Evening star., 1925-09-29
AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONG
STREET. John Donald Wade. The

a u l. = + L , BALDWIN LUNu-
STREET. John Donald Wade. The
Macmillan Company.
A rich find indeed-for one to come
upon a man ofs gifts so varied, Of
personality SO compelling, Of activ
tiles so many, OF influence so wide
spread. as to illustrate. and in a
sense to embody period in the de-
velopment of society itself. Such,
however, is the discovery made by
this author In the person Of Augustus
Baldwin Longstreet, whom so great
became the noise of his superlative
faculties that before he died legend
had taken hold of and declared him
to have been of prodigious birth" 4"
Longstreet-lawyef. politician, orator.
Judge, farmer, business man, patron
OF medical education, teacher, scholar.
college president. author, editor,
penter, artisan and sportsman" And
thor talkinE-"not with the greatest
distinction, To be sure. but with some
thing far above mediocrity.r 1t is
within this field of bewildering oppor.
tunity that the author keeps a level
head and a steady mind as he pur-
sues this amazing Georgiar0 along the
multifarious paths of his career. A
most spirited performance, this study.
No other kind would do at all in this
particular case and situation. The
wonder is that in q field so tangled
with diverse activities the author Is
able to lay out roads and paths for
any secure following. But he does,
and he does 1t with a zest that is
speedily communicable to the reader
who trails this astonishing man-of-
many.parts as II he were pure ad-
venture. A point to mention here Is
the point of John Wade's purpose
In writing the biography of Long
street-that is, he makes 1t clear and
to a certain extent believable that
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet does
embody and project the cultural State
Of Georgia In its passage from colonial
life to the feudal state Of slavery and
the great plantations. Both from it's
authoritative quality and fits con-
structive excellence the study becomes
as valuable as 1t is clearly interesting.
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JEFFERSON AND MONTICELLO.
Paul Wilstach. Doubleday, Page
Having spent a part of the Sum.
mer along the Pyrenees" with Paul
Wilstach 1 knew what to expect in
Jefferson and Monticello" by way of
easy friendliness OF manner. The best
Of men to go about with. this Paul
Wilstach. since to good knowledge and
sound information he adds the gift of
being the good companion. Not far
into this adventure Of Monticello you
will come to feel that this is more
than q journey to Charlottesville and
q looking about the beautiful Italian
palace from Andrea Palladio's design
ing. 1t is, instead. biography, history
and poetry. 1t is the story of a dream
mountain. one whose wooded heights
were In the course of time to take on
the fair proportions of q palace and
to serve thereafter as the refuge Of
great man from the stresses of politi-
cal strife and the periis Of revolution,
from the hazards Of reconstruction
and the weariness of leadership and
the trials of public abuse. Here in q
clear genius of feeling and workman.
ship 10 the story of the man and the
mountain. Here IL the life of Jefferson
reflected from the white walls of
Monticello. Here, too, IL the mansion
itself redolent Of the rich days that
mark its best years, days that look
back to its beginnings in the mind of
a boy and days that look forward to
this house on the mountain top. One
can hardly think of 4 more interesting
adventure than to 30 with Paul Will.
Monticello for a personal partalking Of
the character and quality and career
Of the man through whose dream
Monticello came true.