The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01
SOME OLD NORTH STATE
AUTHORS AND THEIR WORK
An "AppreCiat,ve Ref renee to Professor Poteat's Adj
Dress The Enrichment of Country Life. An
Inter esting English Character.

tor-cal and biographical pamphlets. ana
valuable communications from many
writers IN the leading newspapers. / sup
pose that there have been ten competent.
writer's engaged in the time mentioned IA
studying certain events AMI facts connect
cd with North Caroaua whore there Ms
hut one in the decade preceding | dare u
say that since 1880, more papers OF value
bearing upon our State have been puv
llsned tnau IN the han century before II. ]
see from a paper read before the HIS
torical Associat on Lately held at RaleIg4
by my gifted TRENDS, Mr.. F. F. Beaseley,
euitor OF the Monroe Journal. that there
have been twenty-slx books published tnl-
year BY native North C~aroiinians. / think
that probably there have been one %
more published that were not included IN
lis photography for the year. | believe all
he mentions were natives. / never include
Intentionally writer's born III other States
among our native writer's. Mrs. Mar
garet G. Preston. 4 really accomplished
and elegant writer, and author OF some
sweet and melod Gus poetry, is generally
mentioned as 4 Nlrglnlan writer, when IN
fact she was Il Pennsylvania by birth. II
is so with Prof. Benjamin Sledd. Of Wake
Forest College, a genuine poet who writes
put IJd tAICiltlIIIg 1ll4ShCQ tIS L -
4 Virg Man, and not q native North Caro-
linian. / claim only ~native-born writers
when essaying TO illustrate the productive.
ness Of our own State. Albert Pike used
to be cited as d writer of some strik ng
short poems, and Southern born, but he
was Of New England, just as the great
orator. S. S. Prentiss, was. Let US rely
uIoa 0ur own home writer's VIXEN we
would urge the literary industry and merit
of North Carolina. In this connection let
me refer to a very pleasing and .nsplr-
ing address | but recently read. IT ap-
peared in the Raleigh News and Observer.
and was by Prof. ". l.. Poteat, a native
SON, but Professor in Wake Forest Col
,ege. an institution that Is well manned
all through and has men OF SCHOLARSHIP,
and fine capacity to represent its stand
ing and influence in the South. Prot.
!, Poteat-boin in Caswell county, il | am
not mistaken is President of the North
!, Carolina Historical and Literary Associa-
: ton. His theme was inviting-"The En-
richment Of Country Life" It was adj
! mirably handled, and with marked inter
} est. l began to read it to see how well
I, the Professor handled his engaging topic
!, in hand. and 1 became SO interested |
read to the end. 1t was a thoughtful, sen
sible, practical address. The theme was
we'll grasped and elaborated with much
skill, and in a pleasing, clear style that
O both appealed to and engaged my entire at
: tcntion 1t was evidently prepared with
care, and shows culture, reading, and &c
ouaintance with Nature. such an address
. if widely read could but do good. His
concluding words were climatrlc and i'm
(, pressive. / give them:
a this means a return TO Ilatale, &c
a simpler. sanner. truer, life. II means the
; emergcnce of agriculture into a new dig
!, nity and responsibility. It means the
!, rcnascence of Southern influence III ma
t:onal affairs. If I do not err. it means
!, for US in this agricultural region the re
: covery of at least some OF the charm Of
: the social life that crowned the prosperity
Of other days. 1t means the birth OF 6
new and richer literature to record faith
fully and in tenderness our past and cele
. brate the larger life of the new day
: Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley, with a
:, six OF seven degrees attached, is an inter
4 esting English character, and q sold or a:
b we'll as writer of real merit. He vii
: soon publish In two volumes a work en-
= titled The Story of a Soldier Life L
9 will be no doubt full of interest. H.
@ fought in several Of the many wars Grea'
Britain is forever being involved III as
result of its conquering, expanding pro
c~livities and abuses. 1t tells OF his eNpori
ances n the war against Burmah in 1882
SO; Of his trials IN the Crlmcan war OF
1851; of his campaign IN India; OF the wal
with China in 1860, and adventures. III
tells of his visit to France, his commits
? sion to Canada, his expedition to the
d Southern Confederacy, where he paid
It'd u C-,cl ZOOS hGa1nf1n ~ ppG ~
l. Virginia: his expedition to the Niagara
t. frontier. his appointment as head Of thu
V British Quartermaster Generals Depart
e ment IN Canada, the political troubles II
the Red River territory; his work OF
the staff at the Canadian War Office, HI
/ friendship with Mr.. Cardwell, and th'
q work closes with an account OF tn
Il Ashantee wax. Lord Wolseley describe
= the country which his army traversed Il
! It's march to Koomassle. and destruction
Of the capital, and the peace he made Will
" the degraded king. In a recent work 0
= his, published perhaps three years ago
: Field Marshal Wtl~r.tM 500 it as IL
:. opinion that General Robert E. Lee Wa
! even Il greater soldier than the Duke 0
= Wellington, England's pet, and creates
q hero since the times OF the Duke OF Mari
: borough in Queen Anne's reign 1t !
10 dUitt pIODdoIC OLAdb ShN Aho AANA
: correct in his judgment.
Those who lived in the forties remembe
perhaps what a great interest among edu
d Gated readers a novel-yery long-calle
II Ten Thousand a Year. produced. l re
&c member to have read it IN my early TWEEN
&c ties, and with very great delight. It N,
IL pressed my youthful mind that it was real
- " a great book | have not read it iii NOR
than fifty years, and ] am sure | w5ul
enjoy it hugely even now. but ! woul
read ii in its complete edition, without III
curtatiment OF d single page. ! make TIL
g remark because it is announced that this
e as l believe, novel OF very marked exec
TO lency and originality has been issued in
IN greatly reduced size. 1t contains II
st pages small size duodeclmo. with 6
rs ORIGINAL rawlings that are new. It wa
written by DR.. samuel Warren, an Enl
lish author who also wrote a book I r.
member to have read IN my teens, Gale
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