The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29

career The book Is said to have boon.
sfoMnded, we're especially hosille !. \, Il 1,
Dx hs A aeeeye stsst
'S sabseaaentlS the the New York clergy rail-
one SWSo;mah'i MI. Dixon retired from TUG
lecture platform. He had made q great
s,itcessa p vlously he had LETT the MIN fi
LA pastor5of tho Peoples Church he
had preached to thousatds4of people ct
5Here every Sunday afternoon, people g I
Eall creeds were welcomed. and topics y
popular. Interest were discussed. But his
desire to write got the better 9 of this
At Home in Old Virginia.
5 Although Mr.. Dixon retains .4hiy New
York citizenship and votes there, he
spends at least six months Of Tho year%nt
his beautiful estate, Elningtbn Manor:
In Virginia. Here In II fne old Colonial
gentleman and dapenses q generous hos
pltality. It Is one thing to see Mr{Dixon
sing his New York study; 1t \ is quite an
Other to know him In the. country. 1fe
vas born oh, 4. farm ma the old love q {
clothes and slouch hat. rides over his
place of 200 acres or runs Ills 1aunch#in3
Chesapeake BAY. The "B Big House, 4 as
tho servants Gull 1T, after tho delightful
old vlrginiaa fashion, with Its stately Pill
the broad porch and watch the sunlight.
CLEAN on tho irippltng blue waters Of
tho bay. Around tho house arc nofle gray
lelms ana stretching dowl, to tho wa
tter's edge Is q fine lawn. .t5 tsia 81 q lj
Elmingtons Manor comprises (, {, crown
grant It Is a historic country. Across
II. Bacon drove Lord berkeley, j and his
troops long before the Revolutlon.J5i.I t IS
lin Gloucester county, which has not yet.
known the shrek OF Locomotive. Mr.
Dixon has his own fflceS called Dix
ondnle. Fl u III " q IS li Il fi b.G
IA Log Study.
Almost within sight OF the mansion is
a simple log cabin built BY Mr. Dixon.
himself +, Is sixteen fect wide and TWEEN
tty-three feet long. at one end Us ID huge
frepace where whole logs crack e. q ere
Mr.. Dixon works when he Is Iat home.
Here are some OF his v favorlte books: ::
Froude, eliot, Dickens lie Is O. IS student!
of history. The study Of tho reconstruc-
ton has made 1t necessary 70 acquir g
large library on this subject alone, Ile
smlrer Of James Lane Aliens works.
5;3In tho log study the greater part Of
Tho Clansriian'4was written. Mr.. Dixon
lis an intense admirer. Of a brah !; LIN,
Slnterprets tho renl attitude OF LINCOLN to-
wards the southanS those soul-trying days
before "a nations wounds were healed. N 3
E$Iffyou should happen to he at Filming
ton Manor In the winter the chances are
thai you would be reused from your
bed some cold morning to see your host
standing before you5in q shooting ia ke
and urging you to join him In n duck
hunting expedition. Mr.. Dixon Is an en-
Sthusnstic sportsman He spends weeks
5roughing It in Gloucester, and adjacent
counties. He sleeps lin q shack and IS
In the open all day long Q ften he goes
duck hunting In his lnunch Dixie POI '' 5,
ss Once his launch got q caught n q b ,l,
Yard and was ice bound AZ week g; NJ The ne
y party Oh board included several IS. N eW
York people. q The H coal # gave o. IT. and
part Of the boat was used for uel.l E5 FL;
snallyjgNTr.t Dixon made his way q yer the
Ice togthe land. Il 5&s5fs
"a Striking Pei sonality.
ii This is Thomas Dixon the man. AZ for
iinsthe maklng Of American fiction; THE,
2Leopard's Spots has 81 been call ed Q
experimenting novel and y here are !. rea =.
sons to believe that ~ he Clnnsman will
take an 4 equally impressive = place. There
Y are people who maintain that Mr.. Dixon
lis sensational !; thnts he is raklng the ashes
/ Of d fire long dead. But no one can deny
that he has sincerely set about the task
OF 8un folding the tragedy Of the recon-,
structlonA and In SO doing has created q
distinct literature. He has given to tine
North real idea Of the white man 8 bur Il
den In the Soutll.5 . . q ". I :, IL
"a 4 q .si ]. F. MARCOsSON1.t}s