The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-31

few quotations of Involved ana pecuuas
sentences and Alterations and we finish.
Mrs. Gumrill, it seems, fell on one occa-
s;on "whiIe her black-stockinged legs
twinkled and trcmblcd in the air.
Bessie's pet name for her mother is Mrs;
Mama" "who like small bears have all
this sorrow before them" We are unegual
TO the following sentence: ." hen ia'e
shakes bachelor up she may set MN
down again at her lcizure, and nopody
hurt but when she pounccs on marricu
man the sitting process is almost certain
to involve number OF coiiatera' IN
tercsts, which may prove dement's o,
calamities, according to the value anu
purity of the material in hand ms
last quotation will he sufficient calamity
for the reader We have given Mss ana
he Friends" this much attention simply
because it is representative Of popular
class of current literature. There Is
much in If that is crcditablc; the motives
arc in almost every instance pure, but me
arrangement of the material, IN almost
every instance, inartistlc, Sketchy ana
crude. The manners of no place are PFC
tured. and no additions are made TO the
characters that live in the worlds lltcra-
ture. or mems minds. HISS ana DC
Friends" will interest Il large number OF
readers. and its story is mingled yarn oil
good and bad Let the authoress become
natural and artistic, then Will her hhe
fancy, womanly grace OF expression anu
true pathos. lead to the creation OF beter
hooks than Kiss and be Friends and her
already popular Widow Goldsmith 5
Daughter"
r. Worthington's new edition OF MOL
ore. inst ready. is remarkable enterprise,
considering that the three large volumes.
duplicating the expensive English edition,
are furnished to the American public nj
but 1913 the set. The edition is printed
from the regular plates, ia large type, on
fine paper. with wide margin and uncut
edges. and is bound in red cloth, with a
paner label in colors. The ttle-page is
also printed in colors. The three volumes
contain nineteen full-page enGravlnSs on
steel from the paintings and designs OF
Horace Vernet, Dcscennc, Jobannot ana
Horsent-the same plates that were used
in the sumptuouS Paris edition, and which
have been imported for this one. Mr. an
Laun's translation OF each play Is prciaced
bv Introductory matter. and there Is also
memoir and general critical introduce
tion.-PubIsherx Weekly.
Mr.. Talmagc's views on art, as expressed
in his lecture on Happy Homes, may be
taken as fair exponent of his method OF
dealing with the people. This expression
of his views, moreover. indicates the
secondary character of his mind. He
has been assimiating ozark Twain on
this subject, as he has been absorbing
n. P. Willis in his description of the sun
rise on the sea. 1t is impossible that he
be quite sincere in all he says. He may
not be so fond of the better class of
pictures as Theodore Tilton, who would
change their positions Of hanging at all
hours of the night; but Mr.. Talmagc's
parlors are not decorated with woodcuTS
taken from the illustrated papers. AS to
art, Mr.. Talmagc secs an opportunity to
make n bright remark or so. and few
other humoriSts have furnished him ready
material 1t is not Il matter of conviction
with him, but il is an evidence of the
character of his minG Talmage is
humbug. 1t would he an easy matter to
prove the charge from his own sermons.