The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-19
DIR. pEII4'S NEW BOOK.
Wilmington Messenger


Wilmington Messenger
In Rev Il. l.. Pell. p. d. of Rich
mond, Va. North Carolina has son
of growing reputation and decided tai
ents. Eight years or so ago the Mes
senger recognized his distinct promise
He has lately published book of 1876
lages. entitled THE Art of Enjoying
the Bible" The able editor and very
admirable writer of the Central Pres
byterian of that city, says of this book:
THE author is sound on the doctrine
Of the Bible. regarding it, he says, not
as "a chest of relics. not a curiosity shop,
not an amulet, and not as literary pro-
duction for the sake of literature. He
holds it to he Il word one complete eX-
preston Of one will. THE Word in the
sense of the only and best and final
written ntterance of it's Author; and
The Word of God not of Moses, or
Paul but of God, a letter from our
Father. He describes it as the text
book Of the Holy Spirit and it can never
be learned out of His school, DR. Pell
has Il style in which there is life, ami
nation. illustration and much power.
He has made capital book. that will
be itself enjoyed and will help us to
enjoy the Word"
DIR. Pell is Il son of the late highly
esteemed and well known editor, Rey,
William II. Pel. Like his father he is
a Methodist, but has an able brother,
president of female college in South
Carolina, who is a Presbyterian, and
10th are natives, as was his honored
father. of North Carolina. DIR. Pell has
1sx.Ita f.t ayiFS in md
a fifth one will appear soon.
Mr.. Edwin Markham's remarkable
poem. ''The Man with the Hoe" is to
be brought ont in small volume with a
noteworthy Introduction by the poet HIM
self. This viii be particularly interest
ing. N;n Wow OF all The discussion caused
by the poem. MS ii will be Mr.. Mark
hams first words of explanation Of his
rugged beliefs.
Few writer's have been moro Loyalty
and alphabetically sustained in their
work than Rider Haggard, who married
the winscme daughter If Maj. Marg ,tson.
a Norfolk neighbor, when he was a strip
ling of "a, without any thought of Liter
AIRY fame. The wo0lng anil Wedding
were the episode Of short holiday, and
he took his brave young wife to Natal TO
share with him the exciting and danger
Gus times that led 10 the browning ds-
aster of Maiuba hill. Those were days
of terrible suspense for the young wife,
for she lived amid daily alarms
and actually heard from her home
stead the sounds Of battle from
Majuba Hill. No contrast could
he greater than between those
early days of danger and the quiet of
her Norfolk home, 10 which Mr.. Hag
gard brought her when the war was
ended Here she is ideally happy in the
beauiiful home of her girlish days, with
her husband and children. Mrs. Hag-
gard who is Il woman of considerable
personal charms with brown eyes and
hair and gentle features, takes the
keenest interest in all her husbands
work, has a passion for botany and is
equally fond of horsc-riding and travel.
Lovers of art, and especially workers
in the field of art are likely TO be faced
by a temptation that ought to prove
irresistible, in the form of the sumptll-
Gus edition of 1.-THE Life and Letters nr
Sir John Everett Millais." with its two
large volumes, containing three hundred
reproductions of the works of perhaps
the greatest of English painters. Many
Of these are. of course, known through
out the world, but the greater number
are presented through the courtesy of
various owners of the original paint
ings. who have extended to Mr.. J. g.
Millais. the writer of the biography, and
the son of the artist, a privilege that
is likely to be never again granted; So
that in these volumes are shown many
important works that the public VIII
have no opportunity of seeing in any
form.
The biographical part of the work is
said to be, if anything, more interesting
than the artistic part, as the painter
had a singularly full and rich life, dur
ing which his friendships with many Of
the greatest personages of his time We're
happy and eventful His personal char
acteristics were so attractive as to make
his relations with his many distinguish
cd friends Of the greatest interest to the !
lover of biography of the highest type.
Mr.. Henry Childs Merwin, the author |
of the articles on Tammany Hall which |
caused so much discussion when hey
appeared in the "Atlantic" some years
ago, has retold the life of Aaron Burr
in the brief compass of u Bacon Bio