The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-10

Moscz aND E1s lien A Record of the Adventures O.
that renowned Partisan Ranger, John s. Mosby (Colo
man, Richards, Montoy, Turner, Russell. Giasscock
or ena e mep qpdeS II nth them Marshall Crawford
Charleston !: John Russell. 49,
This is essentially Virginia book. Tho heroes
whose exploits are here celebrated, are nearly all
Nirg{nians and their sphere Of action was almost
exclusively confined to few counties on the South
ern slope of the Blue Ridge, in Virginia. There
are ikenessesi in the book of ell the more distin-
guished officers and scouts connected with MosBx's
commsnd; but we do not think the work will have
much of a circulation beyond the borders Of the
Old Dominion, ;l g5
BY Cornelius E Hunt, Zone Of her ofacers) New York
G. W. Carleton Go. Charleston :John RUSSELL
Instead of reading this book, and writing re-
view, we prefer to copy notice of it. from the last
number OF the Round Table, which we have no
reason to consider other than:iust
The ageis rich in puerile books, and the public
has grown very lenient, but this is even below the
poorest endurable standard Of weakness and foIly.
mere transcript OF the log of the Shenandoah
GUS vanity Of an attempt Ike M. Hunts are fit
for TO nothing but the paper makers. There has go.
70 be so Preposterous deluge of sketches and
personal travels ssreminiscences . and the like
and readers have accepted them so tolerantly that
~ oAy 5oo!AS W w IorBoIten tnat, DefOro rushing
INTO print, there is some propriety in learning how
to write English. a sailor may be pardo ned,
perhaps, for not being a literary purist and we
might forgive occasional inelegancos if they were
redeemed by vigorous style and interesting Incl
dent But the latter essentials are precisely those
IN which Mr. Hunts book is !, conspicuously
deficient: The few striking passages which
befeu the Soaking, ALIAS : the Shenandoah.
the author, with uniform address, contrives to make
dun and commonplace in the narration; while the
staple OF the cruise, devoted as it chiefly was to
destroying blubbery, but otherwise inoffensive,
old whalers, can only be read with mixture OF
ea1a1sa and indignation which is anything but agree
able: The attacks, too, upon Captain Waddell,
whether justified by facts OF not, have a sinister
look, for we do not lke:to find man assailing his
superior officer, whatever the cause; when the lat
tr Is placed by circumstances in defenceless DO
sltlo9, , and the hearing Of his case is thus rem
dered an altogether. e1 pds,.e one. The book is
SUBSTANTIALLY trivial, .school-boyish, and, worse
than all for this kind of book, Surprisingly dUll:
and the dash Of malevolence which, like the sting
OF Martlaps eplgrams, winds up the tale leaves an
impression as unfavorable to the authors cener-
osity as the impression previously made is unea
vorable to hls taste, culture, and literary capacity
Trash OF this;eort, whether by Ncrthernefs
or Southerners has been dealt With far too light
", and it is high time little truth were spoken OF
it, only to warn apnblish to be ehary Of the
credit OF rmprint and to have some little re-
spect for the patience, well as the intelligence
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