The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23

Robert E. Lee By his son, hopert N. Lee,
 I know no better way to begin the note of this book which is a book that every Southern household will desire to have than by giving General Lees own description of his horse, TraHel- ler. Traveller that lives a spirited picture in memory of every veteran oe the army of Virginia, Traveller that lives in canvas Here he is as his noble master pictured him.
 If l were an artist like you l would draw a true picture of Travel Ter. representing his fine proportions. muscular figure, deep chest and short back strong launches, flat legs, small head, broad forehead, delicate ears quick eyes, small feet and black mana and tail. Such picture would inspire a poet, whose genius could then depict his worth and describe his endurance of toll hunger thirst, neat cold and the dangers and sunerings through which he passed. He could difate upon his sagacity and anec- ffon. and his invariable response to every wish of his rider. He might even imagine his thoughts, through the long night marches and days of battle through which he has passed But I am no artist; can only say he as a Confederate gray. l purchased him in the mountains of Virginia in the autumn of 1861, and he has been my patient follower ever since-to Georgia, the Carolinas, and back to Virginia. He carried me through the seven day battle around Richmond, fhe second Manassas, at Sharpsburg, fPennsylvania, at Gettysburg, and back to the raphannock. From the fcommencement of the campaign in l1ss4 at Orange, till its close around Petersburg. the saddle was scarcely of his back, as he passed though the fire of the wilderness, Spottsylvania. Cold Harbor and across the James River. He was almost in daily requi- sition in the winter of 1S64-65 on the dong line of defense from Chickahom- hna north of Richmond to Hatchers Run south of the Appomattox. In ithe campaign of 1865. he bore me from Petersburg to the final days at Appo- mattox court house. You must know the comfort he is to me in my present retirement. He is well supplied with euuipments. Two sets have been sent to him from England. one from the sladfes of Baltimore, and one was made for him in Richmond. but think his favorfte Is the American saddle from Et Louis. Of all his companions in ftoil, sRicnmond.' Brown Roen,' Ajax, and quiet Lucy Long he is the only one that retained his vigor.
 The first two expired under their onerous burden. and the last two failed. You can, am sure. from what I have said. paint his portrait.''
 Traveller outlived his Agrand mas- ter Colonel William F#eston John son relates how the physician of the great general tried to rouse hIs in- terest in life and living as he lay on his deathbed with words of his old war-steed
 You must make haste and get we'll; Traveller has been standing so long in the stable that he needs exercise"
 sThe general made no reply, but slowly shook his head and closed his eyes,
 Captain Lee begins his volume with hIs first recollection of his father, when he returned to Arlington from the Mexican war. The captain re- members that he had a certain frock which pleased his youthful fancy and insisted that in 1t he nlust be ar rayed ko welcome the hero nome.
 Eliza, my nanny objectlng, we had a contest and I won. Clothed fin this. my very best, and with my hail freshly curled in long golden ring. let's. I went down into the large hal where the whole household was as. sembled. eagerly greeting my father
 
 from Washington. having missed fl some way the carriage which had beer sent for him. There was visiting us at this time. Mrs. Lippitt, a friend of my mothers, with her little boy Armistead, about my age and size also with long curls-he and I were left together in the background feel. ing rather frightened and awed, Al. ter a moments greeting to those sur. Inn "a through the crowd. exclaiming:
 Where is my little boy?
 ''He then took up in his arms and kissed--not me, his own child-but my little playmate, Armistead! I~re. member nothing more of any circum. stance gconnected with that time, save that was shocked and humiliated have no doubt that he was at once informed of his mistake and made ample amends to me-"
 The volume abounds in such inti. mate relations as these. Interesting as 1t is to be thus transported into the privacy of a, great mans life fl ls a question whether the world has a right to such plainly private and personal matters as a great mans home with his wife and children. his tender home letters and his moments of homeiy happiness among his deal ones It Is certainly one of the great. est evils of being great that the worIc expects such minute and intimate re. zations of a great mans daily living However. this is a matter of taste.
 Captain Lee gives charming ac. counts of the pets of the household all Of whom held a warm place in the generals affections. Grace Darling the generals horse, taken from the family by a Federal quartermasteI during the war. Spec" the dog sssanta Anna" the boys pony.
 The captain tells of the days al West Point when our great comman- der was superintendent of the militia ry academy.
 There are letters from Harpers Fer. " where the then Colonel Lee was sent to queIl John Browns efforts tc bring about an insurrection of slaves
 The letters from General Lee on re- signing his commission in the United States Army, are given. These and the letters during the great four years war are of great value to the wnolC South. The description of scenery ir the mountains, in the far South, wher --S Ti{ -S-S-SS-ss . e.ssS11-S7 RG1S-