The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-01-04
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Northern criticism 81 Southern iltetstats
s. thc verdict Of an intelieetqA aesee.1s
from which there Was 30 appeal ~.
"a thar we delighted to Be rellekeu "a 49,
responsibility of thinking i9r o1Ississ -
With listless feeling q indifference
opened The White Rose Of Alemphis, 49,
ten By Colonel w. g. Fauikef, oatwesoi5 :
gem 81 Northern Artistic nnish' ons - ~.
heart of hearts we we're wailng ous
ssanother failure LAYING aside all sec
tfonal pride we sat down q the perusai 81
This hook with an earnest determination 20
find out what this new authors gallant
gentlemen, whom we personally know anu
greatly admire-had done @ iii Up
the broken and trampled laurels q the
South. AS we read on our listlessness van
ished--our indifference frightened INTO
active and absorbing interest. win
thrill of pridei we felt that there was
brave. strong hand at work amidst the
trampled laurels of our bright land, lifting
them sunward aud heavenward The START
ing of The White Rose is a sprighuy and
vivid picture Of a scene familiar 70 all who
have lived on the banks Of the majestic
Mississippi The idea 81 masked crew Is
unique, admitting the possibility Of love
add pleasure, hatred and tragedy, which
follow in rapid succession, leaving the
reader no alternative but 70 read on and on
to the perfect end. We know Of nothing ia
modern literature more beautiful than the
tramp life OF three heroic and innocent
children. II is an idyl, sweet and pathetic
as any poeteye sung. We can hardly define
its mystic influence on our heart. Neither
can we tell why some sudden breath of per-
fume carries US back 70 childhood--tO the
roses our mother planted at the cottage
door, then to the bending skies beyond,
where she and perhaps the roses, too, are
waiting for as still. We only know that
its influence is sweet and tender and very
beautiful. The incidents OF the story,
though unusual and startling, are intro
duced with such an artistic hand as to APP
pear natural and inevitable. Critics are
generally great sticklers for nature aud pos
sibilities. A writer with his nervous organ
izations throbbing with excitement, his
brilliant fancy plumed for upward fight,
must stick to facts aud nature. We only
say God bless the brain-divinity that can
make the ideal glorious reality, even for
moment No high, heroic lite, though only
pictured on the pages Of fiction, was ever
wholly lost to humanity. We may miss
them in our daily walks, but in those quiet
hours that would Otherwise be a CHASTITY
solitude they throng about US like a glori-
fed presence. And 50 we thank heaven for
the fction-writers, the poets, the artists, and
the sweet day-dreamers who tell as Of their
splendid visions. They never dig canals. or
build railroads, or span the ocean with ca
bic, bat they keep us from iainling and
dying in the clash and roar Of the busy,
practical world We wish every map, wo-
man and child throughout the land would
read The White Rose Of Meaphis. 1t is a
beautiful story, charmingly told, and hall
lowed with an atmosphere Of purity and
sweetness. 1t is a delightful tribute to wo-
man, glowing throughout with the spirit of
true chivalry Even the ffailties and sins
are touched with manly tenderness, as a
gentle evergreen touches a CHASTITY wound,
not to make il bleed afresh, but only to
purify and heal it. We tender our per-
sonal thanks to the author. We tender the
book itouRyeyy one who loves the beautiful
SALLIE ADA MALONE.
Col~1. j, Mississippi.