The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-06
TIE JANUARY MAGAZINEs.


TIE JANUiRP M1GAZINES.
Chief among the interesting contributions
10 BcforFs Mlgdsiae for January Is a story
called 'The Lions Share through which
as writer OF fiction, Mrs. Clark Waring. a
south Carolina lady. makes her first bow to
the public. The war between the North and
the South, besides freeing the negroes, did
another good-perhaps bettcr-thing. II
emancipatcd the southern women, dcvcl-
opcd and stimulated their intellectual re
sources so that many have attained to an
honorable place among the women writers
u the country. No better fact can be de.
duccd to prove, a. between the Southern
women and the negro before the war. which
Of the two was tlIo most enslaycd. In this
her ilcdgling effort at romance writing
Mrs. Warng has succeeded remarkably
well. With but little plot. the construc
ton OF the story Is good, aud the purpose
a healthy one. The characters are well de
fined, the dialogues for the most part easy,
the illitcratc I'm lish Of Farmer Crcecy, the
heroine, ignorant though kind hearted
father, being particularly natural aud true.
Occasional flashes Of color brighten certain
scenes, rendering them quite picturesque.
There are touches OF pathos also. with homely
truths Ia which the writer shows contempt
for shams The chief fault Of Mrs Warnings
style is a proncnc~s Ia the lnborel and pc
dantlc In expression or IN the choice Of
words. both In her 6wn comments and In
certain COMBINATIONS between the characters.
L.. 4 IA l.. -.
much easier To white down and tame
ones fcryor than it Is to turn on the
pressure N there Is no natural gas or
steam to furnish H. Having written
q great deal already for the local press, Mrs.
waring will lind such experience OF great
all now that she has IA ncd her literary
course in another direction. This lady Is
the sister OF Dr. Black. our city hospital
physician, a fact not without interest 10
Memphis people. "Andy's Gin" a charm
ing sketch Ia the same magazine, Is by r. D.
G. Dcl.ron. alsoa Southerncr. and one Of the
most brilliant writer's connected with the
Mobile press Besides having earned quite
reputation rs q playwright Mr.. DcLcon
acquired additional reputation not long arr
by his Rock and Rye keen AMI witty
satire on Amclie Riyess The Quick or the
Dead"
The Romance OF Dollari," n serial run
ming through the Co,hpy. continues to sus.
tain the excellence of it, previous chapters
Founded on facts Il Is both entertaining
aud Instructive, refreshing the average read
err half forgotten knowledge Of an episode
l.. A.
early settlement Of Canada. PAGAN Ire.
land, paper showing great research. and
most important, perhaps u all the contrihu
lions In the ourrcnt number OF tho Century.
forms most fitting supplement to the one
IN Manufacturing Industry IN Ireland"
which appeared In Hdpc Of this month"; both
efforts being exceedingly fine and timely. We
ne iowibly reminded oi tho marvellous leg
end ~ tbs lot Atlantis while reading Mr. ~
Kay's cholary pages, aud We wondered why
be- hcsiiaics 10 adopt Mr. Ivnatlus Donncliy's
theory A. the most plausible one yet al
yanccd as 10 the mystery surrounding the
origin Of the iirst settlers Of lruland. In re-
rarl 10 the round towcrs' Mr. DO Kay
iilcu In some respects from the ideas and
opinions entertained by other writers. H.
.nys the Mortimer cnussi the dcmind.
for these towcrs) hcaihcnism supplied the
pattern, and byzantine craftsmen. driven
from the East by the blgotry of tho image.
breaking conqucrors Supplied the science to
rear towers more durable. uscful simple,
yet stately than anything ireland hal seen
before or has seen since" Sir John l.ibbock
saws They have been supposed by slme
To he scandinavian, hui no similar building
exist Ia Norway. Sweden " Denmark. 80
that this style Of architecture T. no doubt
anterior a. the arrival II the Mortimer"
Mr. lgnaiius ponnclly conflicts with DR.. ret.
RE aud others Ia the superstition that these
extraordinary structures arr ~ modern orr.
Gin" aud siys that 1T h shown that the
Annals OF Ulster mrniion the destruction
Of lfy oi them by an earthquake ~
4 n. as, aud Girallus Camhrcnsi, show.
that Tough Ncagh wa, created by an inun.
dnton or sinking of tlic land In A D. -, and
that la his day the fisherman could
$50 the rrund inwep Of other days
IN the waves bcncaih thcm shinlng"
Moreover" Mr. Donnclly ndds I'VE End
Dioinrus slculus, ina well known pisag,.
NNNffNlNiN# ~ NNNA Af~IN NNAAf " ~ an
island la the ocean, over against 0nul Ia the
North. aud notinicrior In sise 10 Sicily tho
soii 81. which 50 fruitful that they NOV
there twice In the year" H. mentions the
skill Of the harpcrN their 'a,rcd groves aud
their singular icmplcs Of rounded form That
these round towers .werc of pagan origin aud
Tor pagan worship, both Mr.. Dc Kay aud Mr.
Donnclly assert though the former Il les
decided aud more speculative than the latter
IN his positive statements IN rcrnrl 90 these
curious structures which, undoubtedly. hal
another meaning besides sun worship Their
conclusions respecting the original colonies
| Of Ireland are not the same either. At
least II Mr.. DcKay enicftains the theory that
Ireland was settled by The Atlaniians ~ Mr..
Donnelly, supported by authentic records,
believes, he reserves any such expression OF
n In tho present. paper which ho concludes
by saylng that "a fuller statement of the
customs. myths anil legends which point %
] a vanished ruranisu race la INLAND must