The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-12
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CIVIL HISTORY OF THE CONFEDER-
ATE STAEs with Some Personal Rem
I iniseences by ]. l.. NJ. Curry. LII. D.,
~ mo. cloth. Gilt Top. Price $1.95.
Publishers: B. r. Johnson Publishing
Company, Richmond, Va. .f,a
Dr. Curry's latest book is dedicated to
Gen. John b. Gordon. Gen. Stephen d.
Lee, Gen Joseph Wheeler and to "al1 the
survivors of the Lost Cause, and espe-
ciaIly to the Surviving women Of the Con
federacy." 1t is elegantly printed and
bound--a. fit exterior for the successful
effort to rescue the Confederate soldier
and the women bf the Confederacy al nd
their cause from historical injustice and
.unmeEited censure,'5 Els,
! :, There is not duh line In the 81 pages
Of the, book The personal reminiscences
are sos interwoveh with the historical
facts as to make the book as interest
ing and absorbing as any work Of fc-
tion. If you pick 1t Hp, you will read It
far into the night. 1t is so clear, so con-
else, SO free from the abundance OF quo
tation and authority that weigh down
such treatises as to delight as well as to
teach 1t is q manly work. There Is no
hint Of apology for the course OF the
Confederacy but proof that the Southern
States acted within their constitutions
rights. The proof is brief but unanswera-
BILE.
Every boy is familiar with the wars
that Unparalleled the Federal soldier.
but few know even the outlines Of the
civil history Of that strpggle-a history
that is not less important and instruc-
tive. if less dramatic, then the story OF
Lee or Stonewall Jackson and their ar
mics. No synopsis OF the book will be at
tempted. 1t ought to be read by every
student in America. and no Southern man
can afford not to follow the lucid and
delightfully."- interesting story of the. civil
achievements OF the Confederacy The
younger men must marvel how the states
manship Of that day provided the sinews
Of war for the four years struggle, and
maintained civil liberty. as much as how
our force so inferior in numbers could 50
long hold out against an army recruited
from all the nations of the world.
In busy useful life DR.. Curry has
done many things to put the South I'M
der obligations. but nis latest work Is
in field that has been neglected, and
this book will live and become an au-
thority for all time.
ENQUIRER is informed that the usual
compensation of the author Is ten per
cent of the gross receipts from the
sale Of the book. Sometimes the au-
thor buys the book outright but usual
ly the per cent plan is adopted 250,00C
copies of David Harum were sold. Some
of the we'll known and popular authors
can depend upon large sales of what
ever they put out over their names
Crawford, Hopkinson, Smith, Thomas
Nelson Page and others of that class
can depend on a sale OF 900 to 100,
600, and this would net royalties OF
goodly proportions. Mrs. Ward 70"
Eleanor" got for serial rights, il Is
said, $4,000, and then the novel in book
form sold up TO 10000, making it, a
profitable piece of work for her.
There should be a prompt and syrnpa.
thetic circle OF readers for the new nagl-
zine which Doubleday. Page & Co. are, Ia
start in the fall, with the title American
Country Life. 1t will be devoted primarily
to nature and the joys Of rural hfe,l but
will be full of information for farmers les
pecially of the amateur sort). fruit grow
ess. and landscape gardeners. In spite
Of the cityward drift there is an increase
of interest nowadays in the country, Cspe-
cialIy among those who are able to affard
the luxury of a summer home. and il
would seem that such q magazine, con
Quoted for enthusiastic novices, might
meet a real want.
Those who wishsto know how the COM
missary frauds in the Philippines have
been possible should read Owen Johnson g
new novel Arrows of the Almighty. There
IL a chapter in ii in which the hero fights
against just such 4 scandal. Many people
have the yaguest imaginable IDEAS OF the
was these rascalities are worked