The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-04

Good stories of Southern life are rare, from
the fact that the many who have attempted
to portray it have been grossly ignorant Of
conditions as they really are or a. they OK
isted before the civil war Northern writer's
often attempt to write OF the Southern darcy
anu serve us up literary dish mat would
Ue hard 10 CLASSIFY. headtteinW 10 wrise
Tue Luo negro ulalect Is w1fre tneS pdrucu-
larry iail, ana tue most uhtorgiyiug part OF
tnis Is that tney will eohteh1 tney are correct
and nave turned cut an Afro American gem.
However, AI4sS Ellen Glasgow ''Ine Voice
on zoe PeOpie is n reIreshing departure
uom The usual stofy OF Soutnern llle ana
wan one of the popular books OF the summer
la America. 1t has also met with FAVOR IN
Eng.anu ana an English critic, wiring IA
the Atnenaeum says OF it.sa''Slnce The open
Question ana book by Mrs. Burnett, We
40 not remember any story with so tine n
Southern setting and background for char
aGter as this. Where IL IS not plot and in
cioent II Is ser.es OF bright, soft pictures
of nature itself. of luxuriInt gardens, ana
oil people instinct with droll or floVablo Pc
cuIiarides. The life o. the old NiTgnian
landowners, the negro serypptsl their quaint
ways, their outspoken freedom OF speech, YET
exceeding loyalty to Mars3 This or Mis-
THAI are Individually as well Us trad tionaily
excellent. One feels the sgnnine human ma
tule OF old General Battles wuo Keeps opeu
house of a ruined and ruin9us KIND, also the
sister who Iakes the Teilt5 of government,
aud the charming little daughter. Aunt Yer
.
! in-ldN Nose are also admirable. So is tne
household of Judge Bassett, and so, IN an
ether way. the ardwOrkiuS family ot tho
ambitious poor wnte' hero, the IarmStead
arc the harsh yet kind steplnother and hel
chronic 'neuralgy.' All these pereons places
and things are excellent, be, sflse beneath t1c
impressionist touch of Ns$ Glasgow there
is a solid hold on average human nature
/ We perceive this IN many matters, in tbs
relations between the general and his daugh-
ter, aud in sense of an underlying untoreet
jects around them. The ground OF happy
/ irresponsible children is cnarmingly drawn
/ Then there are the sayings and doings OF thu
black people, often comica 10 4 high de
gree Indeed. Uncle lsh his dignified almos
injured attitude toward the kind human
ravens who supply his daily bread, is mos
amusing"
COWS book at length and quotes a portion o
tho conversation between Eugenia an
D'lphy. An excerpt from the Gazette re
view follows:
The story of the self-made boy In TN
Voice OF the People is full of interest. AL
the characters are well realized; we remem
Der them after the book is closed, fror
Juliet with her sanity ccquetry, which pro
duced an impression at once human an
divine, such one receives from the sign
OF rose in a Bible or curl In the hal
OF a saint to the admirably drawn oil
Marthy Burr, with her troublesome broot
It's the lawful wives as has the work to do
she complains. and the awtuller the wive
the luwfuller the work a delightful atmo:
phere Of privileged Grumbling hangs aroun
ali tho little colorcd community outside tn
sates of the old Virginan squires Of III
story, whose fathers held slaves by the hun
bred and spoiled them ontrlgeously. Thei
is petsy with her swarm IT children. 'WheI
is Betsy inquired Eugenia twirllag h'
sun bonnet, Aunt Verbeny told me the bah
died. | am so sorry De Lawd He CIV
en- do Lawd lie took. returned Deiph'
, piously. EN- He done been moughty opcr
, handed dis long time. He done give err plul
eight mon He done teck. en- 1t ain no use
( yentured Eugenia and as a bow-leggf
crawler emerged from beneath the doorste
she added is that the 'oungest? Delpf
: snortcd Dat ar brat Miss Euginney2 +
q. am Bctsey's nowhow He's lindy's Liio
g 'Rindyv exclaimed Eugenia in surprls
, why, / didn't know Rindy was married
Delply seized the child AMI held him
arms length while she applied soundir
box Go way rom yer honey she sal
'Rindy ain mah'ed. He's fest an accident,