The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-29

that cost him $4,000. So his total real
estate owned amounted To S64G0 He
left two daughters who married very
common men. His last descendant
Lady Barnard. died in A. ID. 1870,
when all of his landed property pass
ed away from lineal heirs. White
says that according to tradition the
poet was "a handsome, well-shaped
man." and that mo satisfactory per-
trait Of Shakespeare exists.
1.-The North Carolina Booklet for
the Quarter ending October. 1906.
contains three papers Of interest: 1.-THE
History Of the Capitol" by Charles T..
johnson; Some Notes on Colonial
North Carolina-1700-1750 by j.
Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State
North Carolina Poets by Rev Hight
&c. Moore. The paper of Secretary
Grimes. a son Of the very gallant
Major General Bryan Grimes, who
commanded a North Carolina Division
Of Confederates in The great war with
! marked distinction, is Of real value az
| Il gives much insight into the char
acter OF the times embraced in the
Notes 1t fills sixty pages, and Well.
| noticed il gives a glimpse of the will
Of King" Roger Moore. of this sec
| ton of the Cape Fear, as he was call
| ed. made i'm 1850 From it ! learn
that he owned very many plantations
embracing i'm all quite 100000 acres
and that he mentions 250 slaves
among his property one Of the values
of the paper is the OPINIONS cited from
sundry writer's as to the very remark
able excellence Of Eastern North
Carolina. its great desirableness for
| homes. and the ease of living. In fiji
teen years. from 1715 to 1880. the
| population grew from 1920 TO &c.
| 900. In 1852. it had increased to TO-
900 whites and 10000 negroes-90,0 900
total. Read the valuable paper. and
you will learn no little concerning this
great State in the eighteenth century.
| have not yet read Mr.. Moore's pa
per on IN. G. Poets
THE Gift of the Morning Star" the
novel from the pen of Mr.. Armistead
C. Gordon. a Virginian of decided
4 parts. is being appreciated beyond
seas. l am much gratilied to know. as
we'll as in his native land. Glasgow.
Scotland. the greatest city of the Brit
| ish Kingdom after London has lead
| ing daily called The Herald" II
praises IN a most welcome and high
strain this Southern novel. 1t is a
thoughtful, discriminating study. and
/ / take leave TO reproduce enough to
show the breadth and heartiness Of
the gracious reception of the book.
now in an English edition. 1t says:
THE story is one Of distinct and
continuous interest 1t is concerned
with characters and situations that
| are at once fresh and engaging, and il
reveals observing powers and descrip
J tive facility Of no common order. AT
! the root of the study lies the question
! of hcredity He finds his
material amid secluded and primitive
conditions. places il so as to show its
| inherent strength and value. and here
/, : fter by deXterous and relevant mani
! pulation covers it with the glory of
which it is fairly susceptible. The va
rious characters. especially those of d
strictly primitive type. are strongly
| y.taIised. and the closing sections OF
/ the story are particularly bright and
| effective"
| The leading paper perhaps in the
/ beautiful capital of Scotland, is the
/ Edinburgh Scotsman very distin-
| guished and long known journal. 1t
| says of the Virginan book that it sis
ably imagined and gracefully written
always. Mr.. Alexander Anderson, the
Scottish author and poet. who is now
Librarian i'm the University of Edin-
burg. writes of it: 1T is now a good
many years since | read a story that
has interested me sc much. The char
acters are all fresh and real and
! think the silent sister is a mastery
| piece of character drawing"
The North Carolina Reader was
prepared and published by the late
| Rev. Dr. Calvin II. Wiley. while Su-
Iperintendent of Public Instruction, and
/ il was very useful and important al
the time it was laid before the people
of the State. In my young days
| found it enjoyable and instructive, and
/ | could read it now with pleasure.
/ have no doubt, after the lapse of
more than fifty years. His daughter,
Miss Mary Callum Wiley, has inherit
ed some of the gifts and taste of her
gifted father, and some years ago she
revised the Reader for use i'm our pub
/ lie schools. II is a desirable addition
Ito the curriculum of the boys and
girls of our progressive Common
wealth. It. should be adopted as a part
Of the education 10 be impaired in the
state schools. 1t is next year that the
+. state Committee must adopt the books
| hat ere to be used in the Public
| ,chools. 1t is to be hoped that WileS's
| North Carolina Reader shall be
| dorted. II will be wisely done for
| hat book cannot fail to be of value
| n the course. It is well always for
i he girls and boys TO learn Of their
alive North Carolina. They will be
| ure to be taught as to New England
| story and its leaders 1t will be
| shameful ignorance not to be inform
ID as to the interesting incidents and
/ acts and men OF their own State also.
| believe il will be a serious loss not
| o incorporate Wiley's Reader SO
| 'ull of historic interest and incidents
| 'nto the plan of studies. 1t will be a
| good way to perpetuate the memory
| IF a most worthy. useful and able
organizer and instructor among the
| Youth of our precious old State so full
| IF romance and glories.
An old schoomate, collegemate and
personal friend, Peter E. Smith, Esq.
| Of Scotland Neck. is dead aged rs
wears. / was in the same class with
him at the University of North Caro-
lima. He took high rank. and was
much liked and well estimated. He
was the son of William Smith. Esq.
If the Scotland Neck section of Hall
fax county, one of the best in North
Carolina who was one of the largest
Iplanters, foremost in character and
best of citizens. / greatly honored and
revered him. for he was one of the
most intimate of my own mothers
friends in her young womanhood. She,
like him was born in that much IA