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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones)

, the section in which he had so long lived, and the people from whom he had received so much kindness. And while deeply regretting that any son of the South should have brought himself to draw his sword against the land of his birth, yet it is a source of a certain sort of pride that the North was compelled to bestow her highest naval honors on this Southron, while she owed so much of her success in the field to Winfield Scott, George H. Thomas, Canby, Blair, Sykes, Ord, Getty, Anderson, Alexander, Nelson, and other Southern officers, and the 400,000 Southern born men (chiefly from Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and Tennessee), not counting the negroes, who served in her ranks. How different the result might have been if all these had been true to their section and the principles of their fathers! General Longstreet's paper in the Philadelphia times of March 13th in reply to Generals A. L. Long and Fitz. Lee will excite attention and elicit wile comment. We make

to side with the enemies of the State which gave him birth, the section in which he had so long lived, and the people from whom he had received so much kindness. And while deeply regretting that any son of the South should have brought himself to draw his sword against the land of his birth, yet it is a source of a certain sort of pride that the North was compelled to bestow her highest naval honors on this Southron, while she owed so much of her success in the field to Winfield Scott, George H. Thomas, Canby, Blair, Sykes, Ord, Getty, Anderson, Alexander, Nelson, and other Southern officers, and the 400,000 Southern born men (chiefly from Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and Tennessee), not counting the negroes, who served in her ranks. How different the result might have been if all these had been true to their section and the principles of their fathers! General Longstreet's paper in the Philadelphia times of March 13th in reply to Generals A. L. Long and Fitz. Le

e him birth, the section in which he had so long lived, and the people from whom he had received so much kindness. And while deeply regretting that any son of the South should have brought himself to draw his sword against the land of his birth, yet it is a source of a certain sort of pride that the North was compelled to bestow her highest naval honors on this Southron, while she owed so much of her success in the field to Winfield Scott, George H. Thomas, Canby, Blair, Sykes, Ord, Getty, Anderson, Alexander, Nelson, and other Southern officers, and the 400,000 Southern born men (chiefly from Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and Tennessee), not counting the negroes, who served in her ranks. How different the result might have been if all these had been true to their section and the principles of their fathers! General Longstreet's paper in the Philadelphia times of March 13th in reply to Generals A. L. Long and Fitz. Lee will excite attention and elicit wile comment

if it can hardly be said of his lyrics that each was polished as the bosom of a star, still the light irradiating them seldom failed to be light from the heaven of a true inspiration. The Virginians of the Valley and Little Giffen of Tennessee, have long taken their places among the standard poems that will live, and we hesitate not to declare that there other gems in the volume equally worthy. The book is published by subscription, and may be had by sending the price ($1.50) to Miss K. M. Rowland, 225 Freemont street, Baltimore. Life and letters of Admiral D. G. Farragut. By his son Loyall Farragut. New York: D. Appleton & Co. This book, in its type, paper, binding, steel engravings and other illustrations, is gotten up in the superb style for which this great house is famous. The son sketches, with skillful, loving hand, the life of his distinguished father, and interweaves his narrative with copious extracts from his own letters, journals and official reports, thu

Literary notices. Works of Miss Emily V. Mason: 1. Southern Poems of the War--collected and arranged by Miss Emily V. Mason, of Virginia. This beautifully gotten up book is edited with Miss Mason's well-known literary taste, and contains maMiss Emily V. Mason, of Virginia. This beautifully gotten up book is edited with Miss Mason's well-known literary taste, and contains many gems which should find a place in our household poetry. It should be in every library, and our children should be taught many of its soul-stirring verses. 2. Journal of a Young Lady in Virginia, 1782. This is a curious and very interesting sMiss Mason's well-known literary taste, and contains many gems which should find a place in our household poetry. It should be in every library, and our children should be taught many of its soul-stirring verses. 2. Journal of a Young Lady in Virginia, 1782. This is a curious and very interesting sketch of the manners and customs of the best society in Virginia of the period of which it treats. 3. Popular Life of General R. E. Lee. The design of this book is clearly indicated by the following letter of dedication to Mrs. Lee: My Dearme with your approval, leads me to hope for the like indulgence from the American people, to whose history he belongs. E. V. Mason. Miss Mason is an exceedingly clever writer, and has used her material with a skill and good taste which makes her

opular Life of General R. E. Lee. The design of this book is clearly indicated by the following letter of dedication to Mrs. Lee: My Dear Mrs. Lee: With your permission I dedicate to you this life of our beloved hero. It may seem daring inMrs. Lee: With your permission I dedicate to you this life of our beloved hero. It may seem daring in one so unpracticed to attempt a theme so lofty. But I have hoped that the love and admiration I felt for General Lee would inspire me with ability to present him to others as I knew him. Other writers will exhibit his public life, his genius andGeneral Lee would inspire me with ability to present him to others as I knew him. Other writers will exhibit his public life, his genius and magnanimity. I wish to show more of his domestic character and private virtues; his unwearied industry, his self-control and self-denial, his unselfish temper; his generous kindness, his gentle manners; his modesty and moderation in success; his p of ancient or modern literature would be searched in vain for more beautiful specimens of letter-writing than some of General Lee's letters which are given in this book. In a word, it is a work to carry into our homes, to put into the hands of our

the State which gave him birth, the section in which he had so long lived, and the people from whom he had received so much kindness. And while deeply regretting that any son of the South should have brought himself to draw his sword against the land of his birth, yet it is a source of a certain sort of pride that the North was compelled to bestow her highest naval honors on this Southron, while she owed so much of her success in the field to Winfield Scott, George H. Thomas, Canby, Blair, Sykes, Ord, Getty, Anderson, Alexander, Nelson, and other Southern officers, and the 400,000 Southern born men (chiefly from Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and Tennessee), not counting the negroes, who served in her ranks. How different the result might have been if all these had been true to their section and the principles of their fathers! General Longstreet's paper in the Philadelphia times of March 13th in reply to Generals A. L. Long and Fitz. Lee will excite attention an

elled to admit the overwhelming proofs of the genuiness of this report. We have only space to repeat them very briefly : 1. The report was originally published in 1869--nearly two years before General Lee's death — by Mr. Wm. Swinton (author of the Army of the Potomac ) in the february number of the Historical Magazine, New York. 2. In April, 1869, General Lee told General Early that he had received the published copy of the report and that it was substantially correct. 3. Colonel Charles Marshall, General Lee's Military Secretary, stated that he had lent Mr. Swinton the original rough draft of the report from which a copy had been made for General Lee, and which was the same as that published in the Historical Magazine. 4. The copy from which we printed was a Ms. found among the papers of Michael Kelly, who was a clerk in General Cooper's office, and was identical with the copy printed in the Historical Magazine (and afterwards reprinted in the Southern Magazine, Baltimor