The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-20
BY BRET HARTE.

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SHORTER STORIES, SKETCHES OF TRAVEL, with
pictures from the NILE and in SPAIN; POEMS with
Illustrations; Pictures from JAPAN; Essays on
Labor and Finance besides an unusual variety and
interest in The Editorial Departments. 81 Es,
But the papers which will be likely to attract
widest attention are two illustrated Narratives of
Exploration, tie one In the Old World and the
other in the New:
"THE DISCOVERY of The SITE Of SOLO,
MONS TEMPLE" made by Professor BEswIcK,
and a chapter Of discovery IN lower Colorado, en-
titled 1.-THE ANCIENT PROVINCE of TUSA-
YAN,"b Msjor POWELL, one of tn most interest
ing and important of hts contributions to our know
ledge of that strange and hitherto almost unex-
plored region.
The present instalment Of GABRIEL CoNRoY;
by BRET HAaTE, will more than justify the praise
bestowed upon the opening chapters.
The Boston Post says: fa
I" If the opening chapters foreshadow fairly those
that to sncfe eoI w stand lee
representative OF that fresh and spontaneous litee
rary culture that has acquired unwonted strength
deur In the far West 1t is serial that will make
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The Springfield massachusetts, Republican
says:
"The picture is powerfully done. The limitable
snow is spread before you; you stop at the bazed
pine and read the cry for help from the CANON then
the more to impress the image OF its desolation.
The artistic preparation for the horrors Of that
brutaljz I'd camp In the canon Is perfect"
The Canadian illustrated Ne,os says: .r-.
GAN thar Is expected oft Is fulfilled In the open.
ing chapters, which are replete with seusa tional
power; and II the rest Of the work. ainains this
standard we shall have found at last the American
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"Bret Harte's opening description OF a snow
storm in the sierras 1s worthy of place alongsite
of Dckenss picture OF the storm on the scacoast IN
David Copperfeld.'" s.s,e .e.s-.., + ~. s.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: 49,. III. H..
The style reminds one strongly Of the vivid pro
logue of sues Wandering Jew"
The Pittsburgh Chronicle says: ,.r...r Nr,,.
SIT Is wonderful picture, and the story with
such fascinati 6 opening cannot fail OF becoming
one Of the great novels OF the year."
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