The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29

Chronicle OF Old Virginia. Indeed. all Il
Z OF her works are yalua BILE as giving 2 Ii
true picture OF old Virginia life and CHAR
3acter, and In tina way they may be con-
sidercd as side-llghts on history but
st'Judith.'s slrpa sses them NIL In It's warm
pathetic human Interest and IN us
E fidelity to life. s s3; & 3g IA ss Ii N
s$ In addition to her literary talents Mrs.
-Terhune Is also noted for her large storex
OF housewifeIy knowledge which she im-
parts by means OF #the press Ito slste
housekeepers, faraand near. Her Com 1:
mon Sense In The household had an alm--y
I mediate success. a hundred and fifty
thousand copies were sold In America a md
yhalf&that number in II Europe, and 1t has Y
been translated into German, FRENCH and \
Bic Kindred works, const ituting the
common sense series have 4 q lso " come
IIar)and alternately mounts Pegashius q nd 1
q though horse, and on. either steed She
renders good service to the world. q. IN
w llIanlI G!lmoreS Simms. who. IN HIS
time, was considered the rival and peer
Of Cooper, was a native OF Charleston:S
IS, C., born April III L, 1906. He wa 8 OF \
Scotch-Irlsh descentgand was LEFT = Of
phan early In life in charge Of his sra nd
mo ther Her means being limited. ne
found himself, when almost @ v c z! .. NJ
thrown on his own resources. a ~ ny
this way he earl ACQUIRED
way and acquired with great rapid ity.I.EEi
commenced lie as a lawyer but his tastes
and gifts soon led him into the pat =. OF
literature. IIe made his debut as ,an Az
I+thor In his year py ms mon
witch moved la success and encouraged
| the young writer to proceed, !. !,
s55.TIa a; wrote d vast " deal OF poe try, ~
{pol,lmes Of 1t In all, but we will treat Of
him as "a poet later, and at present WI!
only consder him as g novelist. iaag So
more Imagination, more movement iS'a no
more general ca pa city than all our novels
listsf (Sam,. Cooper) combined Anoth
critic pronounced 4 him the wa Tier Scott
Of s., G. Both have done for. their ma
lands zig SANE thing Aaxe
and from the terra ncognl to- o. legenn5
land tradition, have given us pictures o.
Life In striking and Fascinating colors.
Both have swept lust and CRIME Iroth US US
cobwebbed canvass OF history WI y :. me
brush q fiction; aa 81 m ntiae am tsse
| But although Simms was thus highlys
commended by the critics OF his z day
| his works do not seem to have taken 9
lasting hold on the affections Of the putn',8
lie and they very alt1 II. rea a. how
and this brought him at once into notice
and popularity, NThis was fol!o wed by y
a anI So Of other novels. for he was as
r rsn,d and prolflc a writer as Henty. Is.
'; The Book q Ny 70 1sss; The PaTt!.
e !, Kernsene g 1s4s
fn9a ~ pIo rI Of his roma nces); The
f is.tr or, the Black Riders Ct the
cs,nas,iie Tho Sword and the pistaf. Gu-!
taw. Guy Rivers, Richard Hprdls; or.
ltha AYenger Bood Helen ilalsey, I he e.
Ia NJ Of sDarlen, The Lily and the Tori
INF Mr. slmms' literary fecundlty was wonrj
darfl,l In al dition to his numerous noyr
ia ana poAtical works, he wrote Eve ,',,
dramas four hiogr phi,e % , |, numerous
miss Miss Trederlca Bremen, the Isl disil an
thnrass. gives an nterestlng account 81
nee meatins MN VIII en- she visited South caro,5
l Ina during her travels 'the UpSted