The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-09

,unbounded wealth, George Peabody He had come because he admired Rob- ,ert E. Lee as the greatest living American, and wished to be near him for awhile to discuss with him certain plans for the charities in the South"
 Here in line is told the beginning of an outpouring of wealth that has blessed every nook and corner of our beloved Southland. Tht re are fine lit- tie pen sketches of the war heroes, Gen. John B. Magruder, Colonel Mos Iby, Gen. John s. Preston, Gen. Beau rcguard, all present at that brilliant rebreni of the famed old resort.
 Of the entrance of General Lee into this company the author writes feel ingly:
 "An eyes were turned to a doorway opening into the great reception room. The doors were thrown open and d tall white bearded man advanced with a woman on his arm.
 General Lee has como!
 As if by military command. twelve hundred chairs were pushed pack and twelve hundred men and women rose up spontaneously to do him homage. E is table was far down the room, and his progress was slow. He had evil dently expected no such ovation. His first look when he saw the movement was one of surprise and regret that hc was being made conspicuous. There was no noisy demonstration. He was Gie ssed in . suit of spotltss white duck. His hair and well-trimmei beard were white as his spotless att tire. but his kind brown eyes and fresh complexion looked younger than his bieached Iccks. Yet there were deer lines of care upon his face and an ex- rression- of sadness winch neither his sn Hes nor his iaspirine dignity con ce eaied. It was .he giant oak which the lightnings had blasted; not yet withored, but lead at the neart'
 The remaining chapters of the book are all of political struggle
 The story of the crash in the Capitol is told. wherein nearly hundred lives were lost.
 The unusual in literature occurs in the books we have the author appear ing in his own pages
 ''The Coalition State Convention named for congressman -at-large, John s. Wise, of Richmond, who was at that time United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, under ap- pointment of President Arthur, who was an ex-Confederate soldier. and had been a classmate and friend of Powha- ton Darlington at the university. Their ages were about the same. their ca- reers had been in many respects simi- lar. and the friendship between them was strong"
 Here we have Wise himself and his double the hero Darlington.
 The story of how Darlington was hy his political beliefs upon which he made firm stand, cut off from all old associates is told with the blt- terness of one who may have lived through such an ordeal.
 An ordeal easy enough to skim through in a half hours reading, but hard to live through day by day
 The hero and his wife living almost in a hostile camp" determined to re- move with their household goods to New York.
 There prosperity awaited them.
 Yet the Virginian calls no other place but Richmond home" We are told that His lot In Hollywood is kept green for the time when he shall once more sleep on Virginia soil" a loyal tral- tor. free from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"
 There was one more arrow" to be sent home, when the Darlington sons enlisted for Spanish American warfare, they were not allowed to be confined in appointments of a Virginia company
  but New Workers" So by delays the boys lost rank. Yet bravery brought them to the front in the battle and they returned home glory-covered he- roes.
 A book full of interest which will secure for itself much more careful perusal than that accorded most nov els.
 Simultaneously with the publication of Albert Morris Bagby's latest book Nanny Rosie" a fourth edition of his earlier volume, Miss Traumerei," appears. The personages in both books are frankly acknowledged photographs. many of them clearly recognizable to those familiar with New York society in the first instance, and, in the sec ond. with the Liszt Coterie in the lovely little city of Weimar. In Miss Trau- merei" we have the novelty of famil- iarly known musical people appearing under their own names, while the identity of the lovers in the story. and of the pupils of a great musician, Is concealed.
 Nanny Rosie is the only confessed ly real character in the volume which bears her name. the others of the dramatis personae being more or less Nanny IS dellclOuS old type. who, having foated around New York without fixed occupation or abode, enters into the employment of a fashionable young New York bach elor Being decidedly religious. she Is not without some suspicion as to his probable character. Brought up as house servant. the apartment of bachelor presents all sorts of possibil- ities. and for weeks she Is on the qui vive for signs of depravity on his part When assured at last of Thornton's rectitude she straightway proceeds to adopt him and to guard him against others. especially females. whose de- signs she suspects. In the end she proves to be his guardian angel. Those