The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
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by Mrs. Burton Harrison. Charles
ocriphers Sons. of New York. 50. so
net. CIV
srs' burton Harrison, who now has
ner nome In Washington. was in 1861
hilss Constance Cary, aurhter Of
afchibhld Cary and OF Monimia Fair
lax Cary. his wife. Her father beins
u+uu' she ilved with her mother and
pto'ner at Nancluse. one OF the Fair
!" 'ohnes IN virginia. near TheoloEi-
eal Seminary and Alexandria.
In June OF 1861. the advance or ,bo
Union army scattered the yancluse
household. Mrs. Harrison and hc. o.,
ter Mrs. Hyde, went TO the n~eighbor-
h"ou OF the Confederate army. NJ Nn-
nassas Junction. Orange county AND
ia'er came 10 Richmond, where sh,
i'nrsed In the hospitals. and her beau
litul became one of the mos,
ahi'iifed bellies OF the Southern Con.
.''ctatE With her cousins. Misses
l,ettie and Jennie Cary, of Baltimore,
sue was known throughout copfedor-
ate ranks as one of 'Cary.s InvincI.
bics. .Ardently Southern In feeling.
liese young girls were central figure
IN the unfolding OF the great wan
drama Of '6i-G5 In Virginia.
The most important part Of Mrs.
t'arrison's book. deals with the social
IRE Oh Richmond during the seven
LAYS battles and afterward, when Cen
erai Hront was drawing mis- siege lines
nearer and Nearer around the beIeap.
ncred capitni. The position occupied
by Mrs. Harrison as the Hnnree of thc
private secretary OF President Jener-
son Davis, her relationship 10 the
most Influential and aristocratic faml-
lies OF her native State, her intimacy
with the Lees and her contact with the
officers and soldiers Of the Army OF
Northern Virginia render her personal
Impressions of wartime Richmond
and her sojourning elsewhere in the
state OF vital interest and import
snce.
Her description of a trip through the
lines into the enemy's country, the diff
tcuitics and dangers OF 1t, her i'm
~prisonment and her Joy at finding her
self again on Southern soil; her ac-
count Of the adoption OF MARYLAND.
hiy Maryland 10 music by Jennie Cary
ana or its being sung before the
Maryland line In the tents near Orange,
va; her telling Of the making OF the
three first Confederate battle nags by
herself and her two cousins, and of
their presentation to Generals Beaurc-
gard. Joseph Il. Johnston and Earl Van
Dorm set at rest matters OF historic
truth which needed certihcation.
Mrs. Harrison's pages are full of
peoplc and OF happenings with which
they were associated that bring back
directly many forgotten incidents in
The most delightful way. The book 's
most valuable as containing 50 full an
account Of how Richmond women and
gallant soldiers cheated war OF its nor
rurs ana created an atmosphere In
which So many historic and distin-
snisnHd personalities played a part.
Even in those days Mrs. Harrison
had begun TO write, After her mar
rlase to MIR Harrison. when he had
been released from confinement. she
became known almost at once in New
York literary circles as a writer of
uncommon force and power. Her books
nave been remarkable for their au-
thors Grac; III style and charm in
characterization. But none of them.
not ali OF them, viii rave power to
stir he hearts OF her Statcspeople as
her "Recollectlons Grave and Gay
viii do.