The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

A new and most interesting volume Of
the series on American Historic Towns"
is Historic Towns of the Southern
States" edited, like it's predecessors, by
Lyman P. Powell. The cities taken up,
a chapter being devoted to each, are
Baltimore, Annapolis, Frederick tMd.),
Washington, Richmond Williamsburg.
Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah Mo-
bile, Montgomery, New Orleans, Vicks-
burg, Knoxville, Nashville, Louisville,
Little Rock, and st. Augustine. The ar
ticle on Washington is written by AS
sistant Secretary Vanderbilt, OF the Treas
ury Department and that on New Orleans
by Grace King, while the papers on the
other cities are written by persons thor
oushly competent to present each sub
ject in interesting and valuable form.
The illustrations are charming and thor
oughly in keeping with the general style
of the book. From a book which contains
so much that is fascinating and delight
full it is difficult to choose quotations, but
there is particularly interesting passage
in the chapter on Baltimore. It is a quo
tation from a speech of John P. Ken
nedy, Baltimorean of the old regime,
who said of the town:
1t a treat to see this little Baltimore town
lust at the termination Of the war of indepen-
dence so conceited. hustling and debonair,
growing up like short chubby boy with his
dumping cheeks and short, gTinnns face fat
and mischievous, and bursting incontineaty out
of his clothes in spite OF all the allowances OF
tueks and broad salyages. Market Street had shot,
ike Nuremburg Snake out OF its toy box. as
far as Congress Hall, with its line of low
proved, hip-roofed wooden houses in a dis
orderly array, standing forward and back, after
the manner OF regiment Of militia with many
an interval between the files Some of these struc-
lures were painted blue and white and some
yellow; and here and there sprung up a more
magnificent mansion of brick, with windows like
a multiplication table and great wastes OF wall
between the Stories with occasional court yards
before them; and rcverential locust trees under
whose shade beyies Of truant school boys. ragged
little negroes, and grotesque chimney sweeps
"skied coppers' and dsported themselves at
marbles
And here is a quotation from the chap
ter on Montgomery:
1t was a memorable day in the history of this
little town when, on April 3. 1895. the great
Frenchman Lafayette then his first visit
to America, stopped here. The reception given
him, though not without its amusing incidents,
portrays wildly the dear and openhearted temper
of the citizens. Escorted by three hundred
Aabamians and number of Indians. he reach
ed Montgomery a beautiful spring morning,
and was met by the entire population on what is
now Capitol Hill Captain Woodward. who was
one of his escort, thus quantity describes the
scene:
fell in the we'll. stood Governor Pickens and the
largest crowd ever in Montgomery. Some
hundreds of yards east Of the hill sand
fat, where General Lafayette and his attendants
quit carriages and horses formed a line and
marched to the top Of the hill. As started
the band struck up the old Scottish air, Hail to
the Chief As approached the Governor, Mr..
Hill introduced the general to him. The Cover
nor tried to welcome him; but, like the best
the books give account of. when it was an
nounced that he commander OF the whole
American forces he scarcely able to utter a
word. So it was with Governor PicBcns As
have remarked before. Governor Pickens had no
superior in the State. but that occasion he
could not make speech. But that did not
prevent General Lafayette from discovering that
he great man The people of Montgomery
did their duty Col Arthur Haync, who was
a distinguished officer in the army in the OF
1913, and who was the poitest gentleman l evec
saw, the principal manager II the Ear
Of Chesterfield had happened there he would
have felt I did the first time
carpet a floor, and asked TO walk in. I
declined SAYING. reckon I have got in the
wrong place
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