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sni ~ inf,delity, spiritualIsm. and hypno-
t,sm. Moreover, one Of the main points
An bis Mot IL n slur upon the town au-
thoritiee OF Meriden. who ought 70 nave
/. hcen more liberal and more under tne
,nemenee OF enlightened New England
ideas. Indeed, they were near enough "
| "the Hub" to have caught more o. ,s
rational spirit. They wished to put :"
To- insane asylum n distressed wo" a. :
brother before there were any signs OF de-
| comnosifion. He was actually revived ny
THE novel purports to have been writ
Ton nv n Mfr. George Wilson. lawyer
and successful real-estate man OF tne
Hub" itself, and he ought at least 70
have observed the ordinary rules OF gram
mar. He says. Joe. or myseh: are
under" etc. he speaks Of sisters IN
beriting" from the will OF her brotnet.
He SAYS, promised TO help Joe and ;
and this blunder is repeated several
times. He says. who / met on my way,
and this Is not the only instance OF ths
error. He uses the now too common 'ui-
I car,sm of most" for almost" ana IN
| dulges In that useless expletive. tie beein
| with" He says, "when person dles
| and their body" etc. also. what the
| nature OF dreams are; also. i am the
superior to-thou way" On page l'S iohs
| sentence Is entirely out or JOINT gram
matically. On page zoo is passage whlcn
| defies our efforts to construe it. Nor are
| these blemishes all. Neither are the typo
| graphical errors creditable TO the pre'eh-
| tious Arena company.
4 Mr.. George Wilson marries the same
woman twice: first, as matter OF Dus'-
ness, only cIviliter. without the privileges
| OF a husband. and with the asreehen'
| 10 be divorced. But he falls In love with
her, and wants her for his real WIFE. iet.
| he makes himself out the biggest fool mat
| ever was in love. and when she aiiuues
| 10 divorce, instead OF pressing MS sur
and ascertaning her feelings towards
him. he takes her literally, and has the
most rapid attack OF brain-fever and de-
| lirium that ever afflicted any human
being. She nurses him through H. and DIS
| closes her affection for him. Then they
are married again by an Episcopal NM
| lister, that the tie may he forever IN
| dissoluble, which Is absurd In view OF
| the loose and unchristian creed which
| they avow TO each other. Mr.. George VIII
| son admits that he lied and cheated.
He ought to have been ashamed OF not
setting a better example to the poor ana
| misguided Christian.
SOUTHERN LITERATURE. FROM l5is
to 1895 a Comprehensive Review, win
Cop,ous Extracts and Criticisms. For
the Use OF Schools and the General
Reader. Containing An Appendix with
a Full List of Southern Authors. By
Louise Manly. Illustrated Richmond: -.
F.. johnson Publishing Company. Oh
pages.
The scheme Of this book is admirable.
and its contents represent hard and sys-
tematic work on the part OF the author.
The selections are in the main judicious,
evidence discrimination and literary
taste, and embrace much material that Is
not easily accessible. Virginia literature
is divided into four periods. as follows:
First period. 1579-l7j0; second period,
17Jo-lsOo; third period, 1sc9-lsJo; fourth
period, 1Sj0-lSg5. In each OF these We
have extracts from the writings OF repre-
sentative authors Of the period, ana foi-
lowing the general grouping Is series
of questions on the text, designed TOT the
use Of teachers. The list of southern
authors presented is a prolific showing
that will prove a gratifying revelation to
many persons. The volume Is valuable
both in itself and as n basis upon which
to construct a more comprehensive work.
This, it Is hoped. the author will under
take.
JACK O'DOON A Novel. BY Maria
Beale Henry Holt a. Co.. New York.
1894. Pages. III.
In this neat and handy duodecimo. with
It's gided top, Maria Beale whether Miss
or Mistress we know noO has gained for
herself high credit She halls from Ar
den. n. c.. and has given us tale more
pathetic than that Of Enoch Arden.
We commend 1t particularly to our
Richmond readers. because its scenes are
in part laid here. One of its main actors
is a young societyman of this city-an
artist with foreign culture, toast with
the fair, and generally popular, but tickle,
luxurious, and extravagant.
His vacillating affections and attentions
are fixed at last by rare creature for
her environment-the daughter of a rough
and uncultured, but generous skipper,
who has large mansion on the stormy
coast OF North Carolina. He has wealth.
and has himself given up the sea, but
owns ships and employs seamen. lie en-
cages Algernon Abercrombie 10 paint the
portrait Of his idoliZed and motherless
child, Mercy Blessington, and the artist
gets into the sanctum Of her heart,
where Jack O'Doon ought to have been.
but was not. for all her admiration OF
She evokes and strengthens all the bet
ter elements within Algie. Like benefits
she had also conferred upon Jack, who
learned TO love her with an intense devo-
ton She. too. had received some help
from him. He was shipwrecked, and by
his heroic conduct as mate saved himself
and all his crew. On his return home
Mercy receives him with sisterly rapture.
and asks her father TO promote him.
He Is made captain OF a fine, new brig.
fitted out at our Rockets.
When he avows his ardent love for
Mercy she cannot return 1t, and he tells
her: Il could even give up my life TO
save the life of another man, IL / be-
lieved that you loved him." And this he
did.
Our "Women's Club might literally
patronize this excellent work. because 1t
is by one of their sex and Is southern.
Its pages would furnish some good read
ings for their literary gatherings. They
would find the seafaring vernacular OF
Skipper Blessngton. the ODoons. and
old, grumblng Granny Gooch good sub
stitute for that of Sambo.
THE SONS OF HAM. A Tale OF the
New South. BY Louis Pendleton. Author
of "In the Grass" Etc. Etc. Boston:
Roberts Brothers. 1885. Pages. 32S,
Price, $50.
The drift Of this book appears in its
| dedication, ITO the African Colonization
| Societies Of the Future" In noticing quite
| a prominent work on THE Ills Of the
| South" we have already made some COM
! ments upon The deportation and coloni-
| Zation of our colored people
| Apropos: \ letter from Washington. OF
March ed. to the GlObe-Democrat says:
senator Morgan. OF Alabama, thinks the
present exodus of negroes from the South
TO Africa will Increase rapidly. and be-
| lieves that the time will soon come when
the government of the United States VIII
take up the matter officially and aid in
| their deportation"
In the work before us their colonization
| Is urged Tor the sake OF both races-no
matter how tie expense VII have to
be borne and notwithstanding the effect
II would have upon the productions OF the
South The Africans are appealed TO and
| advised TO prepare and provide for their
own emigration. The impractlcablity and
increasing dangers of the two races living
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