Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-15

h.rd.oueiv printed and bound, being IS
s,ea from the Riverside Press, Cambridge.
~. r.s. ,.t,b qaal,,fs Rear Guard BY HER
ny ~ WAN. Prom the publishers,
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Price, paper, 80 cents.
II was inevitable that Mr.. SrAsLEY's
barsh criticisms of the conduct OK the
rear guard should evoke reply, hence by.
W.np,s book, which is an account OF ana
dsfenoe Of his own part In the weary snd
d;s,strous wait at Yambuya. This part, oy
Mr. WAYS showing, was insignificant az
comnared with that of the nl-fated ana
brutal BARrrE1or, upon whose shoulders
ond ,ba faithless T1Ppoo TrB's the burden
Of the blame must fall STANLEY also Is
placed in very equiyocal light as 70 some
matters by Mr.. WARDS statements, who
charges among other things that the ex-
,lorey animadyerts upon his officers for
The uurpose of screening himself. The re-
NV IL mite spirited. and furnishes good
picture in small frame OF the horrors and
disasters of African exploration and OF the
chickering's and animos.ties which warning
ambitions are apt 20 create.
The Story of Re Rear Column Of &c Enln
Pasha Rciief Expedition. BY the late
LAWS s. J,srrsoy. Naturalist 10 the EI-
nedition Edited by Mrs. JAMES JANE
Sow illustrated bv G. WHrMPER from
the Authors Original Sketches. Pub.
lisbed by United States Book Company
New York. Pages, 455.
This book contains diary kept by the
author extending from February, 1887, to
Au0ust. 1888. IL is written in simple,
natural. and truly refreshing style. 1t has
numerous sketches Of the country and in
cidents of the expedition. The notes in the
appendix on Entomology and Ornithology
are copious, and indicate close observa-
ton and critical study Of the subjects
treated. II contains upwards OF one hun
dred well-executed engravings, and upon
the whole it is a readable and instructive
work.
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As its name indicates, this is an elemen-
tary textbook on elocution aud gesture.
There are forty graded lessons furnishing
a course sufficient for grammar and high
schools, yet simple enough for primary
and district schools.
a Chilfs Romance BY PIERRE Lon. author
Of" Rarahu.n sc. Translated from the
French by Airs. CLARA BILL. Authorized
edition revised and corrected IN the
United States New York: W. ): GoTTs-
BERGER & Co., publishers IL Murray
street, 1891. Received through WEST,
JOHNSTON IL Co.
The Photoqrdphio Times and Aniertcdn Pho
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Art. Science, aud Advancement OF Pho
Biography. Illustrated. Five dollars per
nnnun: single copies, fifteen cents, New
York: The Photographic Times Publish
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Self Publication Of Floicing Wdta, and the
influence of Polluted Water IN the Causa-
tion of Disease. a Biological STUDY
BY CHARLES G.. CUERIER. III. d., OF New
York. A pamphlet from the American
Journal Of ne Medica! Sciences. December
1890.
The Romance of Spanish Nun. BY ALICE
MoNrGoMERY BALDY. Philadelphia; j.. b.
Iippinoott Company. For sale by
WEST, JOHNSTON & Co. Price 90 cents.