The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-17

'Tuckahoe'-by Joseph William Fggle-
 ston. The Neale Publishing company. '"Tuckahoe' Is described as an old fashioned story of an old-fashioned peo- pie The title Is rather singular and the explanation Is found In the preface. The
 author says: ''The Virginians east of
 the Blue Ridge were called ''Tuckahoes' and those west "Cohees." why, antiqua- rians do not now know. The region east
 of the Blue Ridge was peopled almost ex-
 clusively by English immigration and was
 under the domination of the descendants of the birth-proud Cavaliers. The Vallby
 of Virginia was filled with a hardy, stsl-
 wart people of Dutch origin, coming down
 from Pennsylvania, together with a con-
 siderable number of Scotch-Irish The
 Cohees and Tuckahoes were never fused
 Into one people until they had fought
 side by side for their common liberty"
 MT. Eggleston, the author. resides in
 Richmond, Va, and in "Tuckahoe" has
 given us tenderly beautiful and genu-
 inc picture of the dear old days. the mem
 ory of which will always remain en-
 shrined within our hearts. The story
 opens in the happy days preceding the
 war period A clever and appealing pie
 ture is presented and some good charac-
 teristic work accomplished In simple
 broad strokes. One of the most dramatic
 and interesting scenes in the story is the
 description of the horse race between the
 two suitors of winsome Patty Archer"
 This time the start was fair one, the
 pace terrific; but. try as he would. Rob-
 ert found that Stockley's horse gradually
 drew away from him and won by more than a length. There was much cheering. which he did not mind, feeling 1t fairly due his rival But when he noticed Patty clapping her hands and seeming delighted. he was sorely hurt. What man could have divined that she had two purposes, if not more than two, in displaying her assumed joy? You. gentle reader, may l also be a man, so you should have 1t ex- | plained to you that her chief motive was | to hide from other women the fact that 1 of the two she preferred her cousin The second was that she was studying Stock | ley's character and wished to test nim when he felt sure of her.
 The next heat was very close. Giles had advised Robert not to use the whip, against the judgment of the younger man. | Never mind my boy. Make Stockley use the whip on his horse as he is doing on himself if you can. You'll have done far more toward victory than merely scoring a heat am an old hand at this thing. Very soon the clouds of war darkened the land and the personnages of the story are dispersed with many individual burdens to bear which serve. of course, to prove the character of each. But all comes out
  been otherwise. as 1t Is merely pleasant. entertaining little love story, devoid of moral or purpose
 Many readers remember the work or Margaret Deland some few years since, entitled John Ward. Preacher cannot say that the story may be recalled with pleasure, although 1t was strong, wig orous piece of work. The author Is un- occasionally talented woman. though she is at the same time most cratic and holds some very extraordinary religious views. Philip and His Wife was an- other remarkable. but gloomy. sort of story by the same author. Recently she has published "Dr Lavendars People" which is enjoying large share of success and has already passed into its second edition in England Some of the precon- ceived notions that people have about "preachers" is evidenced in the letters that Mrs. Deland has received. A recent
 reviewer quotes the following: The other day one of the authors unknown correspondents berated her with vigor for