The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-11

In Alabama
OF MA wiispn snd her work. The
Mobile Register saya;
Nrs. Wilson VS. tho eldest daughter
nn i nssns s sss s s.s g sosa
Y ooiumhus. Ga, Nay 2, 1sss. AZ TIE
moved TO San Antonio, Tex and after
s ~as q 9s wl. sas' sas sams
aided ever sincs--a period Of about
sixty. years. On Dec. 3, 1858. she was
m.Irisa . col n wilson, Z pEomi.,
& ssn cs isia :aa shss sse
ban hcrns. -1shiand." On spring mi
1891, After his death. Nrs Wlisen
s whs re- re gTsa ! MS az
nnaiiy pgrehasing her present home.
had resided for the past thfrtesn years.
Mrs- wiissn's Fisst Novel
4rs w'a rom We e. sssssnssS s o q
shs most d!stias rushed fsmiiIss ~ q.
state OF Georgia From her father.
y. r. Evans, she Inherited wealth r.
AS owins to- her S dsiicsss hsslfn = )
child. shs was not ssnf 10 school. but
was educated ~ her mether. who Wa
Q woman Of superior Attachments, ana
Sc. A:s e s:as A ss pei
history. metaphysics. and the natural
q travel: had pssaiiIar :hsSm Tor
:. she vss i y:s a,o, 91a he, her
During the Mexiesn War this town WI, vas e
gray uniforms ana siirrias nasio sx-
citing incidents OF the epoch strongly
Impressed her .youtnfpl imagination;
noxs ss was rss e q sai sss
among southern Women In that day
that The literary impulse must have
bean strehg not to have persisted At
ps s srss Sss ss sSs vas nis'
and presented to her father as Christ-
mas gift. 1t was brought out by the
Harpers in 1855. the author receiying
so Sy su e st Ssa ' from Il asr ss1o
sineE was the natural outcome of
Influences q frontier town s BRon. Z
ssnsitiys nature nrscoe,ty 'o ooynvsys we
scmbrs love story. associated with q
great historical event. II contained
more than hint 81 the rsiitaeus ccler
that became sosstrong feature IN nsr
Four years later .'Bsulah. was writ.
ten, and from Its appearance dates
literary career of extraordinary sue
S Tork Il, ni order ys to arrange Tor III publ
cation, and Mr.. Derby 90 whom sne'
applied, was charmed with her intellt.
gence and frankness. she volunteered
t srst i BOOK had BEEN limited. and that
the one under confederation had been
refused by Appleton. but she added:
II was dissatisfied. with the hrst, and
was S. nst sS%sss .s ss ssss
written something that win Be read y
/ can fnd publisher for y.
The manuscript was submitted g the
rs,es o f ME- 4. DsriSg was
and Derby & Jackson immediately arr
ranged for It's publication,
It is little curious that wnen
Bsush began e ssll isrs sns an sns o ySsf
for LOCO copies e 2 g., single ng!s,a Tine os
hook was one from the pen Of Mr.
spaulding. an sssista sta sdiaos, o. rhasa
Interest," Mss Srx Was 0s 80 sxcised ina. he came
e ssis sfs Ar the s saar ss @ Ike astaoT
whsI ,Ss sSs. sas .L SSs 81 g
Introduced to her, the meeting cuiIai-
mating In a warm personal friendship,
The sales % .'Bsalah" continued .
profit; interest In the . neyei BENG m asssn-
iahs was the story Of the lives ef three
orphaned girls, Beulah being the her
s0Tce ana sir beauty an q esaracter and
destined to devote her life to the good
of those around her. It was Mss
Evans's tribute to- unselfshness. The
siScy y writer IL sssspa Impress
I'D the feading public and claimed for
Miss Evans high place In the liteF-
ary temple Of that day. :, -.
times and was published In Riehmend
by West and Johnson Mw9s deaieat-
ed to the brace soldiers OF the south.
sFn army MIen 81 y was ,s wE,,, nars -
Of this book the author sad: IL faith
fully rejects life at the South during
the Nights IN which J watched IN =
s Ss h sssss ss s e very a.
is pages. coarse and yellow tnoush
he story Is touching ling, one e., 2; I g. the
s sr, Rpsssii Aubrey. Who had 70 contend
ali hts life with the fact that his faith
or. condemned murderer, had taken
HE pwn life, After ,s stern1y o, PHs cfe ns
The book was immensely popular in
the Southern army. In the North y
It had little immediate success there,
Although more than one publisher be-
iieved II would be. a number Of the
copies Of the confederats edition were
ersi Stationed in Kentucky.
When the book came into Or, Der
by's hands he a. once nssetastsa ME-
when il was discovered that New
York publisher, who had reeeive4 9
copy through the lines. had Ancthss
edition Of the work eimS%Ss rssax w " Vi S Sy
Mr.. Derby what copyright he meant g
Arch rebel was entitled e no e9ny-
FEhi ana wUua ssss,Ss Il the silva
on Visit Of reEaonstrence. the result
being that upon s1s s sSEslsIAg th so Nsw
York publisher promlsad . pay 70 Mr.
Derby 4 royalty on trust for the an
thor on an s3piss sold; y 1, ies svs so 81
nection Mrs. Wilson wrosst ~ save ave a.
T Teysi ssla soT Sis Sspssoss. ohlyeirOas
conSuct toward an unknown rebel, who
was al this time nursing ConredeEate
az S,,t fats has never INDUCED me an
opportunity Of adequately thanking
'i In the summer of 1856. Mr., Derby
Spruce street. when a lady was an
S Ss IrrSScosnissd the voice as that Of Au-
Ensta Evens. she had come to New
York Win 3 brother. who had besn
w s.snrSSes a that she would md an ex-
cslient nurse.in his wife. her good pub
Manor insisted that she should so at
once to his house. In the conversation
rhich followed he ventured TO remind
her that fashions had changed since he
had last seen her. suggesting that she
anhould make some little additions TO
har wardrobe, and when told that ev-