The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22
Books and Authors.


Publishing Company, Richmond. Va,
ls.s
II Is net an over statement Of the truth
to say tasl the late l4mented Or r y.
seed. ranked with TIE aoiest Gospel min
lsters oi virginia. In his denomination
fMethodisD he Eiied the pulpts CT sorce
OF ITS largest ard most Influential
churches ano always with success ard
popularity Neii merIted.
The Volume OF sermons Just from the
mess Contains some OF as greatest pulp
e;.Orls aLo rs mary irieaGs ARD admirers
WI no; De disappointed IN the.i pefisai.
TIE oooA gets ~ G,le from TIE sboject OF
TIE fret discourse which the D0c.or deiv-
cred at the commencement CT Emory Col
lese. OxfoTd. Ga June Iss-.
f. this eloquent sermon We have most
excellent description a. waat constitutes
true heroism ard addressed as !, was,
10 young men. Il mist have deeply I'M
pressed them. IN tbs noble sermon the
following eloquent passages Occur
Your own fathers ard mothers, yourg
gentlemen. have urn.sned one OK tae
grandest exhibitions d the heroic spirit
that the world has ever witnessed A gen
| Grafton ago our beautiful south was IN the
d@st. Grim visagcd war with sword
| and torch had staiked over Ell Ter ieogth
and b.eacin. Des0aiion raven Wing was
| oststre;ched over her tair fields and scr
/ row sat IN tears beside her once happy
| hearth stores Her children were iather-
! less ana her moiacrs were widows nus
| bands fs,hers sons hy tie ten thousand,
! had gore down IL the harvest OF death
J Her i-dss.rIes we've al p2ralyzed. Her
| commerce was Ccad; her ihstiiu'ions oi
| ,eaTn.ae had closed and teachers az" "l'-
/ is a1ke lad gene 70 the heli o; sCie.
1 q -. a f.tr - her a r Il
| SUPERIOR forces tGcv surrendered, not
! ;he.r urirc,p.es nor their oonvlct,ons, bGt
! their swords. Then stil led by Lee their
! peerless commander with iavincible toru-
tude they tersn paiently TO retrieve their
| ruined f0rtunos Ere long The vines Began
! to creep ard the flowers TO bloom over
! tic wounds mace in earths bosom by red
| battles hooss and shot and shell and
| grinding wheels The fields again gave
| eiaddcnire response to the uliers toll and
! the song OF harvest home again echoed
| along our wales. The mum ana sur OF
/ busy enterprise are now heard and seen
on every side ard the land We love so well
| has rot only risen from her ashes. but
! has advanced to a pOsiicn OF intelligence
wealth and power Of which our proAdest
sons may well be proud.
These are Gospels sermons. which are
! the only kind DR.. sledd ever preached.
4 To the dcvOut Christian the book VIII
J prove n Joy and inspiration. In none OF
J them is there the slightest departure from
| the Cos pei line TO which Dr.. siedd heWed
/ with such magterful strokes.
| II was the privilege OF the writer 70 hear
a few Of these sermons, and as we read
we often recalled that noble figure and
erradiated face and macthless voice. but
| although these were lacking. the printed
| pages held the eager interest TIL the end.
These twenty-five sermons. together
| with DR. A. Coke Smiths introduction,
and Bishop Cranberys biographical
sketch. make excellent religious reading.
The mechanical makeup Of the volume
IS excellent and the picture Of DR. sledd
and some Of the most important churches
he has served. make pleasing emoe1sh'
ment. T. l. T.
"THB END OF AN ERA" by John s
| Wise. HoughtOn Miflin & Co. publish
ers. Boston and New York.
| This book Is the best work that We have
seen from Mr.. Wise's pen. IL Is wrtten
] in his easy. graceful, fascinating style,
/ and In the preface cOmmcnds Itself 10 the
/ Southern people because it is dedicated
| to My old Confederate Comrades. the
/ bravest, simplest and most unseinsh ana
/ aflectIOnate friends l ever had
| 1t Is the story Of Mr.. Wise life, begin
| ming with his boyhood days al the old
| family home In Accomac county, and end
| ing with his return 10 Richmond at the
close Of the war. lie paints a true and
/ beautiful picture OF home lite In Virginia
/ back I'm the mites tells Of his dlstin-
| guished fathers early political life. and
! gives an interesting sketch Of the Know
! Nothing campaign. which resulted TN the
/ election of Henry a. Wise 10 be Governor
/ OF Virginia.
Gov. Wise took the oath OF ofltce Janu-
! airy /. 1850, and brought with him 20 Rich
! noud the author Of the work under re-
| view, who was then a small, mischievous,
/ spoilt Virginia boy. lie says OF himself
] that his bump OF reverence was over de-
vcloped. and that Under the influence of
/ the petting which he received by the mem
/ bers of he Legislature he rapidly became
/ very pert lie gives most interesting
I account Of his Introduction into the mys-
/ teries and charms of city life, tells how IN
, city boys guyed him ann provoked him
! into many a hsticuff, and his reference 10
/ the ShockOe Hill cats, the Church llill
cats, the Oregon Hin cats. the Navy Ill
cats, and the battles which they fought
will revive tender memories in the
breasts Of many Of his Richmond read
ers. He tells also of the old Public
! Guard" whom the Richmond boys called
/ THE Blind Pigs" The sylloc.sn." says
he. by which this name was reached was
unanswerable They wore on their hats
] the letters Z. G.. which certainly Is 2. |
g. without the J. and pig without an
eye IS a blind pig. Q r u.
He tells also how il came TO pass that
the Guard OF the Metropolis composed
of Richmond boys. happened TO lie organ
ized and paws q distinguished Tribute TO
that distinguished military organization.
In chapter VI Mr. Wise porlrays society
i'm Richmond before the war and pays a
handsome tribute 10 the prominent men
and women Of that day, TO the refinement
and hospitality OF Richmond. lie does not
deal i'm generalities only. but mentions the
names OF the society leaders. and relates
incidents showing the wit. culture. and
chivalry of the DAY. There was Littleton
IazeweH. remembered as having declined
a proffered cup of tea by dryly saying:
mo. thank you. ] would be Azweil with
out the r. There was Tom August
whose wit was IKE Sheridan's. He Il was
who refused 10 bet on the great four-mile
race between Red Eye" and Revenue
because. as ne said. the result was already
certain. when asked why it was certain.
he replied. '''rhe first legal miXim | ever
learned was. I'D certum est, quod GER
tum Reddi potest.
The book is altogether So entertaining
that one does not know where 20 begin
or where 10 leave on IN setting out 10
name its attractions. But our space Is
limited and we must be brief
Cshpter VIII gives graphic account Of