The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-07
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FORTY YEARS or ACTIVE sERY1cE .l
BY exc e Charles N osf,er IF
88s s$ Published by the N eale Company, Of
Wa shington 10 u Id tN9:$ ewS +; Y ork. ell;
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like the one undo cons ID Grafton, to- pre-
sent correctly and nd qrn tely Its claims
upon the considered lon & of southern and
American read ers q az B all classes, IL young
and old, Ssl lke.ss For AZ no incline to!
history. to per sonalit 81 pressed Il through;
history 10 & thee record sdf forty rot the
moot momen t0na " ears sOf Am rican9 ar1ld
sectional exis tenceS -llere H Isl the story
given BY one who 10 Ok sa " tai part In
the strug gle and the out some 81 hose
years, and .whp Is alb II to descrlhe both
with a. judicial imp az tia lity yet. !, with
sa& freshness and vigor, sss that impresses
them ndeliblyi;o on the mi Ind, 81
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ling q longer period t han Of hers Consa=
8quent thy much Aof its ma erlal itis alto
/ gether. hewitt begins with tho authors
experience as 10 lad In he John Brown
raid. he real comm enceme t9of the great
Civil War. Governor 4 q F,errallS went t
that time with a, Svolun teerI$ company to
Harper s Ferry The account he gives
4of y Browns arrest Il, isonment u and
trial, Is 81 that OF an 4; eye VI WI tness, and
bears the plain stamp Of sincerity and
TRUTH with nothing sensational fand inl-i
aglnary to mar is directness. III
The same might be said in regard to-
Governor o 'FerraIl's war experiences
They are evidently penned with u great.
enthusiasm and fire; they abound in in-s
$cident$ and adventure; they are filed with.
n5.,.e =
Erades, but they are bsolutelyS untngedi
by bitterness and being 50 "a they make
all the stronger appeal to- the fair mind
ed, the patriotic and the 8unprejudlc Iced.
The book 8 Is not 81 Hplys a history Of
the Confederate y. si It gives the official
experiences Of "a man wh 3subseq uent to
the q Civil War,8.was o member Of the
State Legislature in thes most critical
period Il OF iYirginia's xistence, III that "a OF
the funding and anti funding tlme; OF g
man who afterwards sat on the judicial
was congressman from Virginia when
/ the force bill was troduced and dis
cussed, and who, saf ter MA Ing a brill
record n Congress, was elected Cover
nor OF the Comm tn. q
The Il browning work OF his lie, " ono
which will greatly help the maker OF
future history. has been the SSwrit lng q
his Forty = ears Of Active aser'yl T
las a volume addressed TO all American
men and women, one VIII ch. they ca \ nn e,
fail to take up and read throug 81 with
interest !, one which they will Railways de-
sire for reference In their libraries and
on { their writing tables, and one which
will grow more and moro into their
Friendship and affection as the years
make it's real value apparent,
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