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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1884
Page
7
A biographical work by Ernest A Young surveys Civil War era figures nicknamed in the press as heroes in blue and gray. The author references past fiction and historical profiles, tracing themes of courage, conflict, and memory across wartime narratives.
Luke Leighton and a hundred Union scouts pursue Gale and Bradly, Yankee traders with the enemy, near Potomac provisions and munitions, while Marian Elmore flees guerrillas aided by Joe the stablehand, planning clever misdirection and escape.
Marian Elmore hides as two horsemen approach the Elmore estate. One is Harry Elmore, the other Luke Leighton, a Union scout. The burning stable casts a lurid glow, renewing Marian's courage and hope for protection from her beloved Harry. She waits as the guerrillas ride on.
A lighthearted street car exchange between Charley and his fiancée riffs on cremation versus burial. He praises incineration while she prefers ashes in an urn or pocket, joking about a perfumed satchel and the line ashes to ashes as they spar over their future after marriage. He concludes with I will see baby.
Pall Mall Gazette notes a new binding by Mr. Elliot Stock for a facsimile of The Religio Medici. The oak appearance is achieved by slicing softened wood and folding it over cardboard to resemble carved panels. Paris Letter observes few novels adapted to durable stage success. adventure tales fare better than observational works.
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