The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06

Tluenttul women or lInEinnd III Ilct utiS
was as good a wife and as capable q
housewife as it she find never known pol.
itics or society. IA
A LITTLE TRAITOR no TIL sOUTE1::
BY cyrus Townsend Brady. Published
BY the Macmillan Company. Of Now
& York aud london. For salo by the
Bell Book and Stationery Company &,
ma, i Sc II tic cvi War time has beei,
handsomely brought out by Macmillan.
and Company, It's very pretty drawings
In color being this work of a. D. Rain,
tho artistic interpreter Of NJ. Brady's
powers s n writer. VI Jl NJ gs 4
rho romance deals With a. tragedy IN
tho lives OF two men and woman. Mr..
Brady rightly estimates In Ills Introduce
ton to his book the Importance Of the
fact that the characters III his novel
are Southerners. aud that, being So they
remain true to their colors. One Of his
heroes is rewarded With the hand Of tho
heroine. The other goes aboard the
David" when ltssis sent out TO Sink
tho "1Iousatonic'' In Charleston hnrbor.
Tho object Of tho expedition Is accom-
plishcd but the hero and his comrades,
who are known III history rs the bllvest
OF tho brave, sacrifice their lives for
their country's cause, and go down III the
David to death Mt the supreme moment
of victory. Ono can but wonder which
is best, such a glorious end, or tho pass
Ing years, even beside u woman, most
tendery cherished, IL an unendlng re-
gtet over a lost opportunity aches In q
mars heart
General Benurrgard, brave, gentle and
soldlerly. lives again In the pages or
"a little Traitor to the South The
book Is rightly named, but all South
ern women will have an eternal quarrel
with Mr.. BRADY over Fanny Glenn. That
she Is portrayed as living during the
time OF the Civil War; and that she
should imprison her lover rather than
buckle on his sword ana send him forth
to the post Of duty to do and die IL need
be, are tcontradlctioEs which4no feminine
Solltherler can ever understand.
For IL ever n nation Of women gave q
living cxempllfication Of the words of the
old English poet It was those valiant
hearts who. in the fatcft years Of 1861
1866, forced smiles to their sad lips and
bade thcir Knights fare forth, saying:
II had not loved thee, dear, SO much
Loved not honor more"
OUR coUNTRY,s STORY. An Gle
mentaly history OF tho United States.
BY Eva Marsh Tappan. Published by
IToughton, 1lifflln & Co. Boston, New
York and Chicago.
The writer tells us in her prcfaccethat
she ''aims at giving a short. simple, con-
nccted account of our country from It's
discovery to tho present day." IIer aim
has been skilfully carried out, avoiding
the tangled web Of side issues. She has
held on to the thread Of the narrative,
and has given an interesting account Of
Columbus and our early MISUNDERSTANDING
on through our four centuries OF life
and growth up to the present time. The
illustrations. maps, and summaries at the
end OF each chapter are excellent. The
suggestions for written work appeal to
tho chlld's Imagination, and are splendid
for draping the bare facts of history with
tho purple and fine linen OF tho mind.
With ono exception the book is above
criticism.
But that ono exception ruins 1t as a
text book for q southern child. In the
effect to be impartial our four years war
is colorlcss and dead. All honor to Gcn-
cral u. S. Grant and to an overrllng
providence which decrced wo should be
ono people and one flag. but no soldier
of ancient or modern times occupies 4
higher niche In the Temple of Fame than
General Robert Z. Lee. His name and
his deeds arc not given due prominence,
and so in the South the book wouN. never
be accepted.
THE IDEs OF MARCH. BY Florle VIII
lingham Pickad. Broadway PUBLISH
Ing Company of New York.
A tale Of the South, written by Mrs.
w. L. Pickard. whose husband Is pastor
OF the First Baptist Church, in
Lynchburg. Va.
Mrs. Pickard was at one time a stu
dent at the Woman's College, this city.
Afterwards she carried off first honors
;,,& bo ri ~ MOI nj tho Mary Raid
win Seminary at Staunton, Va.
The period OF her book takes in the
time Just previous to the Civil War. the
years between 81 and '65, and those
subsequent to tho struggle, The tale Is
| a sorrowful one and ends In tragedy