The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03

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By NJ AIRY W AsH1NGToN EARLY.
N ,thotnns Nelson Page was born In Hat,'-
over county. vn.s; April %. 1863. He was
educated atl washington and Lee Uri-
verslty, ard entered Oh the profession
OF the Inv In Richmond. he being one
OF the numerous mon who have prcfaced
their literary career by! the study md
practice OF the law. Ills first story wa &
',.Afarse Chan" which made q decided
hit, almost as great MS ..rhe Luck OF Roar
Ing Camp lie followed this y > Will,
other stories In tho negro dialect. which
were collected together and published
In one volume, entitled. iii Ole yir-f
ginny." But g1lo did not take his stand as
IL novelist TIL n few years ago, when he
wrote Ills ablest and powerful tale Of
Red 1socls, 4 al work depicting the recon
9struction period through which virginia
passed i, the few years II /, eiatey fol-3
4 d. skill 4and power Of which he had only
yon hints and gmpses III ms
81 tic ola Virginia gentleman moro 90 Il
sfnlrnbly than Mr.. Page did In, the char lr
3acter Of DR.. Blair and General LIE Care
as w tqfef t1es me- VII
Hglnh gentle women Is also drawn 4 with
rare fidelity inatho character Of Miss isNa5
MI. Page has also written the follow ''7r''
Santa Claus Parter, y. nsa y. 2
4Ian e re nesk
X Sd II ga
Wig nia,'' 'Pastiine Stories. Befo't de q
WAR echoes In negro dialect by "A z.
Gordon and Thomas Nelson . Pa,ge),,
NJ Iss Lad y, ION New Found River"
Joel Chandler Harris Is a native Of
Georgia. born i, ,lsle liz 5eio i more
lists and Of hunorists than to noyelists,
still us he has made q venture lnnd O
successful one) into the field Of fiction,
amongst an Southern tnovellsts. lie was
Of Of the 'Ie Xtlanta Constellation, and during
.t tori Which gained such Influence md
prestige in the South for that journal.
The famous Uncle Remus stories, were I. (,
first published m Inc oAui1l.s - 3E'
pl mr Harris recent novel Gabriel Tol-
liver. has won him some high pla.u nl Is
The Brooklyn Dazzle .gg dociar es II, 20 cre Dc
tor tone II fl Gneo af Rem Ds and entities
lin to be considered the dickens o. t,r the
South Another crttic calls !. 7 q 70
name n 11Gabriel Toiliver5h' is tale OF the
reconstruction period, and BY the way, !!
on this subject from three able Southern
writer's, VIZ: Thomas Nelson Page. = oe
6. Ss Harris and Thomas Dixon, eacn o.
M trhSIpg ~ tbis period. Northern writer
Judge Tougree, has also dep,iGi.eu1 MI, w u
period in his work emit tied Bricks .M,1NIiii
out Straw and Mrs, Augus'Il l Ser II test
. soIy .'s :" a Speckied Bird.
. a recent review says that MI. Harris lar ~
has given the most per ,ih pt ha sonth
ern States seemed likely TO v SIT 81 J., N y y
anarchy from tho corruption OF carpet
baggers In midst o. susih ve OF
a Beautiful study of boy and glrl love e, II
ase ea xatag nttpR
the part OF the hero. who was falsely y
accused acc Of the murder Of a government !,
agent, engaged in melting the n g pep
u' Mr.. Harris has also written q noyele t
entitled TIT :'The Making of statesmen EST N.
Mr.. Harris other works are IRE as as t1l a
1"Plan tation Pageants 81 Sc Npht
W Wis s ansje aaa 'S ayei
au jr Rernus and His Friends. lit" ~, y
Mr.. ThImble Finger and ilis Luce
Country, Jake, the R =, 1yai 4
bors .'Mr. Rabbit at Home.' Stor;;
Of Anron..'''Is'.A Aaron In the. Wildwoods, =
a..Tnies Of the Home Folks IN Peace an
~ ya SO t Gef Rsaent F Times 70
81 the trlogy q novels on. II the s reeon
structIon period The Leopard e, ,o Spo the
in a larger, more serious and compre
i hensive sense. from the close, Of the CIV
to ynshings Of the ias. ff
franchising the blacks. There are som
4 such gruesome and horrible aspects 9
/ the negro question as seem to render
for terrble ele
!. ments into his tale, along with IN q, !. ex <
4 uuisite love story which serves to lighte
4 the strenuousness and gloom OF the Door
i Mr.. Dixon has done n daring ana un
4 usual thing in this tale. He has take
some OF Mrs. Beecher Stoves character!
resuscitated them, and introduced. theI
his owr their Sye c TnpW
y introdu the same characters into tw
4 or even three OF his tales. but we belleY
y 1t was reserved for Mr.. Dixon to borro'
4 characters from another author and y
\ terweave them into his tale. MT, Dixo
4 has introduced Simon Legree the slny
4 driver who killed Uncle, Tom. and .Geors
4 Harris; Jr.. the son OF q Eliza Flarri;
auadroon whose ESCAPE asFns 81 the ro on
Cabin. Legres is east Il the role q ct {,
. scnlawag politician In North Caroline
h who heads a corrupt Clique of recconstrut
a ton politicians, and plunges, the sta
Il Into deeper ruin than the Civil War ha
y done. George Harris becomes an cd.
"A Gated gentleman in Boston,, and Is use
y BY Dixon 4 to demonstrate the fact TN
race jud'ce Is us strong In the Mort
as In. the South. He represents Fiarr
Boston phlanthropist with whose daug;l
ter he falls In love. but when ne nsF
I her hand in marriage, his proposition
: | received with lonthing by hor father.
Mr.. Dlxon's book llas aroused keen q
tention both In tho North and south ar
some cnustic oriticlsms In the forme
/, place, the North claiming that It nea
with sporadic and exceptional condition
: trentng of 5them, MS II they were itypicH
the same charge that the South brlnf
AGAINST Mrs Beecher StnWe But DO,