The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-18
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gotten past. The Revolutionary times
are then taken up, for these Wachovia
settlements were connected with almost
every Southern battle in that great strug-
gle Kings Mountain, Camdens disas-
trous defeat, CORVALLIS and Greene's
| fox and goose chase until it wound up
at Guilford c. H. and finally at York
town. Prisoners, patients for hospital
| care, troops great men were coming and
going continually Then he goes on to
later days, to the civil war, and down
to our own time. Besides it's historic
value the writer gives various lists and
tabulated statements that are of great
| value to different classes of readers for
reference.
In addition to the graphic portrayal
of Wachovia. which DR.. Clewell has given
/ in a style that shows ability as a his
| torian of a high order, the book con-
tains the following:
| An outline of the doctrinal position of
the Moravian Church by Bishop Rond-
| thaler.
An Historical Sketch of the Four Cen
turtles of the Ancient and Renewed
| Moravian Church by Miss Adelaide Fries.
| Biographical Sketch of the Principals
| If Salem Academy and College by Miss
| Lehman
| List of Teachers and Officers of Salem
| Academy and College from 1902, pre-
| pared by Miss L. c. Shaffner
| Tables, Statistics. Lists of Ministers,
| ,tc.. prepared by Mr. C. R. Pfohl.
| If is easily the most important con-
| tribution to North Carolina history is
sued in the new century and ought to be
1 IN the hands of every student and lover
l If North Carolina history.
iDOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL
| Nv Charles Major Illustrated by How
| ard Chandler Christy. The Macmillan
Co 12mo, $3.50.
Charles Major is perhaps the most
I ocular teller of love stories among nv
| ng novelists. In Dorothy Vernon, as in
his earlier novel When Knighthood was
| in Flower. time and distance lose their
| significance under his spell. He has the
are and happy faculty which brings
4 ,ome to the heart the spirit or gallahl
lines and the imperious call of youth S
/ springtime.
Well written from first page to last
this novel is worthy to rank as one OF
the best. pieces of American fiction, and
what potent implements are language
and style in the creation OF romance
and he has mastered their use. All
praise to him for this; it cannot fail
moreover. to add to his popularity, thus
earning for his Willingness to labor and
improve two rewards, one material, the
| other artistic
The romance is the chief concern with
this author; it is the very root as we'll
as the flower of mis- gift This is his
torical tale, so far as period, scene, ana
minor characters are concerned. Indeed
even his hero and his heroine and the
romance itself. are based upon historic
fact. But we are after all ever in the
land of lovers, the best of realms in
which to dwell in romantic fiction
Dorothy Vernon is an Elizabethan maid,
but there is in her suggestion OF will
full young womanhood as it reveals IT
self through the ages a touch of the
eternal feminine in her defiance of au-
| thority for the sake of the man she loves.
She is not a historic figure, interesting
on account of it's distance from the Wo-
4 men of today; she is flesh and blood OF
| this twentieth century, all gcntleness
and reused fury in defence of her all;
all love and strength and fOrtitude I'M
der persecution and opposition, a. living,
loving lovable girl ready to risk ALL
for the sake of him" a living woman
of today She will appeal more potent
ly, we think, to the popular imagination
/ than did even the heroine of the earlier
book because she is depicted in more
vigorous lines and stronger colors, be-
| cause Mr. Major has mastered his
trade.
The elCpement of Dorothy Vernon with
John Manners is an historic episode;
Haddon Hail belongs to this day to their
descendants, the Dukes of Rutland.
Queen Elizabeth visited the castle; the
state chamber, where she rested over
night, is still shown to VISITORS in'' its
original state. Mary Stuard too, enters
the story, to rouse the jealousy of
Dorothy In short, the lover of the &C
curacy of history in stfiction may rest
contented with the story: but he will
probably care little for that once he
has been caught by the spirit and fresh
ness of the romance.