The news & observer., 1905-11-05


only two hundred and sixteen men lett
streets assault on the third day, and
on the following day but eighty were
left. On the first day, Captain Tuttle'S
company went into action with three
officers and eighty-four men. All of
the officers and eighty-three of the
men were killed or wounded On the
same day Company G, of the Elev-
enth North Carolina, lost two officers
and thirty-four out of thirty-eight
men, killed or wounded.
The number who died of wounds
from North Carolina (omitted by the
Times), was 5,151. Added to the
other losses given makes the total
of loss to North Carolina 40,305.
These are the figures in the Confed-
crate Handbook. The Records of the
War, ublished by the United States
Government, make it about 41.O00.
Capt. Bro of TWenty-siXth Regl-
ment, had IS men and officres, 81
total Every man was either killed or
wounded. Thirty-one were killed or
died of woundS-more than one-thlrd.
IN the flgnt uC BrlSto! Station he had
81 men, and in a few minutes 81 were
killed or wounded. North Carolinians
know about North Carolina in the war,
but the pity and the shame OF it is that
the historical writer's OF other States
are in dreadful darkness and are in
capable of learning the truth. The
old Misrepresentation of the war and
after, fir which three or four Virgin
ians were responsible. are still Strid-
ing on in their seven-league boots,
more than forty years otter the events.
There are opinions and opinions as
to the greatest novels. The ablest crit
les perhaps agree as to the supremacy
Of the great Spanish classic Don
Quixote." OF later novels a good
many literary men regard Hugo'S mas
tarpieceS, LA Miserable" as The fore
most. There are many English crit
les who place Harry tielding'c Tom
Jones' as first among all English fic-
tons. l admire Hugo's magnificent
production as very great, perhaps Su-
II eme. But as to TON Jones" / have
not be nabla to praise it as others have
cone, ard | cannot read with patience
It's vulgarity, it's soarseness. whatever
else of cleve rnesS it may claim. Don
Quixote'' is beyond fair question a
great and most original production.
After failing three times to get
through with it. / at last, in February,
1902, completed it in the fourth at
tempt, and marvelled at my former
failures 1t IS most remarkable,
unique, and delightful volume, a con-
Summdte success and work of high
genius. / is truly one of the world s
greatest records fost onlymsc
greatest works in English. and by
authors of British fame. l do not here
characterize or name the greatest pro-
iuctions of Sir Walter Scott, Charles
Dickens, w. M. Thackery. and George
Elliot-her de al name Mary Ann EV-
InS. But OF the works of the last fifty
years or so, uniting the four authors
mentioned. # l had to name the best
or greatest six, l would write THE
Cioister and the HEARTH by Charles
Reade; Iona Doone," by Richard
Slackmore: Richard Feverel.' by
GEORGE Meredith; John Inelesant."
by j. H. Shorthouse; Westward Ho''
by Charles Kingsley. and "TesS OF
D'Urbeville," by Thomas Hardy. The
last named / would not commend, for
it is to me unclean and putrid, al
though much praised for it's purity as
Well as power. ! willingly grant its
power, it's originality. it's interest. AS
, story It is highly artistic and even
dramatic, and certainly one of the
greatest of novels the world over in
the last half century 1t has too much
of Zola in it for 8Dure aSte and high
moral standard absolutely too real
istc. The heroine is betrayed and yet
is represented as preserving perfectly
ler true virgnity of soul. 1t has
100 much upon a lofty ideal of virtue
and a stern demand for morality to
be counSentnced or passed without
Lrotest. However vigorous, original,
powerful, and entertaining, i would
not commend it TO any virtuous mind
1r friend of the highest truth. The
purpose is sound, as the author
:laims. as he calls Tess "a pure wo-
man" but il is far too Frenchv and
spectacular to be regarded as beauti-
murder, and is hanged for it. An
ful and ethical. The heroine is no.
Only a fallen woman, but she commits
American critic many years ago dis
cussed It with remarkable clearneSS,
felicity and incisiveness. Of the hero
me he prote that she herself is one
Of those imperfect, faulty beautiful
figures which take into hopeless cap
'ivity the readers affection.
This story. in virtue of its passionate
and lofty aih, as well as of the pulse
of dramatic vitality which thrObS
through it from the first half-farcical
tc the last overpoweringly tragic scene,
is quite the most serious contribution
20 latter-day English fiction.
It is a great book, and none the less
sc by reason of the indefinable impress
sion it gives of a creative personality
in some ways greater than the thing
created"
Poe has more reputation in Europe
now than any other American whittier.
Twenty-Five years ago he was placed
foremost by some gifted men of let
ters in France and England. He
ranks very high with men of genius
n France, end the gifted American
novelist, Mr.. f. Marion Crawford, de-
clares that French writer's are con-
vinced there can never be any litera-
ture equal 10 the French except Edgar