The Little Girl who Wished to Die for Stonewall Jackson, because only her immediate family would weep for her, and all the world would weep for him (and for whom General Fitz. Lee, in his address before the Army of Northern Virginia Association, expressed the earnest hope that if still alive she was "beloved and happy"), it will be interesting to our readers to state was Miss Lucy Chandler, but who has been for some years Mrs. Charles K. Pendleton. As the wife of a brave Confederate soldier and worthy gentleman, and the mother of several children, she has already realized the wish of the gallant cavalier.
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 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 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 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 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 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 patience in difficulties and disappointments, and his noble fortitude in defeat and disaster.
That you who are most jealous of his fame should honor me with your approval, leads me to hope for the like indulgence from the American people, to whose history he belongs.
Miss Mason is an exceedingly clever writer, and has used her material with a skill and good taste which makes her book exceedingly interesting and very valuable as a picture of the inner life of our grand old Chieftain.
