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


was Maria Pend Teton. descended from. the
Revolutionary Judge Of that name Cook 4 g
infancy was passed In the Valley OF Viz
Sginia, but while he was still very young
Ills father moved to Richmond to practice
law in the Court OF Appeals, and the
boy was placed at school In that city
At nineteen, he left school. studied law;
four years; then he gave up that pro1e 3.
sion to devote himself to literature. HIS
first book, Leather Stocking and SilK, "a;
apr eared In 1853, and was we'll received.
The following year he ~ med 8s. II ne
Virginia Comedians IN Wot VOL tunes. rms ms
Gentleman" with "canolles' and Cary
i OF Hunsdenl': described the picturesque
old Virginia society Of the Eig hteenth
Century, from 7C5 to 17s1, "a lSs Nj 81
M Between 1865 and 1861, Cooke was q
frequent contributor to the Southern ~ i:
erary Messenger. for which ne had writ
ten from tho beginning Of his career
When the civil War broke out, he threw,
aside his pen and served under stuart and
jackson. AT the close, he resumed his
literary labors, his first work being \ q
life al Stonewall III ckson QS65,) The same
year he wrote Surrey of lSa gle's Nest
5inf which, he related some OF the most
stirring events OF the war from his own
ex perence II proved q very, popular.
work and went through seven editions
The he x war was a fresh literary field then.
and Cooke worked 1T we'll. founding on
it .IIilt to Hit, Wearing Of the Grey,
Hammer and Rapier." lie ais
50 wrote lie OF General Robert ~ 9; Lee:
Amongst his later novels are Pretty
Mrs. Gaston,n virginia Bohemans" ana
nMr. Grantley's idea" These Introduce
characters OF tho present day. amid Ylr-,
ginia scenes and surroundings which he
loved and described SO wei Y.
Besides contributing frequently 70 Harr
5por's5 Magazine and other periodicals, Mr.,
Cooke prepared for The young q history
of Virginia. md edited the life Of Ca p
tain Joh, Smith. His test novels were
| .Myf Lady Pocohontas, and he Maurice
Mystery 1lsss') He died septemberS271,,
Mary Virginia Halves (more generally
known as Marion Harland) was porn ~
1885. In Amelia county. Vas From MT " !
earliest years, she showed a BEN 70 wares
writing. When she was Il ~, ne nan Z, y
story published In Godey's fI4adysj bo 9.9.
and this story was translateG NV
French, retranslated y into Eng llsI,s any
finally copied in America a. an ! g y, y
cess, Mary HAYES determined to devote o.
herself more closely to letters, IN 1924
she produced aEnoYel 4 Alone, when I. ~
once achieved success, ana Rol Wn l W. -
900 copies have been sold since tnen' (, y! \,
1855 she puhllsneq l ! ! le ~ o,,,nI
which was also very faYorably reeelYe e.,
IN IN 1856 she married the Rev, =, =, Ter
hume, then a minister ct Charlotte g. !, H. !,
Va but two years later he was cal' !, Z
to Newark, N. u. where they spent ~, I y 9
OF years in European travel, they have
since lived in sprlngnaldy Mass. and \. I 2
Isrooklyn.5 and are still residents OF tthe
latter place, But despite her change os 5
| environment, Mrs. Terhune has remaine 9
true to memories and Traditions OF old
Virginia and depicts Virginia lie a 2 7
character with rare fidelity. Marriage 8, dla
4 not check her{pen, for in 1856 Z Moss sldeD
| appeared and this was followed by y y g,
4 n,nesi s,".t Husks' !, (. Husba nds and Homes,,'
i lsunny Bank and Christmas HOLY"
,Ruhy's Husband nPhenAi's Tempta.,,
. tipn,T AT Last" The Empty. H q
F Sgi .isfiiHis Great Self tot which r. We,
iyIa BYRD Is the heroine. She reached the
A climax Of her excel lence #on " ualE y, Y