The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-17

OF tile great author. It may be very ssfssiiisy
taken nom him and credited to the tWoFery
remarkable men who flonrishellas siss con
temporaries without diminishing title ms
great fame but SIN It Is well that 1t should
be credited to the true author, SHAKESPEARE
was born Id 1854, and died on the anniver-
sary Of his birthday, April IS, 1916. FRAY
CHS BEAUMONT was born in 1885 ana dled III
March 1916, n month before SHAKEsreAREs
DAYS were ended. JonN FLETCHER was born
in 1876 and died in 1865. BEAUMONT ana
FLETCHER were friends and companions, ana
maintained a business. social. and mchtai
partnership most singularly close. Ihcy
wrote plays jointly, and so even ana well
matched were their intellects, and SO
unsclfsh their dispositions, that no lca''
ousy sprung up between them during
their lives, and neither ever failed to 10 JUS
tice 10 the other. Their union was one OF
the most remarkable in all history. Alter
the death Of BEAUMONT. FLETCHER wrofe
piavs that were fully equal to the joint pro-
ductions OF the two. As they hourisnea
about the time of SHAKESPEARE, ana asthelr
conceits and style were Influenced by the
taste and the spirit of the day, which ma
their bearing also upon the productions o'
Su.HEspEARE, it is not surprising that some
confusion in the right Of property 10 so"S
mint arise. Indeed, SHAKESPEARE Is reported
,s having written play called the "IWo
Noble kinsmcn" conformity with FLETCHER.
We note fact that we caunot cNplaln-tbat
Mrs. RICHARDSON awards to BEAUMONT and
FLETCHER song that will bc found in SHAKE
spEsRE's "Passionatc Pilgrim" which, save
ga Lovers Complaints" is the last thing
printed in several of the complete editions OF
SHAKESPEARE.
The work is very seasonabc. For sale by
WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
Modern Leaders. Being a Series Of Bio
graphical Sketches. BY JUSTIN MCCARTHY,
author of Lady judith: \ Tale OF Two
Continents" New York: SHELDON q Go.
The list of characters skctched by Nc
CARruy number twenty-four Of the best
known in political, literary, and scientific
walks of life; but he only honors our Anne.
rican republic with one namc-that of BRIG
HAM YouNG! The sketches are spirited. Is.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
History Of English Literature. BY II. A.
TAME Abridged from the Translation OF
II. VAN LAuN, and Edited, with Chrome
logical Table, Notes, and Index, by JOHN
FisEE, Assistant Librarian and late Lee
turer in Harvard University. New York:
HOLT & WILLIAMS.
This is very famous work. FlsKE claims
to have abridged it without injury to the
work itself The parts stricken out, he says,
were not at all necessary to the argument OF
the book-mostiy non-esScntal paragraphs
and lengthy spcculations of the author. 1t
is a great liberty TO take with the text. and 1t
is to be hoped Mr.. FIsEE has performed bis
work wisely. The book is valuable to the
literary student, and indeed to the reading
public.
For sale by VEST, JOHNSTON d Co.
The Lord ,c'U Proridc. by SARAH n. RAN
poIrn. New York: ANsoH ID. +. RAN
poLrH & Co.
This little book is one Of catalogue Of
pious tales and stories now being issued by
the publishers. 1t is neatly gotten w.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
Homes and Hospitals; or, Two Phases Of
Woman's Work, as Exhibited In the habors
of Amy Dutton and Agnes L. Jones. In
one volume crown Svo.; cloth, Si.5O.
HrRD & HoUGnToH, New York; The
Riverside Press, Cambridge.
A story of how two women made them
selves very useful in different ways. One
went daily TO minister to the distressed in
their homes. This was Miss DUTToN. The
other, Miss JONES, gave up home and all the
attractions Of society and went into the hos
pitfalls and warehouses in London. They
gave to the world wonderful proofs of what
women can do when they devote themselves
to the alienation of pain and sorrow, and TO
the Improvement of the morals Of mankind.
For sale by WEST, TOMBSTONE Co.