JOTS JOT FROM LIT L' L LEW Vc VA WALLACE CE whose hose story of I Ben Hur has Jias been one of the most widely widey read works by an American author was boni iI in 1827 in Br Ind hid He served in the Mexican War Var as a lieutenant and anC during the Civil V War Warr r irose se to fo be-a be ba major general the v war ar he went back to Q his l law t y pi practice i and was soon made governor govern g of N New Mexico next Ambassador to Turkey He Je gave interesting lec le 1 tures turcs and soon found himself writing stories stores wo woven won n around plots s' s I he gained from his imaginative lectures lecture Three novels by Valace Wallace S. S tok took the public by torm but Ben Rii Hur alone retains orm its is Jold hold upon t the e r reading adin p public an an and l i its dramatic power power is acknowledged d b Jit men Inca th oyer r v N ir S I i 4 i. i 1 l i J t f I J I A