Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-01


not really changed Its msa ming; II has
only taken an additional Specification. be-
cause love incitcs TO giving and doing
for the sake OF those beloved.
The retention OF the word charity. de-
spite its enlargement Of meaning, cannot
produce the dire results which our author
attaches to It. Instead OF being an ''act
OF treachery to the spirit of brother
hood" IL may be a hint and stimulant
TO that spirit to be practical and show
its love by its works. Mr.. Facit and Mr..
Grleve were talking about the misfortune
which had befallen one Of their acquaint-
ances. when Mr. Grieve said. II feel SO
very sorry for him. Mr.. Facit said:
yes. sir. he is in trouble, and must be
helped; where is your charity? How
much are you sorry?
When our author gets to the little
words, yea and nay" ne displays the
same vieor with which he assails the
word. charity" He says: mo frank,
manly, young man feels like saying yea
and nay, but it will appeal To hts In
stincts OF rnanliness and honor to be told
that he should let his statements be yes
and no. and that IL shows little manly
dignity and respect for his word TO add
assurances that he is telling the truth"
And. again: 1.-THE Lord does not wish men
to say yea and nay, but yes and no.
This ia almost puerile and ridiculous. AS
yea means yes, and nay means no, why
not use one as well as the other? Some
of the latest and best photographers tell
us that yea and nay are equivalent 10
YES and no. and are to be preferred in
serious and solemn writings. But the
translators of the Bible are a high au-
thority for the dictionaries. They were
nrobably aware of Sir Thomas More's
futile ATTEMPT TO set Tyndale right in re-
gard to the use of yea and nay. and they
decided that il was manly to say yea ana
nay, instead OF yes and no. The little
noint once taken as to the difference In
using them was not sustained. As TO
the Lords wishes, He would not care
I'm the least which of the important mono
syllables was spoken, II 1t was employed
with a righf intent and meaning.
DIR. Smith deals very kindly with Bar
rabbas and the two thieves who were
crucifed with Jesus.
THE chapter on witnesses From With
out" is a convenience In bringing to-
rether the passages relating 10 Chris
tianity In Herodotus. Josephus. Tacitus
Puny. ETC. Chapter ", on Helps" Is
short. but good. The work ends with some
tables of New Testament Events and
Dates. Solely According to Josephus and
the New Testament" II is we'll printed,
and bound in cloth, for only so cents.
VIRGINIA: PAST AND PRESENT. BY
Elizabeth Lee Richmond: Everett Wad-
dy & Co. 1895.
This small work OF seventy-eight pages
describes the social, plantation, and
church life OF Lee family. in Char
lotte county, Va, before. during. and
since the late war. They were very pious
people. and did a vast deal OF good 20
all around them, both whites and blacks.
Mr. Henry Lee was an eloquent and ex-
emplary Presbyterian minister, and
model pastor. husband, son-in-law. and
master OF slaves. He was mostly self
educated, and acquired part of his
knowledge from reading by the light OF
blazing pine-knots.
When the Lee children were old enough
10 require n teacher one was obtained
from Massachusetts,. He proved to be
highly competent and acceptable. assist
ed in the religious instruction OF the
negroes. and returned home with his
ewes opened to the true relations between
southern masters and their slaves and 10
the condition and treatment OF the latter.
Mr.. Lee was pronounced anti-seces-
sionist. but died just as the war was
breaking out The family continued to
enjoy for some time their accustomed
comfort and plenty: but were finally
stripped and ruined. The author deplores
the existence of slavery, and rejoices
over its extinction. She relates very re-
markable occurrence, and yet claims 10
be entirely veracious.
In
says: 1.-THE joyous day was rapidly clos
ing. the carriages were being driven to
the front door as the 'good-byes were
being said. An old clock that had been
for years silent and useless commenced
tolling slowly and solemnly." This pro-
duced a deep impression, and. whilst
they were discussing 1t. she says: we
were startled by the sound OF three sharp,
decisive strokes, as from powerful hand'
on the outside of the second story OF ths
building. We gazed at each other In con-
sternation."
She gloriiies Lee and Jackson. but also
highly lauds Abraham Lincoln. She re-
joices I'm the rehabilitation and progress
Of our beloved mother. but yet laments
the loss of some of the better things or
former times. She speaks with warm
admiration OF Richmond, and enumerates
some Oh ifl DtduNtto oAil NN'N'N-'
What will the owners OF Lee District
have to say to the following?: MANY
are the objects OF interest to be seen
about the city; attractive parks. beauti-
fled by nature as well as art, and one,
adored above all others, where Lees
bronze figure stands-a sacred monu-
ment." etc. etc.
1t is a pity that some friendly reviser
did not purge the volume of its too nu-
merous grammatical and other blemishes.
THE BACHELORS CHRISTMAS. and
other stories. By Robert Grant. Illus
trated by c. ID. Gibson. l. II. Wiles, A.
b. WenzeIl, and c. Carleton. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons. 800 pages. Price,
Sl.5O.
The stories in this volume. besides tho
initial one, are, IAN Eye For An Eye"
I'm Fly-Time," "Richard and Robin"
''The Matrimonial Tontine Benefit Asso-
ciation," and "By Hook or Crook" With
all Of them, many readers of magazine
literature are familiar, yet they will bear
a second perusal. The illustrations are
twenty-one in number.
For sale by j. w. Randolph & Co..
'UNDER THE wAR-FLAGS OF 1861"
A Romance of the South" BY William
I.ownder Pickard. Louisville, Ky:
Charles T. bearing. 1880.
We are grieved that such book as
this should have been put before the pub
lie as a romance Of the South. and by a
southern publishing house. As literary
effort IL is a dismal failure; the story is
weak and unnatural; the plot, If it may
be called plot, is ridiculous; the style
crude uniformed. and stilted; the tone
anything but elevated, and as picture
of southern life and manners 1t is a mon
strous libel.