Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-22
Notices of New Books.

Notices of New Books.
ECHOES FROM THE CANNON. BY Cor
neIia J. Matthews Jordan. Edited by
Theresa Jordan Amber. Buffalo n. Y.
Charles Wells Nioulton. 1890 Pages. 20.
Cloth.
This volume OF native poems appeals
very strongly. not only TO every Vim
ginian, but to every southerner II is
edited by a daughter in honored memory
OF her mother. But the devotion of tho
editor, great as St is. IS hardly equal to
the patriotic Confederate fervor Of the
author. During the horrid war between
the States her muse not only touched the
hearts OF her own struggling people. but
stirred thu spleen Of their insoent fees.
one OF their provost marshals seized her
publication, "Corinth and Other Poems Of
the war" as an incendiary document,
consigned to the flames. This volume
opens with n rap az such petty tyr
ranny."
The authors facile pen pays high tri-
NNtu 10 IItrtIFnh 1$eANiS anu NfNt+~A tt+"
Lee. Sidney johnson. Jackson, Beaure-
gard. Stuart. and others. Nor IS the Vir-
ginia Military Institute overlooked with
its heroic corps Of cadets al New Market.
About the longest poem Of this collec-
ton f. one devoted to "Richmond; Her
Glory and Her Graves" This production
alone should commend the work cordially
10 the people OF Richmond. and especially
10 the Hollywood Memorial Associa-
ton" She describes Hollywood as
rival city, TO ths beauty upon her rock
girt hills"
"a rival, In whose still embrace
Lay the calm brow and marble face,
The gentle and the true"
She shows how rapidly II was popu-
lated by the carnage OF war and names
those who were earliest brought to be its
residents.
"But Richmond, in her living PRIDE
Looked on this rival by her side,
with only tendernessi
For in that rivals bosom deep,
Her lost ones found the tranquil sleep
That weary cyelids bless"
.Never more our hfe-paths blessing,
Never more our griefs to share;
Shall we feel their loves caressing,
or behold their faces fair;
Yet their pure and gentle spirits,
Disseminated. will hover still
Der the ruined shrines and places,
Which they once were wont TO fill"
.Oh. Richmond! though thy homesteads
deai
once rang with joyous echoes clear
or laughter, song, and mirth;
Though now "A broodiEg shadow lies
About thy paths. and flowing eyes
Surround each lonely hearth;
"God TO be gracious still will not
Forget-noI, on thy fallen lot
Cease % extend His smile;
II but amid the dread alarm
Alone on His sustaining arm.
Thou wilt but wait awhile"
Richmond stiu occasionally hears the
"Echoes Of Cannon" both in Joy and in
nlafnt. But these are not TO be compared
with those which reached tho poetic ears
Of our gifted author during the unpaTal-
lelled thunderings Of the battles 10 which
she refers. We speak Of her as gifted,
for sbe truly was, not only with intel
lectualitv. but with purity Of sentiment
and elevation OF character. She was a
member OF the large family connections
of Otevs. Matthewses, Bufords, Burkes.
Hopkinses, &c. and was highly esteemed
nv all her relations and all who knew
her. A literary legacy from such wo-
man ought TO be cordially welcomed tina
highly priced.
THE GREEN BAG. An Entertaining
Magazine for Lawyers. Edited BY Ho-
race W. Fuller. Published by the Bcs-
ton Book Company. Boston, Mass. SIN
gla No, % cents.
Contents: Ephriam b. Ewing with pom
traiD. Charles w. Sloan; old Laws Con-
rerning Debt, George TX. Wesley; Leaves
rom an English solicitors Notebook:
The Story OF Claim 10 Peerage-
Baxter Borret; The Law and the Lawyers
n Thackeray; Witness-Box Wit; a Noted
Law Firm Qliustrated). A. Oakley Hall;
William Campbell Preston IL, Walter L.
Miller; At Petty Sessions, Edward Por-
hit; A Quaint Court. ]. Ferguson Walk
,r: Editorial Department
one OF the most interesting articles in
thIs No of 1.-THE Green Bag is the con-
tribution entitled "Old Laws Concerning
nh. II carries tho reader back to re-