The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02
PAUL Fl. HAYNE.


The war stripped Hayne Of al visible
links with the past, all tangible ties with
his inheritance; his home, his books, his
heirlooms of every kind were swept
away by the devastating tide. writes
Hamilton w. Mabie in The international
Monthly for February. Out of the .univer-
sal wreck with which half the continent
to the Mississippi was strewn, he
stepped courageous and resolute, not to
rebuild his shattered fortunes, but to live
the life of an artist. Heroism was so
general throughout the South in those
terrible years after the war, when the
epical splendor of action had vanished
and left only the bitter realities of loss
and misery behind, that Haynes cheer
full acceptance of narrow means was in
no way EXCEPTIONAL there was nothing
finer, however, in that universal history
of privation heroically borne, than his
silent renunciation, his cheerful temper,
and his steadfast loyalty. The story OF
those fifteen years at Copse Hill. over
looking Augusta. and within the circle
of the whispering pines, is one of those
high traditions of the primacy OF the
spirit in which American history is eX-
ceptionally rich. and which, in the long
reach of the centuries, may be seen to be
the finest contribution made by the
earlier American men of letters to higher
civilization on this continent.
The seclusion of Copse Hill bore no
such fruit as did the quiet of Dove Cot
tage, Allan Bank and Rydal Mount. in
the enchanting atmosphere of the Eng
fish lakes, where clouds and mountains
seem to meet and part in mysterious and
magical communings, but it was every
whit as dgniied In the simple house,
embowered in vines. so rudimentary in
form and size that Hayne called it his
shanty, he nourishcd his frail body, and
found companionship for his brave spirit
in the shade and the voices of the pines.
THE STORY OF MARIE ANTOINETTE.
interest of The Era will be enhanced
by the opening instaIlment of an i'm
portant work "1he story of Marie An
toinette.' This work recreates the life
of one of the most picturesque and
pathetic figures in history from the days
of her childhood, at the court of her
mother the great Maria Theresa until
the last scene under the knife of the
Sulll0llne IN ParlS. WlLnln the past lew
years many manuscripts bearing on the
most disputed periods of the queens life
have come to light from the papers OF
personages associated with the momen-
tcus events of the revolution, the assem-
bling of the States General and the un-
speakable agonies of the Imprisonment
preceding and following the trial of the
King Louis XVI. Even when told with
the outlines warped by party hate or
personal rancors Marie Antoinette's story
captivatcs the attention: told with the
single aim TO set forth the facts i'm
partially, the startling tragedy, gran
dose in its character and consequences
makes the strongest appeal to the SYM
pathy of the reader. This story, written
in this spirit by a person very well
known in literature.w who has investigated
all accessible sources and who writes
from love of his subject will be found as
fascinating as a novel of Dumas, pre-
senting as il does the most extraordi-
narily dramatic personages of the last
century. for the actors in the scene COM
prise all the men. and many of the wo-
men, who figured in the great revolu-
tion from Lafayette to Bonaparte.