Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-09
Dl CARY.
The Latest Novel by Memphis Lady.

A novel founded on fact and de-
picting life in Old Virginia, and the
usual dramatic features of Above story,
has recently been issued by the Apple
tons, and its author is NJ. Jacquiline
Thornton, of this city. 1t is a story
of 23O pages Of smoothly written mat
ter, and tells of the old wornout red
hills of Virginia, grown up with briars
and thickets, surrounded by decayed
fences and shabby, untidy looking
mansions as they appeared just after
the late war, when slaves were freed
and the social customs of earlier
days were undergoing fermentation
as it we're, previous to the great revo-
luton that has since followed. The
characters Of the work are true to
nature and many had actual existence
while the scenery Of the region Dor
dering along the Chesapeake bay, is {
well described as to be at once recog,
nized by old-timers who have resided
thereabouts. Several Of the persons
who figure in the book may be easily
identified and located, and they are
not imaginary characters "by a large
majority" 1t is one of the feature
of the work to depict the disposition
of many sons and daughters of ole
Virginia just after the war struggle, Il
tell of their embittered feelings at tht
changed order of things and to etthen
rail at the Industrious people from tn,
North who came down to turn thei
worn-out sedge grass sassafras ant
crazy fenced acres into rich Glove
pastures and profitable fruit orchards
The heroine herself starts out by ex
coriating the Yankees" and tbeI
winds up by marrying one. The styl'
in which household and othel
affairs we're managed in the halcycr
davs of Virginia's prosperity,-tb'
darkey housekeeper's chat, in the rea
darkey vernacular; the hospitality O.
the +. +. VS.; the trials and tribula
tions Of more serious periods; The
passions, pleasures, and pastimes O.
the various classes Of high and low
degree, are all related anC
described with refreshing zest, anC
in an entertaining manner
The work will well repay perusal
A daughter Of Old Virginia, reared
from child to womanhood in its pleas
ant territory, when all was bright an(
promising there, has read Di Cary anC
she writesa notice on the subject from
which the following is an extract
"The rain was pouring in torrents as
sat with delightful Di Gary in m!
hand SO engrossed with its style o.
truth and strength that all else passed
into oblivion, and | was in "0ld Yir
gima' ia her palmiest days of glcry
showing and feeling the beauty of hel
descriptions with heart full of love
! Al Of the characters are true to life
Tho relations between master anC
slave in the golden days of old ar,
quickly understood and appreciated b,
any and all who have known Of then
IN the better days long gone, anC
the truest friendship still exists be
tween them even now. 1t was the.
who raised the old State up to a higl
condition Of culture covering all he
borders with rich vegetation and FIJI
ing her barns with golden grain, an
together eyafterwards redeemed tn
lands laid waste by the ruthles
invader. They afterwards affiliate
with, and in many instances learned t
love. honor and obey the laws of thos
whose heavy hand had been laid upo
them with so much severity. Th
authoress has protrayed the old an
the new life Of the aristocratic ol
a, State with the master hand of a tru
T artist, and | would therefore recon
! mend her story of Di Cary to all q