The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-02
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>l1-AN PASHA by Gilbert Parker
r...ti4picCe in color by Talbot Kelly.
r~... Sl.5G. Publishers: D.. Appleton
rr. New York, n. Y. Sold in Raj
.s.n by Alfred Williams & Co.
os.r. fourteen books by Gilbert Park
Unions differ as to the best but
TO difference Of opinion uron
...at. to-Wit: All are good, all
.-.ag. all delightful. THE Seats of
-.rhhty' and The Battle CT the
have perhaps been most widely
-.t his great book is when Val
came to Pontiac 1t is a MASTER
.r fiction. worthy to rank Vita
-.,.n best historical novels of the
world.
.esroyan Pasha' is something alto
.r.. unlike his other books. and lacks
.Ms3rbing interest that characterizo5
.H-- French Canadian stories. 1t is in
..r-.. with French Canadian primitive
that Gilbert Parker shows his great
.....nt. he seems 10 have gotten into
.+.rE heart Of those people and to
... lived among them for generations.
.... Donovan Pasha,' the result of four
..- 10 !12Npt, Is Il series OF laIPS sent
.... the public to make ready for a
-...t ON Egyptian life on which he has
..u working for some years. III lhCn1-
r..- rhesa tales are of an original type
.o.. r.ey of the Egyptian soil. They
.HfNnrt the appetite for the forthcom-
ta novel which will be worthy of Gif>cr,
r.rt.r-auother way of saying that nc
-.-sre novelist can better it.
mi. PLANTATION DAYS by Martha
cfeIov, author of "Mammy's Remin-
+...rres." P~ublisher: r. II. Russell,
NJ" York.
As I'll reader or interpreter, as we'll as
..--ar. Of negro dialect stories, the au-
.ro. has made reputation. In this at
.-a.rge volume she has given in prose
.-4 n0atrv many stories of old plantation
life that viii interest everybody and
q.<r q peculiar pleasure to those who
r.mrauer the old days on the plantation
before the emancipation. There is one
IMPROVEMENT in the spelling in most
ra-Es of negro dialect that Will be APP
proved by al who have heard the old
-.n, negroes talk. Most writer's OF dialect
..art-- spell child chill" which sounds
mare HE AIIIiI lldh 1illu L IL
Of these stories spells it chile which
seems 10 give the lingering s%oftness OF
.a. voice of the old fashioned NANNY
whose ways and character the writer pic
tu.e. Here is a sample of the poems
~uammy's Luck Charm For Bride,
Dedicated to a Chicago bride:
"Evar. honey. take dis little gift
taI mace it nigh 20 heart,
Twill keep away dat littl' riff
What causes folks ter part.
Hits only dcs er rabbit-toe.
Rut den. de luck it brings
Is wur or million dimes an mo-
An all de Weddin' rings"
ne zho. you way 1t on YOU bre's',
Porticlar or de day
d. preacher comes ter pray an bless
An iine yo' hands ter stay.
DIS keep it. honey, an youn fine
hit hols er magic spell
Ter make 20 lover true an kline.
I'M hau's0me, des es we'll.
Eg rabbit foot what's ~congered right,
LAX This I'm is. / know,
viii make you always glad an. bright,
And good an pretty, sho'
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