The herald., 1894-05-27

BY L. BEHYMER.
RECoLLEcTIoNs OF 4 vIRGINIAN, in the
psnMnY 'f HrsNp oNu MAun Ya'', ex ~
state. minister TO Colombia. Clo,A edi ion,
12.mo., $3.50 Published by Charles Scr b.
ners Sons, New YORK. For sale by the 5toll
Thayer company.
A charm that is as keenly felt as 1t ia
difficult to describe pervades the pages
of Recolections OF Vrginisn, in which
Gen. Dabnev II. Maury gives the MARIA
tive of his active and eventful life. After
reading the proofs of the book, Thomas
Nelson Page, friend Of the author OF
many years, wrote: "Geniality, heart
mess, simplicity, humor, natural sweet
aess, nobility OF purpose and high
hearted, old-fashioned gentiIity shine
from every page" The secret OF the
charm OF the book lies in the presence
throughout it of these qualities. They
give it character of it's own, and set 1t
apart from all autobiographies that have
appeared in recent years.
General Maury's varied career gave
him the mate ials for an unusual story.
He was born in Fredericksburg. Va, in
1922, and was the son OF Capt. John
Minor Maury OF the navy. He was edu-
Gated fret at the university OF Virginia,
then at West Point, where he WAS grad
uated in 1916. He entered the mounted
rifles, went to Mexico under Taylor, and
was severely wounded at Cerro Gordo.
After having served some time as as
sistant professor at West Point, he re-
Joined his regiment on the Rio Grande.
and later served on the plains OF the
southw est against the Indians. On the
outbreak of the civil war he resigned
from the United States army aud was
appointed colonel in the confederate
army. His service during the war was
principally in the southwest and in
Mobile. where he was in command OF
the department OF the gulf, and re-
suited in his promotion to the rank OF
major general. Alter the war he en-
gagged in various business ventures.
and in 1887 was appointed minister OF
the Unied States to Colombia. In the
course of his life General Maury was
ON intimates terms with N any men who
attained distinction-Grant, Mcclellan,
Thomas. Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E.
Lee, Forrest and many others-ot all of
whom he has some capital anecdotes to
tell. In addition to the fact that this
book is mine of entertainments, it has
q serious and permanent value as pic
tu-e OF the men and times OF the writer.
painted with frankness that is its most
marked characteristic. A portrait OF
the author is frontispiecs. An excel
lent description of the city ct Bogota is
relations betwseia devoted to tbb.atses of
Colombia and the United States of
America.
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THE LORDS OF MIsRULE. by WILLIAM c.
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In The Lords OF Msrule the narrator.
Howard Brayton, possessed of twin
spirit, one OF which tenants the body,
visits the world in his extra, and guided
by other spirits revisits earth and makes
record OF what lie and q prophecy of
what is to come. He describes the fall!
OF the present age of mammon, the rise
and fall OF the social republic followed
by the abyss of anarchy and the final
restoration of the American republic on
the foundation OF it's present constitu-
ton.
This wild mixture of gods and men is
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hashheesh or some other Authorization
producing drug, such a weird and fan
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some very good things in it. 1t lie il
Illustrated and an appendix gi yes the at
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and locations mentioned IN the book.