The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

through, except the pretty red covers and some of the illustrations, particularly that one of lovely Barbara Bozenta.
 ""The Sems- Centennial History of the
 Southern University, at Greensboro,
 Ala. 1S56-1906. By Daniel P. Christen-
 berry. CPublished by the author, at
 Greensboro, Ala.)
 LaGrange College, near Florence, Ala, organized by the Mississippi and Tennes- see Conferences of the Methodist Church, was opened January Il, 1880, the first col lege in Alabama It was opened one year before the University of Alabama, two years before the Randolph Macon, Vir- ginia; seven years before Emory and Henry, Virginia; twenty-four years before Trinity College North Carolina; twenty one years before Wofford. in South Caro- lima; and sixteen years before Howard College, in Alabama.
 After the LaGrange College was closed the Methodist Church decided that it must have a university. The Methodist Church had none in the South and this section was then as now the richest on this con- tinent.
 The movement which led to the found- ing of the Southern University was be- gun at the 23rd session of the Alabama Conference, Talladega, Ala, in 1854. Au- burn ana I1eenSDOTO OhSicu lllOhCy iot the establishment; the former $100,0OO, the latter S300,OO0. After a fierce debate of three days Greensboro won out.
 Professor Christenberry in charge of tho course in English since 1892 has written an authoritative account of the history Of the Southern University since 1856, for 90 years, up to 1906.
 To the alumni or any one interested In such things Mir. Christenberry' book will 11l Ia the important events and people connect ed with the Southern University. The book is nicely gotten up, showing much study. Iaborious work in the collection or data and is well illustrated.
 "Judith of the Cumberlands," by Alice
 MacGowan e. F. Putnam's Sons)
 Miss MacGowan who formerly lived in Chattanooga, (although she may not be willing to point with pride to that fact, at the present time) Is one of the young Southern women who have won success and good dinero through their literary struggles.
 Her latest book, Judith of the Cum herlands." ran serally in Putnam's and The Reader Magazine and has been in due course published in book form by the same firm or branch of it.
 Miss MacGowan says that she has, al- ways lived in a small city in the heart of the Cumberlands and portion of each wear she spent in the mountains them selves When she began to write, she was one summer at Roan Mountain on the North Carolina-Tennessee line, lit- file less than 200 miles from Chattanooga and Gen. J. T. Wilder, who had cam paigned all over that region. suggested to Miss MacGowan that she buy noun tain-bred saddle horse and ride such al cix through the country, bringing up after ride of some 1000 miles at her home She did as she was told; "Judith of the Cumberlands" is the result.
 Judjth was beautiful mountain girl. | This reviewer never saw one beautiful molIntaineer girl in all his life and has spent much time in the 'fastnesses," but | that doesn't make any matter. For you I can take all the stories of mountaineer | life and in them every one, there is, of | course. the beautiful heroine. Now really | did anyone ever see beautiful girl, such as is described in, books, living on the mountain side, not an ordinarily good | looking girl, but one that was the beauty l we read about? You never did. Miss | MacGowan never did either. this review l CT doesn't believe; still the heroine of a !, hook must be pretty, else all is lost. 1 Judith was buying a pretty hat one | day in Hepzidah, the little village near | est her mountain farm Across the l square was young man speaking, l pleading for the votes of his home peo- | ple to send him up the mountains. to The l Edge, that he might as justice of the peace carry the law with all its dignity | to me people, Creed Bonright was | elected and went to The Edge to gel busy. Judith loved Creed so soon as she
 saw him. With Creed 1t took longer time to inoculste; usually it Is just the
 other way around in mountains or ou, of them.
 Of course when Creed gets up into the