The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22

noinenai struggle which Miss John
ston pictures. involves military and
technical knowledge which few wo-
men can grasp or use for constructive
literary purpose
The Southern leaders AND soldiers
were lovers as well as soldiers. Be-
hind the soldiers and UNFOLDING their
iucalisrn. their struggles against in
Vsslofi for the defense OF their treside
rights and thc..- individual freedom.
We're their wives, daughters and sweet
hearts. who never faltered or paltered.
INTO the pure and .dyilic iove-poem of
me book is centred some brief hours
ahatched from the turmoil and the
tuthlessness Of war. shining out ali
me brighter because of the enca mpass-
IT'S gloom against which they are set.
ne wonder Of II Is thatlthe tremen-
dons action OF the book, the march
ing tread of the soldiers. the high
music OF the rebel yell can continu-
ousiy retain their hold over the mind
OF the reader, while along with II.
sweet and clear. like 9 strain Of purest
,.usic' runs the consciousness of an
ldea! devotion which separation and
Danger but deepen through mutual
seii -sacrlhce and brave co~mradeship,
besths with Departure of Men.
The novel begins with the making
READY and departure of the men whose
ignorance of the real meaning OF war
Is Speedily to be rent from them by
every form Of hard service and endur-
ahcei me molding OF character. the
Feady and unmurmuring obedience and
,ne JOY In battle Of the Southern SOL
oier' ragged. hungry, cold. with the
SHOWS OF winter and choking with the
heat and dust of summer. are arawn
oy MISS Johnston with no waverInr
or uncertain lines. Whether in the
hospital or the ranks, marching
through sieet and snow to Romnev
transformed into foot cavalry during
Jackson's famous Valley campairn
coming TO Lees relief in McClellan,s
peninsula campaign, lighting the sec
ono time on the plains of Manassas.
capturing the garrison and stores a,
Harper's Ferry. stubbornlv contestinn
mo held at Antietam. driving back tbs
zoe at Maryec Heights. Fredericks-
puEg' and surprising and defeating
fiooker on the desperate held Of Chan.
ceilorsvflle. the Confederate Army ~
icerS and men, are freshly Immortal
iNed oy the tribute OF their states
woman and conntrywoman. Brief in
lelfais, IKE flashes of sunshine after
n.oinn' atord ~momentary ~book-page
-HaI. ihNlCSlGT homes, Give
an idea of how life Jagged in Bote.
tourt with the men all gone to war.
ana OF how the women wroueht Tor
the soldiers IN Judith Cary's Albema rio
county home.
BOOK Can WIS Heroic..
N such a prose epic as The Long
Noif' he book canvas is naturally he.
.o.e II SIZE. Across it pass and repass
"' Hsures whose names were writ
ten TT nigh imam - ra.so q HHa"
before Death claimed them whose
memories have remained to enrich the
annals OF the land which gave them
pirth. MISS Johnston has paid homaee
uue 70 ali. to Bee and Barlow and
DINERS who went early to their reward:
70 Ashby and Pelham, to Stuart. 4. F.
tfiil and a hundred others equally be-
soNed n honorsd. The predominant
nsure OF THE Long Roll" however Is
stonewall Jackson. i~nscrutabie sw.t.
ward In movement. stern in discipline.
yet q commander to awaken the bound
Tess enthusiasm of the men he led. OF
whom he demanded much, in whom he
inspired the most absolute confidence.
Inc fortunes of Jackson and Little
Sorrel are carried inward from the
Gay when the drilling of the foot cav
airy began. through the triumph of
many victories. to another time. when
=. SNsSN HOt III ~ aOblenSS OIL
his country lay still among the lilies.
In the Capitol OF the ~Confederacy.
Miss Johnston tells how endless was
the procession that paused beside the
bier of the fallen chieftain. Among
them one. an athlete and somewhat of
a philosopher. belonging 10 A.. p. Hlll's
command. who stood quietly. and look
ing down. said: III
Hail. great man of the past. II to-
day you consort with Caesar. tell him
that we still make war"
Full Measure of Achievement.
Many pens at many times have been
busted with the story of the years be-
tween 1S61-lS65. It's gallant deeds
have stirred the deepest feelings of the
human heart. and men who fought and
wore the gray, women who felt the
stress and the pinch of war, have re-
counted their experiences. Poets have
sung the glories of the fallen cause.
sculptors and painters have labored to
keep its memories alive: hut to none
has been granted a greater or fuller
measure of achievement than to Miss
Johnston in her epic of the South.
Her book has nearly 700 closely writ
ten pages. and is a first volume war
book. closing with the battle of Chan
cellorsville and the death of S%tonewall