Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-08
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LILLIAN RoZELL MESSENGER is a
name we'll known not only in Memphis, but
in the south. Her verses long since made her
known, and in many households as that of
one as dear as good friend who carried only
messages of love and consolation, of cheer, OF
hopefulness, and affectiOnate sympathy. She
began to versify early in life, because, as she
SAYS in the modest preface of her book now
before US, that her thoughts took on the garb
of poesy at their own sweet VIII, " struggled
forth to light at their own wayward vii, quite
as the mountain streams of her wild southern
home" "Poetry," " she says, too, " has been to
her, and is, a loves labor, Investing existence
with a meaning else unknown, and has
wrea'hed in light a horizon that otherwise
would have merged into a silent, starleSs
sea-" She could not otherwise than submit
to the spirit promptings, and so she wrote as
girl first, and on through the years of maiden
hood, fancy-free, and with the maturer judgs
ment and experience Of the wife and mother,
When an eleDe lof the Forest Hill seminary
she attracted no little share of public atten-
ton, receiving the meTited approval Of distin-
guished gentlemen like Hon. Jere Clemens,
Senator SOlon Boreland, Colonel Jesse II. Me-
Mahon, Colonel John r. McClanahan, all now
deceased, and many of The yet-living. leading
editors OF the south. Under the stimulus Of
this approval she continued to write, always
manitesting the possession of unusual gifts OF
appreciation not merely of nature and the
moods of men and women, but a genius
strongly tinctured with dramatic force and
feryor, that Is well illustrated in her 81 Char
lotte OOrday." She wrote for the 4AUdldnehe,
then conducted by Colonel Galloway,
who was always one of her warmesJ
friends, and for the APPEAL, and the Bulletin,
and for the North Ald6d1HSdn, published and
edited by her husband. She also contributed
to other papers in the south, among them
those Of New Orleans, where her talents were
much admired. Mrs. Mes ;enger Is now a citi-
zen of Arkansas, but she is claimed by all the
States OF the south, whose gallantTy and
beauty she has SO richly enshTlned IN her
songs. She is a lady of whom all our people
are reasonably proud, a lady-whose gifts are
many, and whose graces of person and con-
s 80 = ~ h,,Iht @ - 6oocI, ~ icS
reward in the praises of cultured, intelligent,
elegant men aud women. We have no room
70 the now readers of the APPEAL of the
charm with which Mrs. Messenger has invest
ed all her writings, the charm with which
she makes even d" an old wharf" glow in the
might Ill a column with quotations that
would beSpeak her praises better than any
words Of ours, and we may some day as some
adequate measure of the deservings of one
of the best and sweetest singers of the South.
Meanwhile, We hope our people generally
willforestall US, and each possess him or her
self Of a copy of the TRreads Of
Fate, sold only by subscription under the per-
sonal supervision of the euthoresss who is at
kinsman Colonel Rozel, formerly of South
Carolina. Handsomely bound, and well
printed trom clear, well-cut type, on toned
paper, Mrs. Messengers poems are presented
In as attractive dress as the printers art could
devise, a dress worthy OF poems that
are full of the subtle and beau
uful Influence of good, womanly
heart, redolent of all that is tender and true,
enItvened by a fancy that glows in every line
and spoken in tones gentle and sweet, in-
spring good thoughts and leaving an impress
sion OF refinement In the writer, and that she
Is one who sees all things with the intuiIiOns
OF the born poet These Threads 1f Fate
should ind a place In every household in
Memphis as memento OF one whose name
should always be with us as a household
word.
The GUIDE-BoARD TO HEALTH. We
have received from the publishers, D. ls. Fisk
d Co, Springfield, Massachusetts,, The Guide
Boa, % Health, by W. w. Hail, MD, OF New
York city. This work contains nearly eight
hun red pages of reading matter, embracing
the clear discussion OF everything pertaining
has, in this book, given TO the public a work
that will prove Of lasting benefit, and secure
greater results than usually attend the labors
OF most men upon such subjects as are treated
OF by him, He will be remembered by our
readers as the learned and scientific editor of
that popular and widely circulated publica-
tion, the Journal Of Health. His style 10 plain,
simple aud most fascinating. He discards the
use of techntcalities, and displays fun meas
ure of philosophy, science and common sense,
combining medical and moral advice. One
aim OF the author is 10 show how health may
be preserved and disease cured by the proper
adaptation OF food and exercise, in guam
the syatem, rather than rendering the
stomach drug shop. While explain
| ing how the use OF much medicine
prove of medicine, but tnyeighs against its
fndiseriminate use, especially when prsscrib-
ed bv a person ignorant of the remedy to be
appiied and thecondition of the system re-
ceiying it. Many, and We might add count
less, are the subjects be discusses, all, how
ever looking TO the improvement Of the hu-
1 man system, and the elevation of the moral
nature The Gufdee0drd 10 Health, We eon-
+ slider among the best productions OF It's class
While we find In IL much that Is new, and
perhaps divergent from common theory, and
/ belief, still, from critical perusal OF IL, we
I fail to discover how other than great
/ and good results can ensue from an epserv,
/ anee of the authors advice and praclAee oil
not only to one class but 10 every
man, woman, and child able 70 read now
ever ignorant, good or bad. Professio onal men
who have received DR.. Halls advice and
treatment, will hail with delight his further
I counselings, which are the utterances OF an
J accomplished scholar and christian gentle
man, whose life for more than forty years IL
an illustration of much that he would instil
| into the mind and hearts of his readers. The
! farmer and mechanic will find in this volume
methods OF applying 10 practice the theories