The morning times., 1896-09-06

Know one another and you viii love one
anothef ~ OpprC0StVa. omin0ns silence and
rapt attention followed him Throughout, and
Afterwards a. Member said: "Ihoee who
hstened Sometimes forgot 70 respect Bum
nef In respecting Lamar.
There Is 20 eulogy OF Lamar TO Be quoted
from his Moefapfy,s no subtle character
study to be admired. In this IL would
seem the writer has been wanting. But
it is not 50, for he has 90 web ofdered
his facts, 30 understandingly amplificd with
anecdote and SO clearly exposed his sub
ject, that he has done what the best
biography should aim to do; he has made
the facts OF his sub1ect's life the expires
sion OF his own worth and character.
Mr.. Mayes' skin In n,arshaling Lis facts
and enI,e ilishing his narrative realizes
Montaigne's tansous "a ying, Il have gath
cred a posie OF other mems flowers: moth
ing but the thread that binds then, In
mine own" In this instance the cuttings
from fun life are made with skill and
arranged with taste, aud the thread that
binds is silken In Its delicacy, golden
In its firnsness. The work Is supplemented
with valuable addenduni OF letters and
speeches which are explicit dcnotcnient
of Lamar IN political as well AZ intel
lectual direction.
The first edition was exhausted In sixty
days, and the last of the second edition
are clearing away, before profitable
third. The excellent work may be had by
addressing Edward Mayes, OF Jackson, Miss.
X 10 one south OF Mason and Dixon's line
~ will read Herbert Baird Simpsons
novel, THE Regenerator," without
~ - sympathetic admiration and a thrill
OF delight at its bold, clear repro
duction OF the cbivalric spirit OF the men
OF Dixieland. Mr.. Simpson formerly re-
sided in Washington. and is well known
here personally as well as for his liter
airy efforts. His story is post-beilum
romance unged with all the color OF the
war. he reflects deeply the glow OF
cbjvalry and writes with amazing spirit.
The locale OF the story spreads about
: washington.4 among the neighbOring coun-
ties, with occasional excursions into the
city. The Ku Klux Klan's reason and op-
eraiions are infinitely described.
The meaning and sentiment which ami
mates his story canDotbe more impressively
conveyed than by tie significant toast of
one OF his characters, who at the end re-
pudates the title, New South In these
vigorous words: mot to the New South,
but to the South, for there Is no New sopth
They talk about 1t as the New South In
the North, IT is true. They grow eloquent
on the subject; long editorials and essays
fill the newspapers and magazines, and they
would have the world believe that some
thing Inns happened to the South that .
never happened to any other nation an
history; that she has stripped herself Of
the mantle OF her principles and traditions:
that she stands forth today new in body
and soul, in principles, and In mind, traitor
to he past and q coward in the present.
The South OF today ia not the New South,
but the Regeneration Of the Old" This is
not only an indication OF the authors ami
mus, but 1t also displays his style at its
best He will doubtless receive in good
part that we would call attention to some
inaccuracies which have crept into his
story. Mrs. Stuart, for instance, in sighting
Col Taliaferro coming up the road, recog
nizes by his epaulettes that he Is a colonel
before she re cognizes her friends face. This
is homogeneous. In opening the third chap
ter the author asks a rather tedious favor
or h is reader when he requests him to turn
back the hands OF the clock few months"
A few hours is q trifle, or day or two.
but to turn back the hands few months is
to be considered before coDsenting. In the
same sentence he alludes to "a scene acted
on the boards of the great drama Of the
South 1t would be more correct and ac
curate to say on 1.-The boards OF the stage"
or ''of the theater of the South" The
book is published in handsome style by
Walter Neale, OF this city, and several Illus
trations are furnished by B. V. King, who
is especially happy in character sketches.
WI CLARK RUSSELL's fascinating
A story, 1.-The Copsford II ystery, has
~ recently passed Ar:o its fifth edi-
ton, completing thetwelfth thous
and Many win assign this novel to