Selected New Books 30 April – 1 May 2012

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Prison Life in Andersonville by John L. Maile
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A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III by Henry Charles Lea
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The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade
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Curiosities of Heat by Lyman B. Tefft
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Charles Dickens as a Reader by Charles Kent
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Fairy Circles by Unknown
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And the Kaiser abdicates by S. Miles Bouton
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Ayesha, the Return of She by H. Rider Haggard
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Jess by H. Rider Haggard
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Pearl-Maiden by H. Rider Haggard
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Wit and Humor of the Bible by Marion D. Shutter
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Introductory experiences as a prisoner of war included many hours of fasting, followed by a most exhaustive march of twenty-eight miles to Orange Courthouse under close cavalry guard; thence by rail to Gordonsville, where the place of detention was a pen frequently used for the rounding up of cattle. At this point the prisoners were usually relieved of any superfluous clothing and outfit.

Fortunately the writer had discovered in the crowd five members of his regiment. He and they drew together as companions in misfortune, and formed a group in which each one was to have a share and share alike of all they possessed; and they entered into a solemn pledge to care for one another in sickness.

Very early in the morning of our night at Gordonville we were aroused by the sharp command, "Wake up there, wake up there, you Yanks. Fall into two ranks. Quick there," given by a Confederate sergeant. The occasion was the arrival of a trainload of beef cattle for the Confederate army, and the master of transportation saw an opportunity to load the prisoners into the freight cars just made vacant and which were to return to Lynchburg immediately.

To be thus unceremoniously aroused from sleep and hustled into filthy cars made us very indignant, but "There is a divinity that shapes our ends; rough-hew them how we will," and in the confusion of moving in the twilight, and the absence of inspection we got off scot free from the usual ceremony of being stripped of superabundant clothes and accouterments. Thus our group of six were each left in possession of a blanket, a section of shelter tent, a haversack, a tin cup and plate, a knife, a fork, a spoon, and such scanty clothing as we had on. The extras we possessed were a frying pan, a file, and several pocket knives, two or three towels, a small mirror, and a thin piece of mottled soap. The latter was used exclusively for a Sunday morning wash of hands and face until it melted away.

Prison Life in Andersonville by John L. Maile
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4. The Scold.  

To return to the proverbs. Solomon had some unhappy domestic experiences, and such proverbs as these may have been the outcome:

"As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman without discretion."

"A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike. Whosoever hideth her, hideth the wind."

"It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman."

"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."

"It is better to dwell in the corner of a house top than with a brawling woman in a large house."  

Wit and Humor of the Bible by Marion D. Shutter
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