The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
Hooks md Authors

The psychological moment seems to have
arrived for a revival in interest in the period
of the civil war and the stormy days immn-
diately following II. Four or five irnpor-
tant books were brought out during the
season just past which we're for tho
most part approximations and chronicle,
Of the South, It's spirit, ideals and achieve
ments all books that could not have
been published and would not have boon
read in the North a quarter Of a century
earlier.
General Lees Letters sold as we'll in Bos.
ton a. in Atlanta, Mrs Clays Memoirs.
Mrs Roger A. Pryor'S "Reminiscences
have been widely read and sympatheti-
oally received in the North as well az in the
South, The season now opening prom.
ises TO be distinguished by morn litera-
ture based upon the incidents of this period
Mrs, Chesnuts diary will succeed the Mem
oirs and "reminiscences already mentioned
Mrs. Chestnut was an intimate friend "
Mrs. Davis and the wives of other southern
leaders. The Clausman' Is certainly
a book Of strong Southern sympathes.
The Storm Center Charles Egbert Grad
docks new book deals with a wounded
Union officer in a household strongly
in sympathy with the Confederate
cause. A dashing young Confederate
officer is allowed TO obtain information
that enables the Sou hern army to gain
an important advante &c and the Union
officer IL court -martialled for his lapse u
loyalty. Prof william p. Trent pro-
lessor OF English literature at Columbia
University has arranged n new volume
under the title of Southern Writer'S
which contains extracts from some seventy
five Southern authors from jefferson to
Poe. Page and Allen and has two sections
devoted TO the poetry Of the civil war
and Of the present day. The aim of the
book is to furnish for school use an an
thology Of Southern writer's Many minor
novels are also occupied with this period
For those who are not satisfied with the
King James Version of the New Testament
new translation into modern English, =
The Twentieth Century New Testament
(Fleming II. Revell Company, will be well
come. 1t is translated directly from the
Greek and the contents are rearranged ac-
oording to the views Of modern scholars,
Mark. for instance, being put before Mat
thew The subjec OF the various paragraphs
is explained in the margin. The English Of
this version may as the translators assert,
be more ineligible than the form familiar
to ALL but we are old fashioned enough 10
prefer the Lords Prayer, for example, IN
the form in which it was taught to US.
The changes here seem to be solely for the
sake Of change.
So long IA the author sticks 20 fairly
probable adventures Mr.. Herbert Strang''
-Koho" &C. p, Putnam's Sonsl il not a
bad book for boys II was inevitable that
they should get their dose of the war be
tween Japan and Russia, and here it begins
There Ia certain amount Of dash in th'
description of military exploits by eel
and land, but after a while the author get
into the realm of pure fancy, and though
he calls mis- puppets Chunchuses or Manchus
the reader becomes aware that he is beinl
narrowed with stage effects These in
volve some remarkable gymnastic stunts
! Unluckily Mr. Strang thinks it necessary
to be funny at times. and his funniness a