The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-10
Books and o4uthors.

Books and oAuthors.
The plot continues to thicken in Mary
Adams Confessions Of a Wife, In the
august Nlidsunmer Holiday number of
the Century the husbands absence In
South America contributes greatly to the
domestic estrangement, and new motive
appears in the wifes attachment for Dr.
Hazelton. The moral of this part OF
the story seems 10 be the same as that
OF the poem by Mary Adams published
last wintec in the Century-"Dare Not,
If Desolate:''
THE broken stair of love winds round
your house say.
If friendship set a ladder in its place,
AND climbing. lift to you a quiet face
Stay not. nor parley. Turn your own
away.
Servant to him who hath shall joy on
joy attend
Who hath not, misseth ever all his own
For this is craven. being law, on stone:
Dare not, if deSolate to need a friend
It seems that Fighting joe Wheeler
is responsible for most characteristic bit
IN MISS Rfves' new novel, Hearts Cour-
aEeouS"
They say that the authenticated South
ern girl ana the grizzled little veteran
VINO mas been long and close friend of
hers. sat dining together at the Waldorf
one evening few months ago. The gen
erai was telling stories Of the humorous
side Of the Cuban campaign.
one Of my colored hostlers" he said.
unWlthngly got under fire on the day
of ,.le San Juan fight and I asked him
now he liked it. 'Tain't de cannons an
sech what flustercates me- he said; 'ets
Gem dar zip-screechy critters dey calls
''Vhar-iz-iz-yo? Nhar-iz-iz-yo Dew
neeid' be loollin' fer des yere chicken,'
And this is how "JoIln the Baptist"
TIE quantity humorous character of
Hearts Courageous was given one of
his most quoted sayings.
The popular idea at the North that
mere IS numerous class of Southern
men that still lead a cavalier, devil-me-
sort of life such as may have been DOS
s,ble in the old plantation DAYS is in
Created IN the remarks of Northern
critic apropos of The Siege Of the Lady
Resolute' by Harris Dickson mo one
hut Southern man." said he, could have
written that book. It takes one of those
southern fellows, who rides to hounds
ana carries gun for his political oppo-
rents and engages in neighborhood tends
arc knows a lot about norse-racing and
mlElng juleps and making love-a thor
oEghbred Southerner. in fact-to write a
book like that
or course, we have plenty of men who
MO" lot about racing horses, mixing
Juleps and making love" but thew ave
as rule. far from being .literarv.''
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Dixon himself
is most prosaically hard-workine law
yer, who achieves his romances. fer +hn
most part In the night hours, toiline AS
laborlously over them as. in the day
time, he tolls over knotty cases ut law.
He lives in g, beautiful old Southern
manor-house, and is one of tn, best
known of the younger men in the South.
fond Of sport, and a great favorite
wherever he goes. He takes his writing
simply as the recreation Of busy law
yer, but he works slavishly at it, and
the time is bound to come when he will
have to choose between law and ro-
nance.
has created one American, and one only
a peer. He was made Lord of Roa-
noke." and he was the Indian chief
Manteo. His introduction to England
came about in this way. according to
Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States
history When Sir Waiter Raleigh. in
1854, sent two ships to America, one of
the vessels was commanded by Arthur
Barlow the other by Philip Amidas
They had most interesting and salts
factory voyage. Of which Barlow's
quaint account is given in the Encyclo-
paedia. and We're Hospitality received by
the Indians on Roanoke Island. On
their return to- England they We're ac-
cognpanied by the Indian chiefs Manteo
and Wanchese. Queen Elizabeth was
charmed with the voyagers account Of
the new. beautiful country and the be-
havior of the natives, and probably from
motives Of diplomacy created Manteo a
peer of England.
In the ''Apothegrns'' Bacon records
how culprit on trial before the philoso-
piers father, Sir Nicholas Bacon. craved
mercy on account of kindred.
"Prithee,'' said my lord judge. 'how
comes that in?
''Why, if it please you, my lord, your
name is Bacon. and mine Hog, and in
all ages Hog and Bacon have been so
near kindred that they are not to be
separated"
"Ah, but" replied Bacon. "you and 7
cannot be kindred, except you be hang
ed; for Hcg is not Bacon until it be
well hanged