The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-28
NEW BOOKS.
continued from Seventh Page.

Unconscious, and she accompanied him
hack TO Richmond, nursing him tenderiy'
In Richmond they had q misunderstanding
n was not reasonable at all, nor do we
suppose that II was necessary that II shoulo
be, It was a mere momentary jar IN
relation marked for the most part by
great and pleasing compatibility.
The iadiee OF the story,were eyewitnesses
n; the battles In the Wilderness "A grim
and sterile region this. says the story. the
name OF which no American ever hears
without q shpdder. 1t has changed but
Bttle In the generation since Grant ana
lee met In it's dismal shades. THE suilen
soil in sullen and unyielding still. As OF
old. Il crops up here In stone ana there
,,,rn. a thin red tint to the sun. The sassa-
fras bushes and the scent oaks moan sadly
In the wind, and few human beings wanaer
over the desolate hills and valleys. Inc
lesions OF the dead possess It. Inc wood-
chopper shuns II after nightfan. IL ID not
a. Gettysburg. splendid with monuments
and cheerful In the sunshine in It's setting
of green hills and fields. AL the worio
eoes TO see Gettysburg, II Is show piace
thronged with great and living company
But here YOU walk only with ghosts. There
are no monuments, no sunshine. no green
grass, no voices; all Is silent. sombre and
lonely, telling Of desolation ana decay.
> When you walk among the bushes
and the scrub oaks and listen to the desc
hate wind you need no inscription to tell
YOU that you are in the Wilderness.
The ladies sat in loghouse within the
Confederate lines and watched the first
DAYS battle from an open window. They
slooked continually toward the east, where
4 sombre black line was beginning to form
against the red-and- gold glow OF the sun
rise. Louder and louder sounded the
cannon. More guns were coming into ac-
ton, and the deep, blended and violent
note seemed to roll up against the house
until every log, solid as 1t was, trembled
with the conclusion. Afsr over the forest
the veil Of smoke began to grow wider and
thicker, and TO blot out the red-and-gold
glory OF the sunrise
The ladies' sat at the window all day.
The battle rolled ever nearer The trem-
bling Of the house increased, and the dishes
from the breakfast, which they had left
on the table, kept up an incessant soft,
Earring sound The green forest began
to burn, set on fire by the Federal can
nonade. The sound Of the rifles reached
them, "a nasty buzz, inconceivably wicked
in its cry The dreadfulness OF 1t all
grew momently greater. New tongues OF
fire leaped above the trees and remained
there. blood-red against the sky; sparks
at first fugitive and detached, then In
showers and millions began to fly. Columns
OF vapor and smoke. breaking on from
the main cloud, hoated toward the house
and assailed those at the window until
eyes and nostrils tingled. The strange,
nauseous odor, the mingled reek OF blood
and dust, powder and human sweat grew
heavier and more sickening.'
The battle came within half q mile Of
them. They could make out voices and
figures. They heard -the sound Of human
voices. cries and shouts Of command. Dark
figures, perfectly black. like tracery. be-
gan to appear against background OF
pallid smoke or ruddy flame. distorted,
shapeless even.. and without any method
In their motions. They seemed to Helen
1.-THE beautiful Helen Harley Of Richmond.
who later married Gen. Wood to fly back
and forth and to leap about a. II shot from
springs like jumping jacks and with a.
little OF life in them-mere marionettes.
The great pit OF fire and smoke in which
they fought enclosed them. and to Helen
II was only pit Of the damned. For the
moment she had no feeling for either side
they were not fellow beings to her-they
who struggled there amid the fame and
the smoke and the falling trees and the
wild screams Of the wounded horses. The
oolored woman servant covering in the
corner continued to cry softly. but with
deep sobs drawn from her chest. and Helen
wished that she would stop, but she could
not leave the window to rebuke her even
had she the heart TO do so.'
A vivid and interesting story Of war, 1t
viii be seen. There In plenty OF stirring
detail Of the sort. The fall Of Richmond
b descnbed-the retreat Of Lee and the
entrance OF the Federal Army. We do
not believe that the reader will look too
curiously and critically at tho picture
He will allow himself TO be swept on by the
general vigorous impression. Certainly a
very readable story.
A story Of the siege Of Paris.
The hrrt part Of 'Flowes Of the Dust.
b. John OIenhAm "A. Vessels Company.
b hardly . promise Of the interest that
oemss later The childhood history OF the
zero and heroine IL q little too much In
sstsd upon. and the Wild man who was
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Brittany. and who went about on all fourr
making sounds like q goat. In not quits
pisulsble. considering thai the year wss
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