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RICHMOND' DISPATCH.— 9 ATtrrrD AT, OCTOBER 27, 1901 'Z^JlJ^:^'"'^' 1 '^ •-*_";;\u25a0'- ;;"'i : "i"f !^v'^-" i -- ?'L-'Ts«*>-:-'^-'? 'L-'Ts«*>-:-'^-' _ - _> _ ~ -^ .. **\u25a0 » __>__ *. -• ,, ~ -^ , » - ~ :..._ MJ^— . ffie -Remedy Is Sent flbso!ufe!y Frpa f 6 Every Kan or WoEs?an Seßding and fiddress, Tlic Illustrations Above Plainly Sliow. AVhat This Grnnd DlHcoverjr'Will Do. A celebrated Fort Wayne physician has treatment there was not a sore or pimple discovered the most wonderful cure lor on iriy body, and to-day -I; am absolutely Syphilis or Blood Poison ever known. It well; I Sive you Permission to use my "., , \u0084 \u0084, \u0084 , name and I will answer, all inquiries quickly cures all such indications. as niu- from;suffcrlns men >. - cous patches in tho mouth, sore throat. Every railroad running into Fort Wayne copper-colored spots, chancres, ulcerations brings scores of -sufferers seeking, this on the body, and in hundreds of cases new and marvelous .cure and to enable where the hair and eyebrows had fallen those who : cannot travel to realize what out and the whole skin was- a mass of a truly marvelous. work the Doctor is ac- boils, pimples, and ulcers, this wonderful compllshing they will send: free to .every ppecific has completely changed the whole sufferer a free trial" package of the body into a. clean, perfect condition of remedy so that everyone can cure them- physlcal health! ' selves In the privacy of their own home. William McGrath, <S Gullford : street, { This is the Tonly known treatment /that Buffalo, X. V., says: "Iam a well man' cures this most terrible of all diseases, to-day, where, a year ago I was a total Address the 1 State Medical Institute, 2&5 wreck. Several doctors had failed to cure Elektron building. Fort Wayne, Ind. Do me of syphilis. I was rid of my sores not hesitate to write at once and the nnd my skin become smooth .and. natural; free, trial package will bb sent sealed in in two weeks, and after completing the: plain package. - by; James Darrnesteter, " inV.whlch >\u25a0 he ; plves vWl'specimensljOf^the«manner ;lni; whicti seyeraP of i tho^^f ghanlltril^s their] dusky 'j ioves.vVThf Cwriter.^says »that|'all! th"atHheTaveragel-/Afgfian;*lcn9wsJbCyiove'; ;]sf; jealousy.^y All f-theicrlnies^t," earth^;axe' said^toT^l^JffomXmoney/reafth^or^wo^ j man^and ? itnat gthe -; the i frequent songs; ; breathe|£^sla^3h|dsyotion«to \'i the Jlovedj ;6ne, : j"whV>rpr6babl^eventualiy,.iflnds^r^ \ her J^whl te I; slsteiv^l that :^Brere^S4e^ ; ceivers ;;.ever." Darwin's .; thr ee; essays upon : thetsubjects* \ ;whlch ; ; have^ formedv^theg-life-work ;?ot -, ( that] eminent manTt: are . am linportant if ea^: iture'of :Voluine>rV. SThe;flrst, : the^"Sum-? imary ;of f His .Theory^ of Natural^ Select" .tlori.^'Js -a^fcomplete cliapter 'of '-his : book* "The Origin'; of; Species."; ;,'rThe ; Survival ; of -, the ' 2 Fittest I ', iis ':. tromr the'i same VTB;brk;j as is also ' its i './Conclusion fon;: His [ ..Theory ; and ißeliglors»''l ; Eerhaps 4no subject -i mooted 3 during.:; the i centry "J just past'; has \ created ? morai interest .and;^ dis-; cussibn : than rDarwin's ; speculations om the ; vpescent of ; Man,".' aiid his .theory of evo-;, lution. '\u25a0ir Sir. Humphrey Davy;; Inventor- of r the miner's "'safety j; lamp and Twrlter; \u25a0\u25a0'/of ; a number' of /- wbrks-i, upon vr chemical scientific Vsubjects,^; is- the 'author- of an; essay^ published,: after,* his;_ death—^"Conso-; ; lation : In : ' Travel," ; a" "Vision|bf Progress."; ; His; portrait]; and fac similefsignature/ as '\u25a0 president : of ithe rßoyal Society, are /given:: Defoe,; on^-"Higher: Education; for' \u25a0Women,''-- although". "written 1 ? two - hundred; years ago, is; f ully <in > accord' with : those who are >• advocating -the \u25a0; same -.object ; to^ 'day. :; '.' Power of Public. Opinion," by. Jean LiOuis^vDelolme, ,a well-known Euro-; pean . historian, 'Xis -l an instructive V- essay i uponTa >sub jecn^whichra; sovereign j people i have'" not' been /'slow S.to^ recognize,' the growing weight of ; public opinion on f the " actions of J municipal; -State, and Federal Officials. \u25a0 \u25a0 -'"- ;-A;^/ : -. ;\u25a0 ,' -.;•;' \u25a0:-;'' ;"•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' ' DeQuiricy, apart /from his "Confessions of ah Opium ; lEaterV^by.which.he;is;per- haps best known,: arid which" are given in extenso in this .; volume; was alsoV the 'author 'of Cmany essays ;ahd^: criticisms,, some of -the, best of 'which are here re- produced—viz] : "On:}' Knocking at -the Gate > in - Macbeth-'; .. "The V Pains; of Opium"; "On Madness"; * "On English i ; Physiology" ; i Forgers-f Chattertbn,' , "Walpole, and Junius,",-:;etc The merits of -r. DeQuincy'sV essays fully ; justify; the large space? devoted to them;:/ The, extent and -variety., of .: the contents of ; Volume IV. ; : is^ fully r equal to ./ those: which have preceded it, and the" subject .matter,, of? the essays will afford^a v rich: treat to those who- peruse them. The biographies of the ; authors preceding the essays are valuable.. helps to many, readers, and .are a tribute to the pairis- ; taking endeavors of ,, the ,\u25a0\u25a0 editors. ;; The frontispiece to the volume is a charming photogravure of Dante; and Beatrice, after a painting by Holiday. - ; r ; : "IN OUR COUNTT." Stories of Old Virginia- Life, - by ;•'-. Marion ':.'. '\u25a0\u25a0' Harlarid, Author of "Some Colonial Homesteads," "Where Ghosts Walk," etc. Illustrated. ; Published by G. jP.~ Putman's Sons. New York arid London. 1901: No. of pages 465. Conspicuous- among the names of those writers of fame that cluster around the capital of the ; " Old Dominion" we find that of Marion Harland. . A true Virginian bf Virginians, ; she ' has given us the very essence of plantation ; life before : the war, in the charming short stories entitled, "In Our "Count.':' .--With;, her: /delightful style \u25a0\u25a0 of writing and true knowledge 'j of the relations existing between master and slave Combined with ay keen insight into' the ; character, -of " those ; old tlraa Virginia gen tlenien and •\u25a0" gentlewomen, we are -}. in veriest truth carried back to; the good old days, which have passed -'as ::a" watch : in the : night,' 1 and exist only in the memory of -those who loved, and' moved, and ; had their being, before- the troublesome days of -warfare arid" strife^!; .;>; - The frightful scenes of the early sixties are left far in advance, and the calm -ripple -of family i life { and "legendr as / told byp the 'stately dames of, that' period over theirknitting and tatting," flows on undis- turbed. -There are " ten stories in all; most of them incidents in : family; life or house- hold. legend : in Opecancanough county. \u25a0 The are siinnly,'s clearly, and \u25a0- im- pressively -'told, and. are,- especially Inter •- egtirig.•-: to' 'those . to i -whom - : ; the family, names of many of : the characters are fa- miliar,i such as ;Scott, / Selden, Carter,: Randolph; yenable~ v &c.';. The author .in her"preface", says ~; thatTmany \u25a0 times . has her memory i almost^ ruri^away ; with rher, ; and ; the true names of persons .slipped •frbfn-her pen. To those acquainted with V "Our; or Opecancanough, "county" tlia Bceries of 'many, of the stories are familiar. ; The . illustrations are . all taken in ''our county." :\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0" ". _ . » ..;i The Y first story,* "Dodder," is a sweet, pathetic .sketch -; of .youthful folly and subsequent .? renuricjation of all that is l-best Vln~Uife/rV Parts of /this'lscene is laid at \u25a0 "The .White, " although \u25a0 the characters are from "our .county." - The name: is given /from V_o :'-\u25a0 f act that :Dodder, "or -love- vine, - 'isl- the flower; bf the. life-long love "affair, of /Margaret Armistead . and : Carter -Branch, /.which' through the wo^ !mah'"i ?; great and noble •love, "loving him j b'etter^ than^-he i loves^himself," never, terminates "in^'marriage.she knowing that it. would be his ruin. ,„/,,,. atl'Ouf; Fariiily ' Skeleton " . 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DUNSTABLE : WElßi^Oyi "Zack." =\u25a0> New/iYork^S Charles > Scrlbnbrsv - Soris:^:: Price i ?l.so.VForlsale tby^tliar ßell* - B 6ok and Sta tlonary .'"•• Company, -vCity {\u25a0,^ Bearing in mind the old saw. tnat "an 1 honest confession Is good for tho :soul,;' \u25a0we are ; forced to confess that -we v, hayt, i never heard "Zack," ; the author ' oi thlswork,: before, : thought that floes, not; indicates hlai lack ability -orVvlrtues^' an ; author; v On ; the^ contrary vw« ; have . found sonic - riiost I dellgh'tl!ul ; ; literature . wlthlrih the of JS'thls^attractively bound book. In fact, •; it Is ?no : •xaggerar* tlori to ;say.: that" ''Zack" ; I 3'\u25a0 a master ;{oT h is par tl cular style,' - and : that tthe i volume before us would do credit ito any, writer. " There are seven stories ._ In . the book under review—Benjamm- Parrot's Fancy ij The Hall and He; /The Right' o* :-W ay f Vlliage : Puriip Fewins; ; Crobksie; Mary 1 Amelia Spot;: and .The Sißters. : "; «•';;- 1.;.-. Owing jto their we- cannot i'flis^ I cuss : them all, ;'\u25a0 ;.though -each, i in UIts; turn, I Is ;well •worthy of attention and -thought. . j The longest and most ambitious effort—^ "Thei Halland He— Is^somethingvmore than ' striking: TVe \ are < riot v hyperbolical or unduly enthusiastic when we isay/it ;Is: a gem/ for it -exhibits >"> rare A;combina^j tion of literary;qualities. ;\u25a0 The •' herb of ; 'this? little romance: Is 'a natural child, discarded by his aristocra- tic mother ;i arid: Jeft. to ;. wear ;away/- his: life among a family of ignorant peasants, who, :kriowingVrhis origin, •\u25a0. have- -a^ deep: respect for -him. His' \u25a0; adopted .mother,, with "all - a plebeian's respect ; for blue; blood, does" all she can ;; for; the lad,; but he^ls- slow 'arid; stupid -arid unable : to seize even the limited opportu- , I- nities V which come : his v way; - The \u25a0 :; boy when -quite young, : is: ; taken to^: his .real: mother's bedside and sees -her die- after she has secretly acknowledged him. After this his -life is prof ouridlyjsad and all his .to raise himself -above, his :, en- vironments 'are fuuie: "„/ ' ' ' - - I The pathos of: the story. ls unspeakable.' I It touches the heart with ;.; almost ,\ every page and shows, the most "exquisite -touches-of skill and taste. But the-read- er, even : when he fain would weep, must constantly; smile, for "Zack" is^ /-as much ' a master- of humor as'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0he [is of pathoS. He alternates v from one ?; to : the : other, and withal displays a knowledge of hu-: man nature which makes his stories no- thing ifj not realistic.: :v: v- The whole ' book is written in the dla-\ leot of : the English peasantry— that Is: to : say, we supposes it is" the; dialect of; tno: Englih peasantry, for it is altogether n?w to us—but by no means unintelligible. Indeed, the stories are much easier ; to read than: those in the? Scotch or "negrb dialects. The language used is quaint aria sonorous and at times' one {recognizes; m it idioms and expressions which we had thought were distinctly /;characteristic of oM-tlme : Virginians. ; . In its peculiar way "Duristable Weir" suggests the "Bonny Brier Bush," nor Is the latter work : its ; superior: in any/ sense: In , sooth the collection of Scotch stories lack^ much of the sprightllness and, hii-' mor which "Zack" displays and then, too, the dialect used by.the author, under/con- sideration Is readily .understood rind strangely suggestive "of simple country folk. : \u25a0 . '.:_[ :: . . •,-'; ' " ; _ ... "THE NIGHT HA"WE-A ; Romance of thai •60s—B y Alix John,- wlth'a-.Frontlspieee; by Walter Russell. New; York. Frede-J ' rick A: Stokes Company. j . . "/ The reader who seeka- a story with, action arid incident can find It; within trie; covers of this book, - for the author has ! striven to make his novel Interesting and to keep the characters of the romance busily; engaged. . -" ' . i The "Night: Hawk" referred to' on the title page, is an Erglish blockade run- ner which ministered to the States of the . Confederacy during the "civil war" and made several successful expeditions: to Wilmington^ N. C, and other coastwise towns of the South. j -; ...The captain of the vessel'was an Eng~:j lishman,;and though he; sympathized -with ] those who wore the gray, we are led Ho', believe that It was money rather than love of the cause which . prompted .him to face so many dangers. Irideed, there is nothing . admirable in the- man's char- acter and on the whole" he is uriinterest-' ing and unattractive. . . -.. The most prominent figure in the novel Js Mrs.' Antoinette. Le Moinej-the woman—.' a Confederate agent whose •and natural: wit; enabled :her .to do^mucb^ good for -the people of the .Confederacy ;; in foreign lands. The plot, in fact, hinges oh her riiovements, and \u25a0 the; many ; difflcul- ties which beset her.: We seel her both In vFrance and in ; Halifax, N. 5., -" and •In both places she secretly -worked to gain assistance for her f: countrymen: : ': This v woman, who is represented as beautiful and intellectual,/ is a: sort of social -outcast at least |among, others ;;of her sex^ In early life she \u25a0 married ia ; man who grossly wronged, her, and owing; to a chain of; unfortunate circuiristances,: she was made ' the party to a' divorce ; suit :•. which" left; a stain : upon '\u25a0\u25a0 her. character/ We are not positively; informed : whether; Mrs. Le Moine was .strictly correct >.in^ every; way or not, but she is represented as very loyal to her. country and as a person of most astonishing patriotism and ; bravery.- The reader cannot help -liking her, though there; are times when? one thinks her , unselfishness and " generosity are very abnormal. ; ' - ;: - '.; ."'> Of-course, -\u25a0 In the : end ' Mrs. Le Molrie finds a noble young; man who: is /.willing to link his fortunes with hers and that, too, despite "some very ugly things which other > women \u25a0 say. about ;. her.' , \u25a0 - : ,;. Th© ; novel; closes 7 ln ; a\ most satisfactory.' ; way,i and while :, the ; book cannot *\ be ! .classified among !. the'f masterpieces of [literature, it ."'. furnishes t a-;good; story and 1 one which constantly^demands \ the atten- j tion of the; reader. 7 v ". ' ' _ The allusions to the people of the. Con-. ; federacy . are very . kind ; and '; generous, I but somehow or other, we ; fancy \u25a0,. the; \u25a0 writer is not a ; sdutherner. English p'eoi" pie; figure more prominently in ;the story i. than those V6f : the ; South,- arid v without !;kriowirig;;the; nationality;; of jthe'^autHbr^ ; We should say. on a guess -that the "tigb« j little 'isle" is ; the r of r his birth^ f> { THE WORLD'S ;. BEST ESSAYS. : David [ " -J. Brewer. ; Volume IV. i David \u25a0'•:\u25a0 J. j ; Brewer, , United : States Supreme Court, Editor-in-Chief f* Professor "-Ed- ward A. Allen v arid William iSchuyler^ A: II.; Associate ".;\u25a0 Editors ;- ; Sir Walter Besant s ; M.;A:; -F.^S.i'A^; . Chairman f.pf'i ; the);iAdvisory ;, Council- C ; Teri;fvolumes;' ;. witli^f Photogravure ? Illustrations. ;; rF.; P.; >;; Kaiser, v Publisher, St; Louis, . Mo. ; ;^; ;;.The: names of -trie- essayists; In -^ the' fourth yolum e ':' of ; Essays form -a . brilliant array-^commenclng; with Dante and \ cbri- , eluding "with .Emerson,; and covering' A the period between ;; the' thirteenth: and < nine- teenth -centuries. ; Dante flourished be- •tweerithe years 12G5-1321, while Emersori's .work ; was? done "-amorfe/- and his person- .: allty known to, large numbers ' ofjl.thosej I . those (who twill f periisVhis"; essays : in ? these : pages; ; ;Jessay}i byV< Dante ylrijlthis fiyolume^ I"C^{vßichesJandETh^r/3gDangerbu's^ln- v i ; creaseV 5 niay^well Sbec read l^and %pondered \ •in'iCthesV^ : 'days^of jtiorislbf^'wealthi^pante'sßre \ thisU subject? are | as'Japplicablel tovSaytfas] :whe"n" he, wrote j COO years ago. His > others fessa^s|are;;;"That^Des^esfAraS Celestial? :'ort-:£ Infernal" ; J; "That g; Lqng^Descentl ! Maketh'S NogMan^Noble'tg*!! democratic ; fdbgma^riiversallygacceptedstbtday-^and |i'ConcerrilriggSQmefHorrlblet:lnflrmiUes;iy :- Every woman In- the r cotintry jJCouglat to know about . -Those who do kn ow} about it ; irwSSder ; how they'Veverrg'ot along' |mthoutlit%-lt \ has ; robbed^ child-l \ birth \u25a0• of i its terrors p. f or ' : many: ? av h young- -wife. 'It has preserved sheri r girlish figure^ and; saved her -trinch' :; stiff eririg; : fsui! external? lini-?| 7ment and carries" '^ith it' therefore, :r;: r ; Cabsolutely- no danger "; of (upsetting^ as \drugs taken 1 intern-^ £ally)af c;-: apt Vto^FdoS : It ' : is-?t6 |j"!rubb^d : |hto^e;kMomen''tos6ften : j |^d>^eng^«tth^e;muscle3\vt'hich r- % are tb~ bear^th'e strai£;^iThiß means I 3 much less jsainy j It : alsol prevents "\u25a0 j|mprnin^kckniess¥and>;^|of;thiß! I Mother^discbriiforts 'Jof vpfegriancy/? If Have I sold- a ; large \u25a0; quantity; of I Mother's Friend and have neverI I S k^o^|an?instance t where '\u25a0 it^nasi f failed tb^roduce the fgood- resultsi rclaime^forit"; t )\u25a0' ;iA;:^prominent W ladjr \bf \ : -I^Sn^ I bertbn^ my! |£St|si£Vchildren 1 wis? in labor*; from 24 to 30 hours. After lisingj iMotherla Friend, my soventbTwas^ ptiifot Morhor>a Fri«nd vt'th'c dnr«^ HTHE BXADfiaDJtCGIJtATOR CO^S ITTHU fa* «wr tn* OJ Mjreiodic.k.-'BDrOai XUTTg f please the most critical people, because we put forth every possible efibrt to. > J There was a time not Jong since, when it was necessary either to pay ;«*< X big price to a tailor or fall hack on the re^dy-made man. ..Such a condition J| Sno longer exists. We have stepped in between the two extremes, : } ad^y;tf i| CAN and DO turn out high class, perfect-fitting, garments at no more mone^-^#J; $ than you must pay for ready-made clothes. []] v _ ';l*''M t The Money We Save Goes to -YoiiV \ £ We save money in buying, because we have six scores and deal direct\^| $ with the manufacturer. - - . .. * .. .1 1 3S| We save money in losses, because we do a cash business, and have no v ? book accounts to add to the price of our garments. ""'.'."" v; .^ .# Ifyou deal withus you get the benefit of our savings. i S Two special lines of suitings on display now that cannot '.belbeat for,styl£ assortment, and price in this country. ._',"\u25a0\u25a0 / V $ nORTON C. STOUT & CO., | \u25a0<S?. r-TBT" \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0•\u25a0' ° M' c' \u25a0\u25a0'' \u25a0'•'\u25a0' - : ' "\u25a0 ' - \u25a0-'\u25a0 "\u25a0\u25a0' \u25a0•\u25a0 : .'-'- : - : -'\u25a0\u25a0"- '\u25a0 ; " : "'" :^f BS /9 -\u25a0'-»• <Tl'«O*Tr ' Fu/9 ""fcd'rf^'" '\u25a0'' 4&f\f\w° •• '''\u25a0'- "'•^^."; '\u25a0• I FRANK HAREGK, Manager. JJ ant a story as the rest, for It dealslwith the hereditary insanity of one of the first families; caused by continual Intermar-; riage. "Samuella" Is a sweet little love story, 'charmingly told. "iMarthy 1 ' .is a touching instance of the life-long; devo- \u25a0 tion of a "mammy" for her boy. ;In i this case the ci.-:- is a foundling, believed.by : her to be directly sent f rom-God. Through her efforts he is well educated and finally ; becomes one of .the. .wealthiest : men"; in New York.' After the . war "mammy" fol- lows" him : . to his home, and ends by . be- coming his children's nurse. The devo- tion so common to the : race, and -her stony grief when she is at first unable \u25a0tofind him, is most pathetic. "The Lethe: Mystery." is one of the few ghost stories that are : never explained. It is quite creepy, and has a , delightful' little love Element interwoven with it. Some of the stories we have riot mentioned, but theji are equally as -good in every respect as those we have. . , , . ,' Taken In \u25a0> all, we consider "In Our County" a delightful contribution to Vir- ginia literature.. --' . .'" ' \u25a0\u25a0 A DRONE ANDA DREAMER: AnAnjerl- ;;?can 'Love Story. By Nelson Lloyd, \u25a0 Author of "A Chronic Loafer." J. F. Taylor & Co., New York, 190 - Cloth.. }i : Illustrated, pp. 259. " Price $l-50._. ; . This is" an 'original, interesting and ainusing production. It records the doings arid sayings of good many characters in Middle Pennsylvania, and ,. especially of three New York blades, who had the means of leading fashionable and useless, though : not dissipated, lives. V ; . : -Arthur Marcy . inherits a farm near Mar- ; ': cy ville, Pa. . and takes ; thither; two^of ; : his j congenial chums, to. have a good time in eating, sleeping,, smoking, •.-. and >: rid mg. But they '\u25a0 are . thrown into the, socxety^of ; ladies, are lead into a great many other j unexpec ted " things, including\u25a0a , hasty. _de- ; t parture J for the Klondike : golcL .region. , One-of themat last_rcomes;to himself,,' : hurries off to Marcyvllle for,a; .wife,;. whichwhe , very ; happily; finds,: as *?-£** prepared the way. .There is; a good deal 'Of^ialect In the book, but not of the Sambo sort. . . : \ '. - NEW CANTERBURY TALES. Maurice .Cloth; v 51.50. The MacMillan v Company, New York. . , : "Cliaucers were "not the only pilgrims,". says : Mr. \u25a0 Hewlett, .^to woo th»; Canter- \u25a0bury way, with Stories, nor was theirs; the only road: by which to seek the head of Thbmas. His people may have set the. 'fashion and himself .a tantalizing stand- ard of attainment; but that isla! poor- hearted chronicler who withholds from a Sff because; some, other has^old. one ;"S» And with no more of an apology, ithan'th^this ; wonderfulriew_writer; S ets ?£&to?'.thV delectation: of : all Covers of 3smmW4 frankness ofe detail., v. T » e ? a VK' : aS^lSlacei;and Tadventures of which SsSnsSie'ot iour. moAem : ase,:.the;ttaß | in truth. "Whan that Aprille with his < schowres The Tr™sht of Marche hath perced to ;^rid^3jsd?every^eyrierin > swich^Ucour. Of which vertue engendred is the flour." '- It is possibly" true % that? our ; ; modern r orily;dared^'Ho^tammer,wherfi :; ; to': slng.'r ";^ut , In- his : itammering i is ; a :fascinathig ;stir anj :< ex- citement of ; adventure : and; a \t ulness ; and : : sweltSes of wording that. make. delicious reading of his talcs. ;I^VV R^STER^-l^ 116 ' *#Edltbf-^Gebrge:Bryan,!AsspciatejEditor.< H Published^by^ the / J."; P.t' Bell t Company, ; \u25a0 Lynchburg. Va.. Price 50 cents. Portrait of Judge _ James' K-lth. I. Interest- of Life Tenant^! taj -Mineral Lands. 11. W^ng^p-Iniojlventj Building a^d Loan Associations,' Legh R. ?Pag^!?jSSin? Viretr la Decisions ||R^ sorted in Full: 1. Southern B. R.^C^vs^ Davis vs. Anderson: Parent and" Child; 4. King. ; vs. Norfolk and We.sterri RaU- Company vs. Bookerij ? Cdmin on wealth : f?a Criminal %M LajjS^*^* Editorial ; Vl."'Notes of Cases. "VTL Mis- cellany, VIH." In" ' Vacation. . IX. Corre- spondence. X. Book Reviews. In this number, the "Register" prints an excellent ' half-tone/portrait of Horn James Keith',; president of the r Virginia, Court of "Appeals.^ >; - : --' ' I _• : The editor jocularly, promises to give his "readera pictures 7of all"bf Judge" Keith^s honorable -associates >.on V the Supreme : Court bench; later bn. He says' he does this to offer the amende honorable for a very poor -group-portrait printed some : months ago. . .c ; ' ," '- .' 'The dreaders .'of- the Register .will be | pleased, : we ;know,,. to observe in \'l this j mo nth's issue of the" periodical/, the. fulfill- ? mentTof the 'announcement ,., heretofore \u25a0; .made, ,of Mr. .George Bryan's : editorial. . connection with the periodical. " j I "WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Poet Drama- | tist, and *Man. By . Hamilton : Wrlght [ ; Mabie, author of "My, Study: Fire"; j " .VTTnder- the Trees and El3ewhere." i With ICO^•illustrations^' "\u25a0•\u25a0'.; Third edition, 1 with corrections'. , New YorkrThe.Mac- -. mlllan ; Company. Price, $2. *' -w^j .'; Light upon Shakespeare seems to be continually,- broadening. New^ words about | him are constantly being spoken. ' New * interpretations .bf him \u25a0; are constantly, ; b^ing given. Mr. Mabie's third edition Is v: a recognition of -all this. But for the rest, a. review of his book would' be a , thrice-told; tale of praise. ; ~ ; ? i The author is a 'devoted and dlscrimi- ' nating Shakes pereanl student and/ ; critio," - : andr.has embodied" in (this 'now. standard , work "of its character, the fruits of yetirs of Investigation and. thought. Noi collect ! tiori. of books on Shakespeare- Is complete *: without It. The: get-up of the volume, both as to printing > and illustrations; ;is" exceedingly- handsome. ..-. .';' : : The plane upon vwhich Mr. Mable puts the Bard, ; may be v judgedf rom his closing- lines: s "Shakespeare's genius," he says," "shining in the n darkest •= days, \u25a0 seems -toH touch :\u25a0 the sky .• beyond ; the horizon with * light." ; ; rFor sale by the publishers.^ , \u25a0• - \u25a0"• THE SPANISH- AMERICAN " WAR. : By ( R. Ai Alger, : Secretary -of : War, ; March % \u25a0 : 5; 1597, Vto; August ; I,' 1599.: with .:.niaps. J i" New;!York: \ Harper". Brothers. ;lTwoi hun- ' dred and sixty-two pages. Price,: 12.50 The author, says In ; his preface that it was not his purpose in the preparation of \l his manuscript to write a full history of the Cwar .with Spain; -on.the contrary, it was his desire to place on record "soms j of the prominent facts - connected with | the organization, equplment, and move- i merit of the army, together with tho ad- f ipinistratibn of the War •Department, •'with. | the hope that^such statements -will serve a useful purpose as an example, should ; another crisis of 1 the ;same kind occur." j f .The : ; description;* of the : "fights'., of Las | Guasimas, s Cariey, .\u25a0 Sari '; Juan, ; and -Manila j are,-^ he tells : us." : "based onrofflcial;docu- ments,* conversations: with -participants, and ; letters from officers high> in ' au thorif ty, received since the war,", while « a per-^ | sonal visit tb; the ;battle-field^of- San Jiiah" 1 iriHhe spring" of 'ISS9 ""has .' been ;of.;much- service by/maklrigj that field \u25a0 of : operations somewhat j familiar.: to him." ;. ; \u25a0-' ; ,-, I\u25a0. - •\u25a03 General -^ger.'JwritesVvwith . force. ' ; ; and his \u25a0descriptive" powefsare good. His book \u25a0, has"; a /certain value,: a3^represerited^in \u25a0. dates arid such official \ records ; as ,; It i em-.g bodies. \ But, 1 rafter7all;\> the; object -of jthe: volume JJs to defendv Alger. J^The : con ..: cludirig;Chapters'ars'devoted:tO;the.Eaga.'i- affair,vand?niake;|the^'hlstory > ;1; 1 a. case'of^ the^ tail's vwagglrik^ the; dpg. \u25a0,; ':'''.-]' -• . For sale" by i;theiß_ell Book and : Station- y ary Company. ; . ,j A- JAPANESE ' NIGHTTNGALB.' By 3 Oriotb VWatanha: v- : -Illustrated :by. Guyiro^ \u25a0- Yetoi Harper, Brothers: ;- Price, 52. " - j This is a love story of a. young' A.merl- \ canand ; Japanese half-caste :girl— Japan-. : ese and barbarian-named Yuki... Though there are serious, almost tragic situations. >there as also \u25a0 a Wein; of delightful ;comery 5 - - -i-,«^K-j«:'->'--'.'.t -,\u25a0..-:..* -\u25a0----.-.. - ::-•\u25a0\u25a0;•%•.: \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• •'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•* in the tale. The plot is .an odd.concop-,, book-maklns, the volume Is dalntj^agfe beautiful. The IHtwtratlOTßgjrogßr^arej tbWtext or. each pas« overlays a;de'co-» ration? iri^aubdued %Unt?|i : The3ejTdecora^ tibnsKgtveiimpresalqns of : Japanese Icos- tumes,°;ihousehold*, furniture, flora, bird-*, S^iFor) sale : by."' the>". Bell ' Book: and ; Station^ fcOTTOX A>TD i| COTTOJIi|jWI&%C6ttQ»^ I FlariUn^CulUvatlns;lHa^esUngg>uS*| PPTeparaflbn for Market?lCotton-S««d| If Oil! MUisWOTganlzatlbn; %i Cbnstruct:bn^ duction of B?e? and Dairy Products. : BS*»i •' aod SlTulls %as 5StoclC| " Food. .Fertilizers, Manufacture, ;jMan*,p : 'pulation,: and Uses: ; FuU: Information^ " f or ''\u25a0 Investor, Student, : and Practical^ Mechanic.' Profusely "^lllustrated ..with"; Original "/ Drawings.'' By ;D. :A. : Tomp»y Cotton- :#Mllt^Pro^ cesses "and : 'Calc'uZa tions ;; ;?C6t tSn ~; "Commercial Features r "American V;Com-i; ; ; merce* Its . Expansion ; ; Cotton .Values to % (Textile- ; Fabrics. Charlotte, N. C. Pub- lished by'[ the Author. 19CH. "- : \u25a0:'\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0 : This is a handsomely bound and "beaTS-" tifully Illustrated work full of usetul la-» . formation and valuable statistics. \u25a0 yi': " The author Is a member'of the .Unlteoi 4 \u25a0 States Industrial . Commission, and chief:!; of 'the .cotton \exhibit at the South.' CaroS^ ; lirial lnterstate and "W eat: Indian Expbsl- I tion. i THE HISTORY^ OF. SOUTH . CAROLINA: > I: in: the' revolution. ms-nm>. By v ' Edward AlcCrady.-LL. D.;ia membar/bf^ \u25a0 v the>barlof Charleston! S.C.rand^presl--^ . dent of Xthe Historical Sociaty ; of .( South;?/ .Carolina; 'author rof - "Tha \ History /;of '; ; .South :/Carolria~*Undo£> the .Proprietary l s \u25a0 \u25a0" Government" 'aria^^The 'SotS x . \u25a0 South ; Carolina : Undor "; the fißvfyal Qov»*:i " "ernmeri i." "' JNe vr '' York t ; * Tho '\u25a0' Macmiilaa sj ' ..' Company; : 1301. r; '--^' :: ";. ' ' \ '%•; '..'\u25a0-.^v Jf This is 'an "'attractlya Jvolume^'.j.well }Z \u25a0 printed rCand , well ! _ lilus irate&? J .wltli maps fi and diagrams, ;/ a "carefully-mad*,' Index adds -much- to its convenient:© 'b&' : ?, a book of reference: rrThatitneiworltli^c faithfuUand : exhauativa' statement? of hi3-.,i tor y.j: In ..charming . narrati'vo^ style, .goas iVvlthoutythe : i sa.ying I ,'la "vlt-,wjo£-'tiie_ ! t num9ri of riheauthor,' and we commend ,ilrar boolc|; < heartily^ as^one^of ':. the - niodt vdlua'ble . of \u25a0 .'-•', recent contrib utlonsr ' iri^ iTari^iiniT'-'^ :\u25a0 \u25a0 Tha?' 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His |For trait. : '.:F. . Tennyson' Ne«ty;Com>;* : pahy/ New York and London, .i 13QL'.% Clota- Pages^244. , \u25a0. .• , : „\u25a0 .... •For sale by Hunter & Co., city. MOLLIES PRINCE. A vnoveLißy ßosa? Nouchette Carey; author: i"N«.Lii'«t;; Metiorits," "The "Mistress ::bf.^Bru«^ -Farm," 'ate One of ; the \ Uppincbtt^ V\u25a0: SeUct-Novel Series. .The J. B. Lippmi^ - cott Cbmyany, -Pniladelphiai pp.; 313;;prlce, ,50 cents. \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 'Sew Magaiinea; '--."*:" <>; :.ThV Quarter Celatury ;Numbex:of FranM S Leslie's- Popular ; Monthly, just published at ten cents, reminds one of how ; recent ?| .is the popular, masazine^as, we;:knbw: -It " to-day. -JFranlc* Leslie, himsjelf,";twas : th« : pioneer" of Illustrated Jjournallanr?tn^Ui!«W ' countrjv; and ; the - nia'sdzlne he f-put"i forUr|? 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RICHMOND'DISPATCH.— 9ATtrrrDAT, OCTOBER 27, 1901'Z^JlJ^:^'"'^'1'^•-*_";;\u25a0'- ;;"'i:"i"f!^v'^-"i

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ffie -Remedy Is Sent flbso!ufe!y Frpa f6 Every Kan orWoEs?an Seßding and fiddress,

Tlic Illustrations Above Plainly Sliow. AVhat This Grnnd DlHcoverjr'WillDo.

A celebrated Fort Wayne physician has treatment there was not a sore or pimplediscovered the most wonderful cure lor on iriy body, and to-day -I;am absolutely

Syphilis or Blood Poison ever known. Itwell; ISive you Permission to use my

".,, \u0084 \u0084, \u0084, name and Iwill answer, all inquiries

quickly cures all such indications. as niu- from;suffcrlns men>.-

cous patches in tho mouth, sore throat. Every railroad runninginto Fort Waynecopper-colored spots, chancres, ulcerations brings scores of -sufferers seeking, thison the body, and in hundreds of cases new and marvelous .cure and to enablewhere the hair and eyebrows had fallen those who :cannot travel to realize whatout and the whole skin was- a mass of a truly marvelous. work the Doctor is ac-boils, pimples, and ulcers, this wonderful compllshing they will send: free to .everyppecific has completely changed the whole sufferer a free trial" package of thebody into a. clean, perfect condition of remedy so that everyone can cure them-physlcal health!

'selves In the privacy of their own home.

William McGrath, <S Gullford :street, { This is the Tonly known treatment /thatBuffalo, X. V., says: "Iam a well man' cures this most terrible of all diseases,to-day, where, a year ago Iwas a total Address the1State Medical Institute, 2&5wreck. Several doctors had failed to cure Elektron building. Fort Wayne, Ind. Dome of syphilis. Iwas rid of my sores not hesitate to write at once and thennd my skin become smooth .and. natural; free, trial package willbb sent sealed inin two weeks, and after completing the: plain package.

-by;James Darrnesteter,"inV.whlch>\u25a0 he ;plves

vWl'specimensljOf^the«manner ;lni; whictiseyeraP ofitho^^fghanlltril^s their]dusky'jioves.vVThf Cwriter.^says »that|'all!th"atHheTaveragel-/Afgfian;*lcn9wsJbCyiove';

;]sf; jealousy.^y Allf-theicrlnies^t," earth^;axe'said^toT^l^JffomXmoney/reafth^or^wo^jman^and ?itnatgthe -; theifrequent songs;;breathe|£^sla^3h|dsyotion«to \'ithe Jlovedj;6ne,:j"whV>rpr6babl^eventualiy,.iflnds^r^\her J^whlteI;slsteiv^l that :^Brere^S4e^;ceivers ;;.ever."

Darwin's .; three;essays upon :thetsubjects* \;whlch;;have^ formedv^theg-life-work ;?ot -,( that]eminent •manTt: are. am linportantifea^:iture'of :Voluine>rV. SThe;flrst, :the^"Sum-?imary ;offHis .Theory^ of Natural^ Select".tlori.^'Js -a^fcomplete •cliapter 'of '-his:book*"The Origin';of;Species."; ;,'rThe;Survival;of -, the'2FittestI',iis ':. tromr the'i same VTB;brk;j

as is also'itsi'./Conclusion fon;:His [..Theory ;

and ißeliglors»''l ;Eerhaps 4nosubject -i mooted 3during.:; the icentry "Jjustpast'; has \created ?morai interest .and;^ dis-;cussibn :than rDarwin's ;speculations omthe;vpescent of;Man,".'aiidhis .theory of evo-;,lution.

'\u25a0ir Sir. Humphrey Davy;; Inventor- of r theminer's "'safety j;lamp and Twrlter;\u25a0\u25a0'/of ;anumber' of/-wbrks-i, upon vrchemicalscientific Vsubjects,^; is- the 'author- of an;essay^ published,: after,*his;_ death—^"Conso-;;lation:In:

'Travel,";a""Vision|bf•Progress.";

;His;portrait];and fac similefsignature/ as'\u25a0president :ofithe rßoyal Society, are /given::

Defoe,; on^-"Higher:Education; for'\u25a0Women,''-- although"."written1? two

- hundred;years ago, is; fully<in> accord' with:thosewho are >• advocating -the \u25a0; same -.object;to^'day. :;'.'Power of Public.Opinion," by. JeanLiOuis^vDelolme, ,a well-known Euro-;

pean .historian, 'Xis -lan instructive V-essay

iuponTa >sub jecn^whichra; sovereign jpeople ihave'" not' been /'slow S.to^recognize,' thegrowing weight of;public opinion onf the "

actions ofJ municipal; -State, and FederalOfficials. \u25a0 \u25a0

-'"- • ;-A;^/: -. ;\u25a0 ,' -.;•;' \u25a0:-;'' ;"•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'' DeQuiricy, apart /from his "Confessionsof ah Opium ;lEaterV^by.which.he;is;per-haps best known,: arid which" are given inextenso in this .;volume; was alsoV the'author 'of Cmany essays ;ahd^: criticisms,,

some of -the, best of'which are here re-produced—viz]: "On:}'Knocking at -theGate >in

- Macbeth-'; .. "The V Pains; ofOpium"; "On Madness";

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"OnEnglishi ;Physiology" •; iForgers-fChattertbn,' ,"Walpole, and Junius,",-:;etc

The merits of-r.DeQuincy'sV essays fully;justify;the large space? devoted to them;:/

The, extent and -variety., of.:the contentsof;Volume IV.;:is^ fullyrequal to./ those:

which have preceded it, and the"subject.matter,, of? the essays will afford^a vrich:treat to those who- peruse them. Thebiographies of the

;authors preceding

the essays are valuable.. helps to many,readers, and .are a tribute to the pairis-;taking endeavors of ,, the ,\u25a0\u25a0 editors. ;;Thefrontispiece to the volume is a charming

photogravure ofDante; and Beatrice, after

a painting by Holiday.- ; r; :

"IN OUR COUNTT." Stories of OldVirginia- Life,- by;•'-.Marion':.'.'\u25a0\u25a0' Harlarid,Author of "Some Colonial Homesteads,"

"Where Ghosts Walk," etc. Illustrated.• ;Published by G. jP.~Putman's Sons. New

York arid London. 1901: No. of pages 465.Conspicuous- among the names of those

writers of fame that cluster around the

capital of the ;"Old Dominion" we find

that of Marion Harland. .A true Virginian

bf Virginians,;she'has given us the very

essence of plantation;life before:the war,in the charming short stories entitled,"In Our "Count.':' .--With;, her: /delightfulstyle \u25a0\u25a0 of writing and true knowledge 'jofthe relations existing between master and

slave Combined with aykeen insight into'the;character, -of

"those ;old tlraa Virginia

gen tlenien and •\u25a0" gentlewomen, we are -}.inveriest truth carried back to;the good olddays, which have passed -'as ::a" watch:inthe :night,'1 and exist only in the memory

of-those who loved, and' moved, and ;hadtheir being, before- the troublesome days

of -warfare arid" strife^!; .;>; -The frightfulscenes of the early sixties

are left far in advance, and the calm-ripple -of familyilife {and "legendr as / toldbyp the 'stately dames of, that' period overtheirknitting and tatting,"flows on undis-turbed. -There are

"ten stories in all;most

of them incidents in:family;life or house-hold. legend: in Opecancanough county.

\u25a0 The are siinnly,'s clearly, and \u25a0-im-pressively -'told, and.are,- especially Inter•-

egtirig.•-: to' 'those . to i-whom-:; the family,

names of many of:the characters are fa-miliar,i such as ;Scott, / Selden, Carter,:Randolph; yenable~ v&c.';. The author .inher"preface", says ~; thatTmany \u25a0 times . hasher memory i almost^ ruri^away;withrher,;and ; the true names of persons .slipped•frbfn-her pen. To those acquainted withV "Our; or Opecancanough, "county" tliaBceries of 'many, of the stories are familiar.;The .illustrations are.all taken in ''ourcounty." :\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0" ".

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..;i The Y first story,* "Dodder," is a sweet,pathetic .sketch -; of .youthful folly andsubsequent .? renuricjation of all that is

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"Zack."=\u25a0>New/iYork^SCharles >Scrlbnbrsv-Soris:^:: Price i?l.so.VForlsale tby^tliarßell*- B6ok and Sta tlonary.'"•• Company, -vCity{\u25a0,^Bearing in mind the old saw. tnat "an 1

honest confession Is good for tho :soul,;' •

\u25a0we are ;forced to confess that -we v, hayt,

inever heard o£ "Zack,";• the author'oi

thlswork,: before, :thought that floes, not;

indicates hlai lack ability-orVvlrtues^'an ;author; v On

;the^ contrary vw« ;have

.found sonic-

riiost Idellgh'tl!ul;;literature.wlthlrih the ofJS'thls^attractivelybound book. In fact, •;it Is?no :•xaggerar*tlori to ;say.: that" ''Zack" ;I3'\u25a0 a master ;{oT

his par tlcular style,' -and:that ttheivolumebefore us would do credit ito any, writer."

There are seven stories ._ In. the bookunder review—Benjamm- Parrot's Fancy ijThe Hall and He; /The Right' o* :-WayfVlliage: Puriip Fewins;;Crobksie; Mary 1

Amelia Spot;: and .The Sißters. : "; «•';;-1.;.-. Owing jto their we-cannot i'flis^Icuss :them all,;'\u25a0;.though -each,iinUIts;turn,

IIs;well •worthy of attention and -thought..j • The longest and most ambitious effort—^"TheiHalland He— Is^somethingvmorethan

'striking: TVe\ are < riot v hyperbolical

or unduly enthusiastic when we isay/it ;Is:

a gem/ for it-exhibits >"> rare A;combina^jtion of literary;qualities.

;\u25a0 The•' herb of;'this? little romance: Is 'a

natural child, discarded by his aristocra-

tic mother ;i arid: Jeft. to ;. wear ;away/- his:

life among a family of ignorant peasants,who, :kriowingVrhis origin,•\u25a0. have- -a^ deep:respect for-him. His' \u25a0; adopted .mother,,

with "all- a plebeian's respect ;for blue;blood, does" all she can ;;for;the lad,; but

he^ls- slow 'arid; stupid -aridunable : to seize even the limited opportu- ,

I- nities V which come :his v way; -The \u25a0:;boy

when -quite young, :is:;taken to^:his .real:mother's bedside and sees -her die- aftershe has secretly acknowledged him. Afterthis his-life is profouridlyjsad and all his

.to raise himself -above, his :,en-vironments 'are fuuie: "„/

' '' - -I The pathos of:the story. ls unspeakable.'

IIttouches the heart with;.;almost ,\ everypage and shows, the most "exquisite-touches-of skill and taste. But the-read-er, even :when he fain would weep, mustconstantly; smile, for "Zack" is^/-as much'a master- of humor as '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0he [is of pathoS.He alternates v from one ?; to :the : other,and withal displays a knowledge of hu-:man nature which makes his stories no-thing ifjnot realistic.: :v: v-

The whole'book is written in the dla-\

leot of:the English peasantry— that Is: to :say, we supposes it is" the; dialect of; tno:Englih peasantry, for itis altogether n?w

to us—but by no means unintelligible.Indeed, the stories are much easier ;toread than: those in the? Scotch or "negrbdialects. The language used is quaint ariasonorous and at times' one {recognizes; mit idioms and expressions which we hadthought were distinctly/;characteristic ofoM-tlme

:Virginians. ;

• .In its peculiar way "Duristable Weir"

suggests the "Bonny Brier Bush," nor Isthe latter work:its;superior: in any/ sense:In,sooth the collection of Scotch storieslack^ much of the sprightllness and, hii-'mor which "Zack" displays and then, too,

the dialect used by.the author, under/con-sideration Is readily .understood rindstrangely suggestive "of simple country

folk. : \u25a0 . '.:_[ :: . .•,-';'"

; _ ..."THE NIGHT HA"WE-A;Romance of thai

•60s—ByAlix John,- wlth'a-.Frontlspieee;by Walter Russell. New; York. Frede-J' rick A: Stokes Company. j . . "/The reader who seeka- a story with,

action arid incident can find It;within trie;covers of this book, -

for the author has !striven to make his novel Interesting andto keep the characters of the romancebusily;engaged. . -" '. i

The "Night:Hawk" referred to' on thetitle page, is an Erglish blockade run-ner which ministered to the States of the

.Confederacy during the "civil war" and

made several successful expeditions: toWilmington^ N. C, and other coastwisetowns of the South. j

-;...The captain of the vessel'was an Eng~:jlishman,;and though he; sympathized -with]

those who wore the gray, we are ledHo',believe that It was money rather thanlove of the cause which.prompted .himto face so many dangers. Irideed, thereis nothing .admirable in the- man's char-acter and on the whole" he is uriinterest-'ing and unattractive. . . -..

The most prominent figure in the novelJs Mrs.' Antoinette. Le Moinej-the woman—.'a Confederate agent

—whose •and

natural: wit;enabled :her .to do^mucb^ good

for -the people of the .Confederacy ;;inforeign lands. The plot, in fact, hinges

oh her riiovements, and \u25a0 the;many ;difflcul-ties which beset her.: We seel her bothInvFrance and in;Halifax, N. 5.,-" and •Inboth places she secretly -worked to gainassistance for her f:countrymen: : ':

This v woman, who is represented asbeautiful and intellectual,/ is a: sort ofsocial -outcast

—at least |among, others ;;of

her sex^ In early life she \u25a0married ia;man who grossly wronged,her, and owing;to a chain of;unfortunate circuiristances,:she was made

'the party to a'divorce;suit

:•. which" left; a stain :upon '\u25a0\u25a0 her. character/We are not positively; informed :whether;Mrs. Le Moine was .strictly correct >.in^every; way or not, but she is representedas very loyal to her. country and as aperson of most astonishing patriotism and ;bravery.- The reader cannot help -likingher, though there; are times when? onethinks her ,unselfishness and

"generosity

are very abnormal. ;' - • ;: -

'.;."'> Of-course, -\u25a0In the :end'Mrs. Le Molrie

finds a noble young; man who:is /.willingto link his fortunes with hers and that,too, despite "some very ugly things whichother > women \u25a0 say. about ;. her.' , \u25a0

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Th©;novel;closes 7ln;a\most satisfactory.';way,iand while :, the;book cannot *\be!.classified among !. the'f masterpieces of[literature, it."'. furnishes ta-;good; story and1 one which constantly^demands \ the atten-j tion of the; reader. 7 v

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The allusions to the people of the. Con-.;federacy . are very .kind ;and ';generous,Ibut somehow or other, we ;fancy \u25a0,. the;

\u25a0 writer is not a;sdutherner. English p'eoi"pie; figure more prominently in;the story

i. than those V6f :the ;South,- arid vwithout!;kriowirig;;the;nationality;; of jthe'^autHbr^;We should say. on a guess -that the "tigb«j little 'isle" is;the rofrhis birth^ f>{ THE WORLD'S ;.BEST ESSAYS. :David[" -J. Brewer. ;Volume IV.i David \u25a0'•:\u25a0 J.j;Brewer, ,United :States Supreme

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THE SPANISH-AMERICAN"WAR. : By(

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i" New;!York:\Harper". Brothers. ;lTwoihun-'

dred and sixty-two pages. Price,: 12.50The author, says In;his preface that it

was not his purpose in the preparation of\lhis manuscript to write a full history of

the Cwar .with Spain; -on.the contrary, it

was his desire to place on record "soms jof the prominent facts -connected with|the organization, equplment, and move- imerit of the army, together with tho ad- fipinistratibn of the War •Department, •'with.|the hope that^such statements -will serve

a useful purpose as an example, should ;another crisis of1the ;same kind occur." jf .The :;description;* of the :"fights'., of Las |Guasimas, s Cariey, .\u25a0 Sari ';Juan, ;and -Manila jare,-^he tells:us." :"based onrofflcial;docu-ments,* conversations: with -participants,

and;letters from officers high> in'au thorif

ty, received since the war,", while « a per-^|sonal visit tb;the;battle-field^of- San Jiiah" 1

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dates arid such official\records ;as ,;Itiem-.gbodies. \ But,1rafter7all;\> the;object -ofjthe:volume JJs to defendv Alger.J^The :con..:cludirig;Chapters'ars'devoted:tO;the.Eaga.'i-affair,vand?niake;|the^'hlstory

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