The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-24
GELD OF LITERATURE

"a clEJ ID Uf Ii ENAlONE
-rs Lee: Soldier, Citizen
~ - pasriot." by Mrs. Roger A.
n,dnrit,d Jennings Lee and
" q p,,blishing company, Rich
Ana BY subscription.
-,,,dary biography Of tho great
,s.ser and also contains an
s,styry OF the Lee family In
IA America The work was
Mra Roger A. Pryor. DIR.
ss,rInxs Lee. Colonel John J.
~. sally Nelson Robins and
= :, Rosser. and edited by r. A.
s,ary Southern Historical CO.
.s care has been taken by the
q secure large number OF
.,r,k,ug Illustrations. and the
rtsins many portraits and In
genes which have never been
a s.srs glide swiftly by. the fame
~ lee is steadily growing, ana
.s.rsred now all over the civilized
nre of the greatest military
r,odern times. Not only did
the genius to control and d.
8. meats Of great armies and
4 = men. but by kindness and az
Z. interest in his associates he
.sa.rt of every soldier In the army.
~. who aever had an opportunity
~ b personal contact with him
.s..s aMarse Robert" as he was af-
s,.,v called by his followers. ana
4. .vsr deserved more fully than he
"a and reverence In which ne was
a. IN this admirable life Of Lee
r,.rad tributes by the most distin-
"a ,o,,ytary critics In America and
among them being Lord Garnet
n wolsely, field marshal and COM
n. = chief Of the British armies;
q o. Howard of the Federal
~ others. Colonel Archer Ander-
"a q Lee at the conclusion of his
q speech at the dedication Of the
,nmeut at Richmond in 1890:
n ras the pure and lofty man in
=. see the perfect union Of Chris
-,,s,,, and old Roman manhood. His
~. makes us love his greatness, and
,.,cination which this matchless COM
~ ,ncites is itself a symptom and
u,cs In US OF moral health. AS long
!, ceonle truly love and venerate him.
n, remain in them a principle OF
mr. all the stupendous wealth and
!, vhych in the last thirty years have
tAese states to foremost rank among
..t,ons Of the earth, are less a sub
A. man than this one heroic man
human product Of our country and
pstkutions."
r,ncan Nobility" by Pierre De Cou-
III Charles Scribner's Sons, publish
New York. From W. j. Hancock,
Bton.
French author of this French novel,
4 4 indeed Frenchy in its style and
,uent. has for a kind Of motto on a
taf-whether he wrote 1t himself OF
dps not appear-"For a novelist there
tvo ways Of being moral--either to
tie mention of evil or to bring II
play in order to show its baleful con-
rencea The author of American No.
" has chosen the latter"
certainly has. But he has also taken
entirely un-Amerioan and English
Of the liaison which is called crime
teir code, and something different in
d the French. Fancy a native OF
land or America, for example, inform.
bn maid that she expected to enter
! new visitor good deal and thai
thing was to be said about It," Fancy
Ame lady-a grand dame of grea'
tSe-also taking her physician into
cunhdence. with the result that hi
Etched and hemmed her In with kline
i" Yet these are some OF the natura
pedngs IN the love Of the Duchess dt
rsac for the Marquis d'Anguillon.
, thought Of intrigue had entered tn,
Of either lover until separation seem
imminent Then they betrayed them
~ unexpectedly. After that no dream
~sts'fNo SHteieu ellici Oi tilct bSauS
marquis. who is composite creator
NE novellst's ingenious brain, love-
American wife. whom he has mar
lof both money and true affection
AFTER having come incidentally. fol
~ the former. He "adores' his mis-
and presents the cool problem o
" TOR both women equally, but Il
ee1 ways (not degrees). Exposur
- time through the mistress jeai
hsM the husband and wife agree b
'ne matter dark for different rea
duel precipitates matters agar
Haser the duchess ups and dies, wit
s'aui piety and remuneration brighten
net last moments and making a.
.m Tor the pair, so long at logger
american Nobility IL of the Length
my. ard is full of sermons on inter
pnai marriage put into the mouths @
seeors' AS a story 1t Is entertaining
uact 1t is confusing,
IVES" by Robert Louis Stevenson
- scrsbner's Sons. publishers, Ne'
a posthumous story by the lat
Louis Stevenson. Whether it
y ene last of his posthumous writing
~ IN doubt. there have been so man
ms death. but for the sake of tt
reputation 1t IL certainly to
mat the public will have no flu
c'sons Of this character. Til
mol mean to imply that "st. Ives"
y Indifferent story. but sSmpl
aoes not compare with his "Ki'
M treasure Island" '~rhe Mastt
NJ, '''ae' or David Balfour." TT
snefs state that st Ives was wri