In my continuing quest for novels set in Virginia, I recently came across a 
pamphlet titled "Virginia Life in Fiction" by Jay Broadus Hubbell, English 
professer at Southern Methodist University, published in 1922.

This book is available as a pdf document from books.google.com at:

http://books.google.com/books?
id=DTJDAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=virginia+life+in+fiction#PPP3,M1

On page 51 of this book, Dr. Hubbell writes:  ". . . The Long Roll (1911) and 
Cease Firing (1912) of Mary Johnston, who has most successfully described 
the war."

Any comments or reaction to this statement?  

I have begun reading The Long Roll, but I'm not far enough into it to make a 
determination about whether Dr. Hubbell's statement holds up.

Carolyn Carpenter
thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com
Publishing the Diary of Betty Herndon Maury 

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