melody
Oh. that you pit e-s which crown the
steep.
Their fires might ne’er surrender!
Oh. that you fervid knoll might_keop
While lasts the world its splendor!
Pale poplars on th; wind that lean
And in the sunset shiver,
Oh. that your golden stems might screen
For aye yon glassy river!
That yon white bird on homqtvnrd wing
Soft-sliding without motion.
And now in blue air vanishing
I.ike snowflake lost in ocean.
Beyond i ur sight might never flee.
Yet onward still he firing;
And all rhe dying day might be
Immortal in its citing.
P llucid thus in golden trance.
Thus mate in expectation.
What waits the earth? Deliverance?
Ah, no! Transfiguration?
She dreams of that new earth divine
Conceived of seed immortal,
She sings, “Not mine the holier shrine,
But mire the cloudy portal!”
Many passages in his prose lend them
selves to quotation, and so much so t!' ' i
an anthology might easily be made from
them, as well as from Ins verse. He was
really an anther's author, being excel
lent rather than popular, and winning rare
praise f_rrm Gladstone, Tennyson and
ether competent critics.
Born in 1S14, he was SS years of
age He was educated at Trinity college.
Dublin, and died on tile 21st instant tit
Curragh Chase, lame rick.
“Tarry Thou Til) 1 Come." which is
published by Funk & Wagnalls Company,
has gone into sixteen editions in s!x
months. The publishers says tli it the
rush of order.- for it was so gr^at at
Christmas time that they found it im
possible to J<« ep abreast of them.
*
The ten prize covers for which the pub
lishers of Harper's Bazar offered $1,000
last August, have, in part, been r deeded.
The January cover was done by the well-
known artist, Mrs. Alice Barber Stephens,
The February cover by Miss Ellen Mac-
auly and the March cover is to he maelo
from the prize winning design by F. Buis
Mora.
Below we furnish a list of books which
have been the best sellers in regular book
anrl department stores in New York, Phil
adelphia, Boston, Washington, i.’incin-
Edited by Lucian L. Knight
r.ati, Chicago, S'. Bonis, Baltimore and
San Fruncisci between December 23, 19)1,
and January 23 of this year. The stat -
in, nt is based on reports received from
the regular e>rrespondents of The New
York Times in those cities, personal in
quiries having been made for the int»r-
mation. We give the correspondents’ re
ports as shown below, and have included
no book for which more then one book
store did not make a return as either the
first best, second best, third best or fourth
best selling book: '
FIRST BEST.
Twenty-four stores report “The Right
of Way."
Five stores icport “The Crisis.”
Four stores report “The Cavalier.”
Four stores report “Baza^re.”
Four stores report "Sir Richard Cal-
maily."
Three stores report “The Man from
Glencarry.”
Three stores report “D'ri and I.”
Two stores report “In the Fog.”
Two stores report “The Rulin
sion.”
Pas-
ri Uneie Sam. Trustee,” is the title of a
volume new in pr< partition by John Ken
drick Bangs. The book will be issued in
the spring by the Riggs Publishing Com
pany, of New York. The text of this work
will lie devoted to Cuba, beginning with
a description of its condition at the out
break of the Spanish-American war, fol-
s lowed by a brief chapter on the war It
self; the remaining ten or twelve chap
ters dc scribing the magnificent work of
the United States army in converting a
fair land devastated by a century of
Spanish misrule into a clean community
of inspiring eitios. Cuba was bankrupt
at the close of the war, and greedy cred
itors from tile old world stood ready and
more than willing to take up a task that
nature had already designed for us. When
President McKinley sent General Wood
to Cuba, Mr. Bangs is of the opinion that
he put the right man in the right place.
Reviews of Latest Books
“The Gr at
Bigelow Pain,'
Whit,
The Great
White Way
£y
Albert
Bigelow
Paine
completely
vades and controls
per-
the
Way." by Albert
is an -xcellent story of
i adventure with the
scenes laid in the neigh
borhood of the south
polo, and is written very
much after the style of
Jules Verne, but is su
perior to J.ifes Verne in
being more humorous.
The characters are well assorted and in-
dividti ilized; the adventures are unfor-
seen by the reader; there is much alter
nation of well-sustained fancy and home
ly fact, and, fortunately for the ex
plorers as well as for th? reader, one of
the party is an all-alive young woman.
The book contains some good full-page il
lustrations by Rosennieyer and many
amusing sketches in the text. (J. K.
Taylor & Co., New York.)
Seventy-five years ago "The Destiny of
Doris" might have kindled the plaudits
of the reading public, but at the present
time people prefer to have
fiction and travel kept
‘‘The, Destiny separate unless the story
of Dons.” element
Julius Chambers. descript . ve , >arts . There
wire readers who com
plained that Mr. Howells' "Silver Wedding
Journey" and Mrs. Wig.gin's "Irish Expe
riences" were too closely related to guide
books not to have r-d covers, an) when
such writers are grumbled at for offer
ing us tlv- old-time travel-storv, with too
strong an emphasis cn the travels, what
can a man without their gift of grace and
humor expect for himself?
Doris, it proves, was destined to marry,
and, after crossing th? Atlantic, making
various stops in Spain and Italy, and vis
iting Egypt and the Holy Band, she is
duly taken *o the altar hv ore of her
traveling companions, after which an
other of them soon persuades her mother
to walk it: the same directi, n. The thread
of th" story in Mr. Chambers’ book is
slight and too perfunctory to require com
ment. The real interests Is the informa
tion as to desirable places to see and
routes to take, for it outlines a delight
ful Mediterranean jour- ev nt moderate
< xpenses. (Continental Publishing Com
pany, New York.)
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Always Intelcsting is a record of the
days when king and parliament were con
tending in England. The cavalier with
his flowing locks, a love
song on his lips and a
sword in his band, is a
figure ready made for ro
mance; equally litera-
tesque is the austere Puri
tan, who marched to bat
tle singing warlike Psalms. These two
tier .cuts, warring in fact and spirit for
so many years, have left ineffaceable im
press not only on English, but American
life and manners. In her "Romance of
Cavalier and Puritan During the Civil
War.” Mies Kyall has set before the
reader a picture of both parties. With
much skill she contrasts the intolerance
of Archbishop Baud with the broad views
rf many of the royalist clergy: and the
wild fanatacism of some Puritans with
the tolerant and sane spirit of others
who were equally devoted to the parlia
mentary cause. As the hero, Gabriel Bur-
ford. sagely observes, though politics
nave somewhat to do with friendship,
with love they have nothing at all, hence
neither the troubled times, nor his Puri
tan convictions interfere with his love
for the loyalist maiden, Hilary Unett.
Gabriel ;s Miss Byall’s characteristic
hero: brave, devout, loving; but in Hilary
she ins departed from her usual course
and gives us a willful girl, who lets her
enthusiasm for th" king's cause turn her
against her Puritan love, who might have
said, as did that famous cavalier to his
lady on going to the wars;
“I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Boved I not honor more.”
With much spirit Gabriel's career in the
army Is described; and truly dramatic is
the scene where he comes, at the insti
gation of the fanatic Waghorn, to demol
ish the great stone cross of Bcsbury, hut
spares it at the request of the vicar.
The hook is wholesome and entertain
ing, and gives evidence of more prepara
tion than many novels, miscalled histori
cal.
This much debated subject is one in
which al! pastors and Christian parents
are interested. A thorough discussion of
it has just appeared in
a hook by M. J. Kirey,
Infant t Mvation D-D., published by Funk
By A- Wagnalls Company.
M J Flrey The full title of the book
is “Infant Salvation: or
the Passivity ot the In
fant Soul the Key to the Solution
of the Problem." Dr. Firey gives the
history of the various phases of the doc
trines concerning infant salvation, or
damnation, from the beginning of Chris
tian institutes down to the present times
In the second part of his book he ex
pounds, in careful detail, the inception
and condition of the soul of an infant,
and develops the idea that the passivity
of the infant soul is sure ground for the
belief that its salvation is assured for it.
PreacEers and all thinking Christians
will find much material for profitable
study, and parents will find great conso
lation and comforts in the hope arid be
lief that their departed darling babes
are partakers of the joys of heaven.
'Furthermore, the author’s theme leads
to much more than consolation, because
he holds that living infants are most sus
ceptible to spiritual instruction, and in
line with this thought many practical
concealed the identity of a very beautiful
and gifted young woman. Miss Ella How
ard Bryan, of Dillon. Ga. Miss Bryan
passed some two or three years recently
in and near Cambridge, and during this
tim? she wrote 'Behind the Veil' and did
a good deal of other work, among which
are some plays, and one comedy, especial
ly, in three act!?, is one of the unusually
fine things in the modern drama. Miss
Bryan's genius is very versatile, as well
as brilliant, and her op-ming life in litera
ture will be watch") with interest.”
Miss Bryan is the daughter of the late
Major Henry Bryan, of SaVannah. a dis
tinguished officer of the confederate army,
and a granddaughter of the late Captain
Joseph Bryan, also a prominent Citizen.
She is a lineal descendant of that sturdy
revolutionary patriot, Jonathan Bryan,
who was removed from the Royal Council
of Georgia by direct order of the king be
cause he presided over a meeting of cit
izens that protested against the stamp
act. Battr in the war lie was captured
by the British an) taken to New York,
where he was confined on board a prism
ship. He was exchange) in time to take
part, although then $0 years of age. in the
military movements wh! th compelled the
ivacuation of Savannah.
Br\an street in this eitv and Bryan
county perpetuate the name of the un-
trablo patriot, who five) to see Ann r-
icsn independence established.—Savannah
Morning News.
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The seductive charm of (he Batin-Quar-
ter of Baris has survived the attacks both
of moralist and realist, and the fascina
tions of l.fe in this Bohe
mia are still powerful to
attract the curiosity and
study of artist, writer
and student. Mr. Smith
Maxwell Gray combines in this volume
the two-fold advantage of
writer and artist, and his clever, brilliant
description serves to illuminate the many
drawings and camera snapshots which
adorn the volume. Thus, w:th studios,
the grisettes, models, bicycle girls, shop,
girls, students, singers, poets, beggars,
sculptors, cafes, shops, boulevards, all
part of the gay panorama of Parisian
student life, F. Hf*pk1nsor. Smith, the
celebrated author, contributes a delight
ful preface to his son's work, and a water
color frontispiece. The volume is par
ticularly available as a gift book at any
season of the year. (Funk & Wagnalls,
New York.)
#
This is tht' story of a girl of today who
is shown to lie a creature of just as much
romance and courage as any heroine of
an elder day, in fiction or
life. Her conquering of a
man's prejudice against
her and the growth of a
great love for her,
through his unexpected
learning of her love for
him, is the motif of the hook. There is a
modern villain, not wholly bad, who
makes mischief and atones for it very de
cently, and the romance ends with the
four-leafed clover bringing health and
happiness to all concerned. TlTe little
book is on^ admirably adapted fof read
ing on deck. Nobody should go to the
Medite:ranean or to Cuba this winter
without it. There is a yachting episode
which alone would justify this assertion.
(D. Appleton & Co., New York.)
American Descendants of Al
fred the Great
In covers of imperial purple and with
letter press of a similar hue, Mrs. Annah
Robinson Watson, of Memphis, Tenn.,
proves i>y genealogical tables which he
who runs may read that there are at this
moment living in America no loss than
100 persons through whose veins courses
the blood of Alfred the Great and other
sovereigns. The book is appropriately
named, “A Royal Bineage," and the tex
ture of its cover is .suggestively set off
with the reputed dragon standard o-f the
celebrated Wessex monarch. As, aside
from brief descriptions of the most emi
nent personages in the royal line, the text
is f ecu pied by tracing ancestors through
twenty o* thirty generations, or, where
the line is unbroken, through exactly fifty,
it must lie seen that space will not permit
as to Indulge too freely in reconstructing
the royal lineage of any one. This does
not prevent us, however, from cituig the
testimony of two gentlemen who have
verified the pretensions of the author.
By on G. Tyler says in a preface to the
volume: "The revel line h«rtin traced
is undoubtedly historic, and jt ougnt to be
an inspiration to many people in our coun
try to learn that some of the blood of the
illustrious King Alfred courses through
their veins.” The Re\. Horace Hayden, of
Wilkesbarre, Pa., author of “Virginia
Genealogies,” is even more convincing. He
says. "Most of the looks given as yvur
authorities are within my reach. After ex
amining them 1 find as 1 expected front
my knowledge of your careful work that
I can fully indorse Dr. Tyler’s commenda
tion. "—New York Times Review.
Her Identity Discovered
Miss Bdlian Whiting, of Boston, the
author and critic, in one of her recent let
ters to The Chicago Inter Ocean, reveals
the identity of the pqpular author, Clinton
Dangerfield. She says: "ft is given me to
make a literary revelation, however, in
The Inter Ocean, and that is regarding
the identity of the young poet, Clinton
Dangerfield, whose poems in The Centurv
and other magazines are attracting atten
tion. Two or three vears ago a book
called Behind the Veil’ was published
anonymously by the Bittle & Brown house
—a book that mav be said to fairly dram
atize the life in the unseen with such force
of realty that it reads like an actual reve
lation. Behind the Veil’ fyas nothing in
common with any morbid or fantastic fan
cies regarding the life to come. It is so
rational, so reverent, and, apparently, in
perfect harmony with the. truths of re
vealed religion. The Clinton Dangerfield
of 1 he Century is the author of this book.
‘.Behind the Veil,' anl the pen name* has
There is a subtle charm In all stories
of moral courage: Beonidas gathering
the Persian spears to his Spartan bosom
at Thermopylae; Florence Nightingale
ministering on Crimean battle field;
Grace Darling launching her life boat in
the boiling surf; Clara Barton, at 70,
penetrating to suffering Armenia; the.
martyr Maceo dying for Cuban liberty-
each stirs our blood. But not a whit
less fascinating than any instance, an
cient or modern, is that of the apostles
standing for their lives before the San
hedrin.
The court is convened in its glittering
marble hall within the tompte. The au
gust members, gorgeously robed, sit in
semi-circle upon their crimson divans.
Wealth, learning, power of a nation are
there enshrined: rulers, elders, scribes,
chief priest, and his kinsmen—a very ga
laxy. On the tessellated floor before this
brave array stand two Galilean fisher
men. Effort is to overawe and con
strain them to confess to sorcery, and
thus make them liable to a death penalty.
It is a moment of suspense. Me.n’s
souls are tried. Human lives are in the
balance. The destiny of a new system
seems to he deciding. But the most self-
possessed persons in that dread court are
the humble and friendless defendants.
Peter breaks the silence. Consciously,
or unconsciously, lie is addressing the
nation itself through its constitutional
representatives. For him the Sanhedrin
is the ear as well as the. mouth of the
whole people. He is punctilious, in a
good sense of the word, using the proper
titles In his deferential introduction.
The readiness of conscious innocence
has fine ill/riration this point. It has
nothing to fear. Its cause cannot ulti
mately he lost. The seegning triumph
o'er God's saints lasts but a little while.
The promise of Jesus that when his apos
tles should lie delivered up to judgment,
it should he given them what to say,
has here its first liistrious fulfillment.
rhough Peter, “the mouth of the apos
tles, is scrupulously courteous in his ad
dress. there is not wanting a fine irony
in his expression. "If we he examined of
the good deed," it Is as if he had said,
“Men aro usually arraigned for erim"s,
hut this court arraigns for a benefac
tion.”
No doubt is left in the mi-ids of the
court, if any ever existed th 1 in whose
name the merciful cure had bci n wrought
upon the cripple. Again, as on Pentecost
and in the porch, the apostle appeals to
Hebrew scripture, and uses it with con
summate skill.
The tables are turned. The court itself
becomes the defendart. Such dauntless
courage in friendless peasants, such wis
dom from unlettered laymen, such divine
helpfulness ns is manifested in the per
son of the healed cripple, who joins Ills
benefactors in the august crescent of the
Sanhedrin. Ah! Is it not the renaissance
ot the Naznrene? They had been so much
with Jesus that they reproduced him In
their very selves.
As ever in instances I ke this, there is
a divided auditory. The play of variant
and numberless motives and feelings
tends to set some for and others against
the new cause. The schoolmen are of
fended that unlettered teachers should
gain such a hearing. 'Th" orthodox care
not whether a beneficent miracle has been
wrought or not—only wh ther the work
ers conform to their views of doctrine and
order. The Sadducees are. violently an
gry that the doctrine of the resurrection
should be incidentally reinforced by these,
miracle workers. In which creed it stands
conspicuously. The priests, on the other
hand, are outraged that these men should
presume to be teachers without official
authority. So it goes. The case Is not be
ing heard on its merits or truth.
The name and person of Jesus is. on
this occasion, as so often subsequently,
a great divisor. lie separates. He is set
for the rising and falling of many. Some
become believers, others persecutors. The
hope of the world’s advance in truth and
goodness is in that contingent usually
present in larger or smaller numbers —
who are open-minded, whose judgment is
not warped by personal inter"st, and
whose convictions are strong enough to
make them willing to suffer in behalf of
their new faith. Happily, there are many
such present on this occasion.
©ie Teachers’ Lantern
There is In the social order an unwrit
ten law by which everything claiming
the world's franchise is first subjected to
criticism. The law is of universal appli
cation. Creations of literature and art,
measures of legislation, judfeial decisions,
commercial schemes fall under its review.
It applies to men as well as measures- All
candidates for political, mercantile, pro
fessional, or social preferment pass in
review before it. The utility of this “law
of the test” is readily conceded. It is a
public safeguard. It is a dike against a
deluge of charlatans and frauds.
lake everything good, however, the
“law of tlhe test" can ho abused. In Its
normal use it is simple society standing
or. guard and challenging man or meas
ure to show reason why ascendency
should be allowed. In its abnormal form,
it is not a challenge, it is an attack. Its
cry is, “Away with him!” "We will not
have this man to reign over us!” Persecu
tion is.the perversion of the law of the
test. Attention is called to the fact, how
ever, that even in Its perverted form, the
advantage of the law Is not lost. Doubly
tried! Doubly true!
Has Christianity been subjected to the
operation of this law? Was an exception
made in its favor? Did it slip into the
world clandestinely, -when society was off
guard? The Book of Acts is (he answer
to that question. It Is historically true
that “the law of the test,” in its severest
form—viz, of persecution—was brought to
bear upon Christianity.
On the whole, it will probably be the
impartial verdict that Christianity, in its
truest and best type, has stood the test.
Christianity is Christianity's best defense.
It prevents the loftiest ideal lor human
character: service without hope of re
ward; not to be ministered unto, but to
minister and give.
The Synedrium (assembly) was at start
the municipal legislature, of Jerusalem—
a board of aldermen. It became, by evo
lution, the supreme court and congress.
Aristocracy, wealth anil learning were its
constituent elements. Its power, rising or
declining, truly gauges the severity or
liberality of the foreign masters of the
nation. Chief Interest centers in the fact
that Jesus and His apostles appeared for
trial at Us bar.
Time tests true greatness. Buke men
tions John and Alexander, the distin
guished. as if everybody would always
know them without further designation
of rank or title. In point of faiet they
were nobodies. Peter and John, the Gali
lean fishermen, are the true Immortals.
Current judgment of men, based upon the
accidents of their position, is seldom the
final award of history.
It is wise to get out of one’s own niche
and look at a case firm n now angle. Jo
seph. Nieodemus and Gamaliel did so. If
all the Sanhedrists had done likewise, the
history of Christianity would have to be
rewritten. The question ought not to
have been, “What effect will acquittal of
the defendants have upon my prestige ar
that of th" ecclesiastical establishment
of which I am part?" The question was,
“Is fheir ca..se just?"
A Bit of cardboard in my hand admitted
me onice to the king’s box in the theater
of the Versailles palace, and gave me a
view of the national assembly. On that
card was written the name of Thiers.
Name and power are synonyms. As the
name of a president opened a door, the
name of Jesus dispelled a malady.
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Confederate Generals Who Vis
ited Atlanta
By Wallace Putnam Reed
The personality of a great man is al
ways Interesting.
When we look at the bust or the por
trait of a Caesar, a Napoleon or a Bee we
find inspiration in it.
At one time, during our civil war, At
lanta was called the “Heart of the Con
federacy." For more than two years
everything south of Richmond centered
here. In those stirring days I was a boy,
keenly observant, and devoted to the
cause. It is well known that our non-
combatants here saw more of the strug
gle than some of its active participants.
Many famous confederate leaders were
here during that period, and it was nat
ural that they should attract my atten
tion.
When General Bragg passed through
here very few of cur citizens saw and
talked with him. He was att old-fash
ioned West Pointer, very dictatorial and
the terror of civilians. He had a strong
face, but I did not like it. In the mat
ter of uniform he was not particular. He
had the air and appearance of a martinet
—the trained soldier, and nothing else.
General Polk, the famous Episcopal
bishop who was killed at Kennesaw, had
the finest face I ever saw.
Even as a boy j could not then under
stand his willingness to take up arms
and bear a. part in a warfare which
caused brothers and cousins to slay one
another.
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General Joseph E. Johnston was here
many times, and he never rode through
th,? streets without exciting the utmost
enthusiasm.
He looked as soldierly as Bragg, but
while reticent and modest, he was not
without a personal magnetism of a pecu
liar character.
The readers of this article remember
his recent portraits. When I saw him iie
resembled them. He was always on
horseback, looking neither to the right
nor to the left. Before and during the
siege he was here hundreds of timps,
but I never saw him In a hotel or a store,
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After the siege and capture of Vicks
burg. General Pemberton, who w?s in
command at that point, came through
Atlanta to report at headquarters in
Richmond. He wore the dress of a citi
zen. with a straw hat. and seemed to
feel that he was a very uflimportant
figure in our history.
Many of his paroled soldiers had pre
ceded him, and they paid him very little
respect. He had a flabby, uninteileetuai
face, and would not have struck any ob
server as a man of ability. After tiie fall 1
of Vicksburg I never heard of him.
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One summer day a confederate
general walked into McPherson's book
store, on Whitehall street, where I was
at that time a clerk.
lie was a line-looking man of perhaps
thirty-five or forty, with light brown
hair and a long bea.rd. lie had a flashy
uniform, and wore cavalry boots. The
first thing that struck me was his long
hair. It strayed down below his shoul
ders.
Without a bow or a word, he haughtily
strutted through the store, glanced at
the book shelves, and then pulled down a
large number of volumes.
When this was done he walked up to m=>
and inquired the price of the whole lot.
I looked over his proposed purchase,
and told him that the amount would
be $190. confederate money, at that time
about $30 in gold.
“I don't want them,” was his reply,
and, turning away abruptly, he walked
out.
His manner was so striking and his
conduct so peculiar that I asked an
other officer In the store if he knew him.
“Yes," he replied; “that is General T.
C. Hindman, of Arkansas."
The general was a man of genius, ut
terly fearless, but so extreme that when
in congress, before the war, he was as
much hated ’n the north as Wendell
Phillips was in the south.
.After Appomattox he would not sur
render. Rushing through Texas, he
crossed the Rio Grande, with the inten
tion of joining General Joe Shelby. There
wore many ruffians and desertei'3 ‘here
from both armies, and when they learn’.)
that Hindman was stopping at a little
tavern a gang was organized to attack
the place. They supposed that Hindman
carried a lot of confederate treasure with
him.
"What do you want?” asked Hindman.
The leader of the crowd was not back
ward. He spoke up at once.
“General Hindman,” he said, “we
know that you are here. We have heii-d
that you have some confederate gold
with you. Turn it over and you ar? safe ”
"Very well." replied th" general, “come
in and take It.”
The robbers waited a moment, anl
consulted. Then they dispersed.
A few years later General Hindman
uas assassinated at his home.
The most spectacular general ever in
Atlanta was Simon Bolivar Buckner.
This popular gentleman and soldier
after the surrender, might have taken
command :n the southwest, but at th"
critical times he failed.
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General Hot) never struck me. He was
brave and reckless. In front of Atlanta,
and from that time forward, no marshal
under Napoleon was a better soldier.
r saw him Imre when he lived neac m'°
and rode from my house to the battle
field of the 22d of July.
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But the man of all others, whose per
sonality would strike a war historian
was General Simon Bolivar Buckner of
Kentucky.
One day a gilded soldier walked into
my place of business. He introduced
himself, bought several copies of Har
dee's Tactics, and then excused himself.
After that, in Texas, when the causa
failed, he was elected to the command
of Maximilian’s army.
That was his opportunity, but he failed
to grasp it. He was not in any way equal
to the emergency.
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the most unmitigated—” He broke off.
"l in going ashore and he over with it.
Come along."
“i'U stand around oblivious at no lov
ers’ tryst. You shall go alone.”
And to this he stuck. So that the rest
is only hearsay, but strongly supported
by circumstantial evidence.
She was seated by the splashing foun
tain when he met her. She did not hear
his footsteps, but sat idly dabbling her
hand in the water, lost in reverie. A
school of little goldfish, gaping for ra
tions, swarmed to her finger tijis.
“Oh!” she cried, with a rueful smile,
seeing him before her.
“I’ve returned.” he said, awkwardly,
and lost the power of coherent thought.
"I see you have." She laughed con
fusedly and rose. “You—you had no trou
ble—'were in no danger?”
"Not in the least. 1” The unavoidable
grew startingly imminent. “Y'ou've been
safe, I trust.”
"ThanSs to your kindness—yes.” A
pause; then: “1—I don’t know how to
thank you, Mr. Dorrance.”
“Mr. Dorrance,” he repeated foolishly.
He rushed desperately in where both
had feared to treat?. “There is the
way—”
“I—I—of course, I—”
“I've no desire, you understand—that is
to say—”
“Oh. then we are agreed!" Her tone
was haughty as a princess’.
“But I didn't moan—” he floundered.
“You made your meaning plain, sir!”
“Since you feel that way about it—
He turned to go.
“Oh. one moment. I—T do not wish
that you should think me ungrateful. In
deed you are not. You have done me a
great service, and—”
“And the reward?”
“But I scarcely know you."
“I haven't claimed it.”
“I am sensible that I gave my word.”
“Blit your heart?"
She sighed. “My heart remains mine—” !
“I knew that.”
“To bestow—oh!”
She had been toying with her ring—a I
tiny affair studded with a single stone
Tt had slipned from her fingers and
splashed in the fountain. Dorrance was
instant to plunge his arm in to the elhow
She was no less quick. Their hands met'
He had the ring; he retained also the
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