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ETOwAH, A ROMANCE OF THE CONFED-
ERACY-Franci, FOntaine, Author and Pub
Usher, Atlanta, Ga.

Usher, Atlanta, Ga.
, Advance sheets of this work were ser
out about three months ago to many
the newspapers of the country, an
: ELECTED from them most favorable crit
+. clsms. These opinions are sustained b
the book as whole, and there can be Iii
tie doubt that the author has won for it
permanent place in many libraries. Pal
i tiCu,6rly must this be true In the south
! where the great struggle took place, tn
scars OF which are scarce oblitersted, ant
in homes where yet may be found man
who were active participants. Some Wit
brsVely fought and sacrificed all in
cause they believed to be right are nov
homeless wanderers, with no generou:
COVER nment to provide for their helples!
old age, and it devolVes upon the south
ern people to see to it that these brave
defenders of southern freedom be moi
left to the cold charity of an outside
world that neither understands nor ap
- eLlates the motives which sctuated the
men of 1861, Of whom Lee, Johnston and
Jackson were opponents. Actuated by a
desire to assist in building a Confederate
veterans home, Mr.. Fontaine has pub
lished this book with the intention Of de-
voting half the proceeds Of it's
sale to this purpose, and the
| price OF the book is small
contribution to so noble q charity. 1t Is
| due to the dignity OF the south that soma
provision be made by her for her own
soldiers, 8 recognition on her part of the
| gallant Efforts made by them In her be-
half.
| Although termed romance, from it's
| pages may be gathered much real history,
and the author has shown great careful
ness in eubstantiating his statements,
many verbatim extracts being given from
well authenticated writers. Embracing
period Of the nations history TepIete
with strange viciseitudes, many of the
vexed questions originating in the war
are fairly presented, and II there be q
criticism to make it is that Mr.. Fontaine
has within too small compass crowded
SO great o variety of topics.
The slender thread of love runs through
it all, and the union Of the blue and the
gray that grew out Of the yankee csp-
tain's sc journ in a southern home exem-
plifes the sure way that the younger
generation will find to render the tie be-
tween the two sections forever indis-
soluble. The isolation and jealousy of
the south, created by it's peculiar institu-
tion, have passed sway with the abolition
Of slavery, and there can be no reason
why the sections Of a great country, inter-
dependent as they naturally are, should
not lay aside ell former animosities, and
unitedly strive to advance the material
Snd political interests of the whole coun-
try, and in the words of the author realize
that "The kinship Of humanity enno5les
humanity and is as broad as the seas and
as deep as the earth"
Ia erpetuatlng the memories of the
great war, Mr. Fontsine has done well in
rescuing from obscu-ity the one poem OF
the war, GAN Quiet Along the Potomac !
To- might" and many hearts will be STIR
red as its familiar words call to mind ten
der scenes of the long ago, when some of
the veterans Of to-day fingered in south
ern homes listening to fresh young girlish |
voices and went out on duty, some, it may
be the more fortunate, to she'd their life |
blood and then be Of duty forever, while |
these, the survivors, are fighting yet an |
unt quail contest with life, in poverty and |
Gecrepitude.
It is to be hoped this book will meet g |
ready sale and that the purpose of it's |
publication may be speedily effected. It
is sold By subscription only. /
THE FoRUM-Lor, titus s. MetcaH,; editor
Office OF Publication, 81 Fifth Avenue, New |
York.
The February number closes the fourth |
volume Of the Forum. A glance ct the in
dex on the last pages shows the faithful |
work done By lis editor In securing such |
contributors to this journal.
"Books Thst Have Helped Me" have
not only been read eagerly, but have
other journals to secure
similar autobiographic sketches, thus
helping by man tue study of msnkind.
A series Of articles OF general interest
are now being published regarding what
should be taught in our public schools, "a
question of vital importance to every
citizen of this republic. Professor W. t
Hsrris is emlnently competent for the
work selected, and his opinion on the
question Of manual training deserves the
careful study OF those who would pro-
mote the best education Of the masses.
"The Torrid Zone of Our Politics." by
Murat Halstead, is supplementary to a
previous paper OF his, "The Nuliifers Of
The Constitution" The people of the
south are frequently told by Republican
orators that all sectional feeling is at an |
end, but the efforts made by Mr.. Hal
stead and Republicans OF his stamp
20 revive dead issues and array
lot only section against section but race
against race, and to stir up bitter auimos-
ties when they are rapidly dying cut J
gives the lie to sll such assertions II is
10 part Of the duty Of 8 book reviewer to
become party in political difference,
)ut it becomes the duty of sll lovers of
ustice and fairness to disclsim against
ne statements msde In this article and {
% deprecate the spirit that prompts them.
DR. Austin Flint contributes paper oh
the Mechanism of the Sin ing Voice"
{ seems rather an ungracious set to tear
he heart of the rose that We may have 6 {
botanical knowledge of the secret Of is
perfumes, or to dissect the throat OF q {
nightingale that we may know anatomic-
lily the origin of it's sweet music, and Yet /
IS the doctor deems q knowledge of The L
hrost mechanism essential to both pupil
nd teacher in the study of vocalisrp, lie t
las done well in giving to them SO clesr
nd instructive lesson on this subject. I
The fourth paper of this number will '
lot fail to attract readers, firstly, because c
John Tyndall wrote it, name e
hat always carries weight, and secondly, e
ecause of the subject, "The Sky" VINO
oes not love its shifting panoramic beau d
les? or who has more scientific inspira- q
ion than this author to tell the common l
eople of its wonders?
BIZ AMERICAN AAGAZINE-February. The