The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-06
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Kansas Border In War Times--lnterest-
Ing Story OF a Section and Period that
Has Been Somewhat Neglected, by Mrs.
Caroline Abbot Stanley. !. M

The Missouri Kansas border troubles
during the civil war have been used with
excellent effect in Order No. II, novel
by Mrs. Caroline Abbot Stanley. The bor-
der was a good place to be away from
during the civil war, for it was there that
one caught it "a-goin' and a-comin'," and
the border between Missouri and Kansas
suffered perhaps more than any other sec
ton because Of the ruffians who preyed
upon the inhabitants of the district.
The story centers about Colonel Trevi-
liam, fine gentleman Of the old school,"
who had come out from Virginia and es-
tabllshed plantation near, Kansas City.
He had family to love, was loved by his
slaves, and honored by the people of the
entire district. But in the shifting Of the
soldiery and border ruffians, including
Jesse James, across, his acres he was soon
der No. II, . requiring all residents in the
district to move on The situation was
one to TRY mems souls,'' and it tried
them as the people Of this later generation
| cannot understand.
Colonel Trevillan's son went into the
David went into the northern army.
But the two men remained friends
| to the end. The center of in
terest Is in the love affair of
the colonel's fair and spirited daughter,
| Virginia, and Gordon Lay, her brother S
AAASiio, WIZ lldu 1OuSHC IOr the nOrIA. AS
faithful fance Virginia is fine type.
She deserved all the good things that
came to her out of the troubles Of a time
which was all trouble
incidentally one is given clear view of
the contrast between the southern and
the New England ideas Of slavery as they
existed before the outbreak Of the war
by the presence In the colonePs home OF
1 New England schoolteacher who pre-
sided at a nearby country school,
The drawing Of the slave character IL
true to life. One finds In connection with
these peculiar expression that The I'm
easy Chair has heard direct from a Vir-
ginias 1t appears in this:
''Howdy Marso Gordon7"
Mighty poly, bless de Lawd, sun - No No. we'll.
bred negro ever owned up to being anything more
than poly" or tole'ble at most
Being mighty poly" is something new
among the whites.
The story is entertaining from the first
and interest does rot lag thruout.
| Fleming A. Revell company announce the
l Forthcoming publication of Norman Duncan's
| first novel, doctor Luke of the Labrador
Mr.. Duncan, still in his early thirties, is pro-
4 lessor Of rhetoric and English at the Wash.
i His literary field is the Newfoundland and Lab
4 rador coasts.9 He is the fisher folks friend and
welcomed guest, and to him their lives are
4 as an open book.
1 A SONG OF BIRDS.
Sing, sing We birds in the tree-tops rejoicing
i sS.a For To- the Day breaks
i The palltd mist lightens
The dusky5 east brightens,
| The drowsy world wakes.
| While south winds are blowing
No heart should be sad; T.
i f. While roses growing
IT'S time to be glad. 3
Sing, sing, o ye birds sheltered low in tn
hedgerows,
For 10! the Day dies!
i After striving and weeping
The weary are sleeping,
The stars fill the skies.
MARY H.. Krout in the Reader Magazine 70
| July.
Il, : Now we are to have the 'French Men Of Let
tiers" The series is announced by j. B. Lippin
colt company, and will begin with 'Honore d
} Balzac'' by Ferdinand Brunetiere. Edward Dow
den Ndllgfollow with volume on; Montaigne
The general editor Of the series is Aexande
" The Uneasy Chair.