Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-03-10

lHL {. or incidents ana NudrdC-
tiers from Life, in the Baltimore Conference.
By Miriam Fletcher, with an Introduction BY
Rev. W p Strickland, D. D. New York
Derby & Jackson.
The scenes Of " The Methodist is laid mostly
IN Virginia, with an occasional change to Bal
timors, and the characters are such az NAV Be
expected in those localities. The hero, Harry
Bradford- young, ardent Methodist preach
er-is brought up IN the house Of his grand
father, one Of the real old Virginia gentlemen,
sTist0crstie and hospitsble. and We are fire.
quently charmed with the authors accurate
pictures Of plantation life. The negroes are
faithful, ahsotionats, genuine darkiss Of the
true Virginia stamp.
When young Bradford arrives at manhood
e the blood Of an the HoEards,r particularly
that portion Of il that lows through the veins
Of Aunt Rodney, he jealous guardian of the
family honors, rs outraged at his resolution to
Be a Methodist preacher circuit ndsr-fc-
EPiscoPaey Is . part Of the birhright Of yh-
gina But he perseveres in his determination,
and gives himself to bis chosen profession with
entire sef-eonsscrstion. Methodism, with its
many and striking Pecuiaritiss, as well as It's
acknoUisdged power az an aggressive mission
airy agent, has become a part Of our national
histay. Is it not well that it should be more
windy brought before the general reader 4?
Here Methodist ways and ussges that are fast
fading away are perPetuated in a series Of
scenes drawn froE life. Clsss-meeting, love
feast, watch-night, camp-msetiBg, circuit-life,
conference, all in vivid touches succeed each
other on the canvas; and Methodists Of the
olden time, as they turn leaf after leaf, will
say: " This Is all true Some are still living
that can occasionally add. Para pars fui,
for there is scarcely a page amid these peculiar
sketches on which some incident, som trait, is
not from actual experience. The description
Of a Baltimore camp-meeting, as il used to be,
is beautiful, and as true as il is beautiful. That
annual soiourn in the tented grove lie a wonder
ful outbuTst Of romance in a people generally
protesting against such follies. Then con
ference, with lis deep emotion, and Wesley
Chapel, and old Light street, names dear to
Methodists, an highten the interest Of the book.
Speaking Of this work, the Home CirdIe Nag
azine Of the Southern Methodist Publishing
House, Nashville, SAYS:
Il is a true transcribed Methodist life, in an
its phases, written in a pure spirit, with great
grace and beauty There Is scarcely a scene
in the life Of an i~tinerant that is not here graph
ically sketched. Every feature in the policy
Of the connection is illustrated To the true
Methodist, who sees the peculiar traits Of his
sect gradually disappearing with the innova-
tons Of the present time, it viii be invaluable,
as furnishing a vivid picture Of the past; while
the interest Of the story alone viii commend il
to the general reader and all must admire the
tone aud spirit Of its conception and execution
The work is published in two handsome vol
umes, BY Derby & Jackson, New York, and is
for sale by W. B. Strange s Co. under Odd
Fellows Hail, who also have exclusively for
sale, Hewsons Engineering or Treaties on levy
ing the Mississippi, which has been reviewed
in these columns.