Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-11-23
Anothcr Book 6y Judge TourOee.
In this Preface to GA ROyaI Gentle

another B00H 0y Judge T'0HrOee.
In this Preface to GA Royal Gentle
man." which is to be sold by subscription,
the author says: The trouble is that
the Northern man has made up South
tor himself, and without the least hesits-
ton, criticises any departure from the or
iginal of his own imagination as untrue
to life. After [ went South, the contrast
between these promotions and what | saw
of the life around me, impressed me keen
~, and soon became subject of engross-
ing interest.
II saw, or thought | saw that the con-
scious evils of slavery-the cruel lash,
the impossible task, and whatever Of OPP
portunity for malice the system gave rise
to--had been disproportionately dwelt
upon by the anti-slavery writer's Of the
North At the same time, the unconaci
Gus evils of the system-those which
warped the brain and heart of the
master as we'll as dwarfed the soul of the
slave-had been allowed to drop out Of
sight I noticed, too, that these uncon-
scious evils were the very ones which had
left their marks upon character, and that
every one who had been submitted to
their influences was more or less Scared
by them-especially the master race; and
that these influences were q part Of slav-
cry which could not be abolished.
This book was written because its Incl
dents, in effect had passed before my eyes
with such vividness that [ could not but
write; it is picture Of facts. Farther,
it does not go nor lead
ga FOOLS Errand and The Invisible
Empire depicts the experience of a
| Northern Settler in the Southern States
during the period Of Reconstruction.
'FBricks without Straw pictures the con-
ditions and difficulties under which the
Freedman is trying to struggle up from
darkness into light. And now ga Royal
Gentleman portrays, in novel and
graphic manner, five characteristic ele-
ments, never before so clearly analysed
| and treated, namely-The Southern View
of the Rebellion; the Autocratic Slave
holder, standing at the top Of the social
scale; the Poor White, when lying at the
bottom, but now fast climbing to the
higher levels; the typical Young South
erner before, during, and .since the war,
together with his relations-personal, So
cial, and legal-with the typical Slave
Girl Of beauty, intelligence, and subse-
quent refinement, whose charms and viz
tues are alike tainted by the faint and
indistinguishable trace of slave blood in
her veins. 1t is picturesque, vivid, and
passionate story, and there is that in it
which will attract the most cultivated
and fastidious.
1t is said that Judge Tourgee's books
reached, within year, the enormous sale
of 100000 copies, the most rapid sale in
the history of book publishing. His host
Of readers will, We predict, find "a Royal
Gentleman" the most powerful and en-
tertaining Of the series. And those who
have not yet had the pleasure Of reading
Judge Tourgees remarkable books will
do we'll to commence with ga Royal Gen
tleman," historically the beginning of the
series The book is brilliantly illustrated.
Price $500 Where there is no agent
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