Evening star., 1908-01-22


and Billy Yank" published BY this
house,, ranges through Virginia
and North Carolina with gun and
rod in hand, travelling by schooner
sloop, canoe. on horseback. and in
cart. He takes you hunting for
coonS. turkeys, quail, ducks, brant
bear, and deer-always alert, keen
certain OF sport and entertainment
The "HuntSman" instructs the boy
who wants to learn the mysteries
OF the hunters craft. it whets the
appetite of the experienced sports
man, and it entertains the stay-at-
home reader.
The Charleston Key ystone, or
one occasion, speaking OF the
Neale biographies and reminis-
cences, called them a fascinating
series OF personal "reminiscences.
Coming now to a few of the vol
ulncs OF this series. the last to be
published. but not the least in its
values, is the "Recollections' OF
ex-senator William n. Stewart oi
Nevada $500; postage. 20 cents)
After a service OF twentv-nine gears
i'll the Senate of the United States,
two years ago the Senator laid
aside his public duties and devoted
himself to the making of still an
other fortune and to the writing oil
this book. At the ripe age oil
eighty, he feels that he may tell the
truth as he knows it, and a right
racy book has he written. His
memoirs cover the whole of his
long life. Col. Richard Malcolm
] o hnstons Autobiography
(SI.25; postage. II cents, reveals
the authors winning personality
This exquisite record of a noble
nature. as somebody has called it
is the inner life OF d scholar told by
HIMSELF says The Mobile Regis.
ter. in English as sweet, pure. anc
refined as that of Addison or Gold
smith The same simplicity and
purity characterize Colonel John
ston's book of Georgia stories
"NIr. Billy Downs and His Likes
(SI.25).
In My Life and My Lectures
$500; postage. 20 cents), Major
Lamar Fontaine, traveller, captive
hunter, explorer, soldier. has told
how he knocked about the world
in China, Egypt, India. Palestine
South Amortization sixteen years
and how he returned to America
and enlisted III the Tenth Missis-
sippi Infantry, of the Confederate
Army, and how he fought on the
field and starved in prison, always
a soldier of fortune, brave and re-
sourccful.
OF a different type, and noble
after their kind, arc the autobiogra-
phics of DIR. Richard McIlwainc in
Memories OF Three Score Years
and Ten" $500; postage, &c
cents): Mr.. Alexander S. Paxton
in Memory Days" (SI.5o), ir
Which the old days in the Shenan-
doall Valley are seen i'll retrospect
and of the Honorable John Goode
of Virginia, in 'Recollections of a
Lifetime (S2.oo: postage, IS
cents). OF Judge Goodies volume
Governor Swanson OF Virginia
writes, The distinguished author
/. presents an interesting
variety of. delightful topics which
speak to Southern hearts. No Vir-
ginia library is complete, and no
Virginian can have thorough
knowledge of the recent political
history of this State. without it."
Senator John II. Reagan S
"Memoirs' $500; postage. &c
cents) is a bold, rugged. earnest
work. and The New York World
says its historical values are very
certain" The Baltimore Sun
closes long and thoughtful re-
view of Judge Reagan S work with
the words: .. :. Reagan has
written fearlessly, written with the
determination to hew to the line
regardless OF where the chips fall
Those that knew him could
have looked for no other method
Of writing, and those who did not
know him will find inhis Memoirs
the spirit of the real man, the last
OF the Cabinet OF Jefferson Davis, y
for Senator Reagan was Postnas-
ter-General OF the Confedcracy.
In connection with these me-
moirs and autobiographies, the
Neales have issued a series of
biographies of great soldiers and
statesmen, adding to the series
volume by volume until they have
built UP a library of biography. In
this series, and among others, may
be mentioned the two biographies
of General Robert Edward Lee,
the life OF General Elisha Frank
lin Paxton Of DR.. Samuel Mudd,
the Honorable Robert NJ. T. Hun
ter. the Honorable JAMES NJ.