The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-13
DNrs. /. z. Frasiey Chab Of Phans
 For WlIIlam L. 1ancey Chabter

times very interesting, revealing, as they do the personal side of these best loved southerners and especially so since they are told by present writers of acumen, who are we'll known in the literary and educative work of today.
 The memories recalled by reunion week give to three mentioned in the Library Of Southern Literature a peculiar inter- est just now. They are Jefferson Da- wis, his wife, Varina Howell Davis and his daughter. Varina Anne Jefferson Da- vis, who was so dearly loved through out the south during her sweet, short life Mrs Cornela Branch Stone, pres ident general of the United Daughters of the Confederacw, who is so dearly loved by the large organization, was asked to write the personal sketch of Mrs. Da wis, and she says in its introduction that It's preparation is a duty that falls to me as the head of a great organization which seeks to preserve the memories of the war between the states-that valiant struggle of a day that is dead, in which people of the south counted no sacri- flee too great for the defense of con- stitutional government and individual rights, and out of which were born to the American people some of the noblest types of character that the world has ever known" continuing with selections from Mrs. Davis book, Jefferson Da wis: A Memoir.
 Dr. Chiles Clifton Terrell of this city is the author of the sketch of Varina Anne -"Winnie"-Davis Few of the southern people, even those who knew and loved Winnie Davis, realized her gift She was quite a prolific writer and very versatile, her work including, as is pointed ouS by pr. Terrell verse and prose, both as essays and in book form. He tells an appealing story of the struggles of the mother and daughter to sustain them- selves after the life of Jefferson Davis was cut short. Both were literary and they found it a great advantage in their literary labors to be in touch with their publishers and to be so moved north. Both hemispheres,' said Dr. Terrell, were shocked at the announcement that the life of the Daughter of the Con federacy' had been cut short, at Mar ragansett Pier, September IS, 1898. As was fitting her body was buried in Rich mond'
 She wrote for a number of monthly magazines, essays of which is mentioned specially an article on "The Women of the South," for which, Dr. Terrell says, Mrs. Davis gave her the material, and her pure soul shed upon it the moon- light of idealism Her most ambitious work, however, was the "Veiled Doctor" published by Harper & Brother He speaks of it thus: 'The situations in this novel are sometimes characterized as un- natural and melodra matic and the style is criticised as suited With such opin- ions the editor can only in a measure agree. Our author partially disarms criti- cism by calling attention to the perspec- tive-the events being supposed to have l taken place in those times when the lives l of men and women swung between the l two poles of wars brutality and a super i refined sentime mentalism, that seems mawk- ihs to their more prosaic grandchildren 1 The ideals of different periods are not the same, and it is hardly right to set up those of our own a perfectly trust worthy standard in judging those of an- other. The style Is not always what It should be, the author being at times un- sounding phrases but it sometimes mani- fests considerable strength and we find numerous bits of description that are in- disputahly clever and show excellent taste in their simplicity"
 The south is treasuring more and more the literature of its people and it is pleasant to know that there are among us many who are capable of giving to the world a concise and capable criticism of our best authors. The little sketch of Winnie Davis Is interesting both be- cause it tells of one whose history Is so beloved in Dixie and also because it Is written by a Birmingham man Dr. Terrell is one of the most cultured men in this community. He formerly occupied an important chair in the faculty of the University of Mississippi. but came to
 make his home In Birmingham about a year ago. His marriage to the lovely Miss Tennie Taliaferro few years ago
 was one of the most brilliant events in Rrrnin Rlham sOcietV for season