Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-17


shows the whites outnumbering the blacks
2e5, "a notable fact. deserving special eni-
phasia," says the Mayor. The report OF
the Board of Health is declared TO be ex-
tremely gratifying" The rate of mortality
was 2o.20 per 1000. No records were kept,
however. for former years, consequently
no comparison con DO made. The rate for
whites was 1890. for blacks $500. inc
Mayor complains that the commerce OF the
city is not what IL should be, but predicts
speedy awakening and improvement;
also that the ordinance prohibiting the
sale Of liquor on Sunday has resulted In
ignominious failure"
The National Trothng Association. Complete
List Of Horses, with Records Made on
Also, a Complete List Of $50 Trotters
and PAGERS from the Earliest Date TO the
Close of 1890. Published by order Of the
BOARD of Review. Hartford. Conn (:
Press of the Case, Lockwood 4 Bralnard
Company. Paper. Price not stated.
This book bears evidence of being reli-
able. and should be of great interest and
value to the large class of persons for
whom it Is intended.
A De,criptipe List Of Noue,s and Tales DsdlinJ
,rih american CITY lie, including some
works descriptive OF country life omitted
from preyious lists. Compiled by w. Nj.
GRfswoI,p. A. b., editor of The Mono
grsph. sc. Published blythe same. Cam
Bridge, Mass. Paper, price Soc, or three
copies for 81.
The purpose Of this publication is to
direct readers, such as would enjoy the
kind of books here described, to number
of novels easily obtainable, but which. in
many cases, have been forgotten within
year or two after publication" Each novel
mentioned Is briefly reviewed. The list
appears TO be tolerably complete, though
WHY it should embrace MARTIN Chuzzle-
WITH we are at loss to imagine. There is
no real American life in that book that we
can remember. We notice that the author
uses to some extent phonetic system Of
spelling. For instance. he says that EDGAR
FAwcErr init lhf" at q certain successful
literary achievement of his. He nit LAT"
OF this spelling, too.
Prince Of Good Fello,cs. Picture from
Life. Written by the author of "A Woman
of New Orleans and edited by N. WAR
RrSGroy CRABTBIE. The American News
Company, New York. Cloth. Price not
stated.
Here is book that We like, though we
can hardly tell why. 1t is asouthern novel.
depicting life on q Louisiana cotton PLAN
tation on the Mississippi river dozen or
so years after the war. There is no plot
worth mentioning-indeed, the author
boldly scorns that usual feature Of fiction.
Everyday life is sought to be portrayed,
and IL has been successfully done. The cha
racters consist in part of gentlemanly plant
ers, their pretty and lively daughters, pc
nurious trader, his sentimental little boy
Dan. Grandma Gray, a lovable old lady, who
nursed the neighborhood and raised the
finest turkeys of anybody; John Brandon
the devil-may-c flirting young doaor
who is the hero of the story; one or two old
negroes, and last, but not least Napoleon
Warrington Crabtrie, who tells the story
In prop7ia persona, and who is q finished
creation, worthy TO occupy niche in the
gallery of the famous personages Of fiction.
He is related to the WARRHGroSs of Vir-
GINA, made famous by THAcEEBAY, and il
therefore q gentleman, though idle and
shiftless and confirmed liver on his
friends. He is honest and courage
Gus and in full sympathy with all
that is good and pure and noble,
with the single exception of his
admiration for Brandon, who ls a great
scamp, though not without virtues. All
of these characters live, the reader gets to
feel Is if he knew them intimately, and
even the dumb animals excite his sympa-
thy and interest. But there are some
false notes struck. The authors manner
isms become tiresome. the incidents are
frequently insignificant, while the pathos
sometimes verges on bathos. The imita-
ton Of THLCEERAY ia also too palpable.
But with all its faults the book has UNI
doubted merit, and if it il the work Of a
young writer, is unusually promising. 1t
possesses originality in q marked degree.
We paid il the rare compliment Of reading
it clear through.
The Old Macy aud the Ne1c. By Rear-Admi-
raj DANIEL AsrfES, United States Navy,
with an Appendix of Personal Letters
from General GIANT. j. Il. LippincOtt
Company, Philadelphia, Publishers. 81.
This heavy volume of 553 pages is re-
cord of the Admiral's naval service of over
half a century. It is written in a clear,
straightforward, unpretentious style, is
packed with incident and anecdote, con-
tains full and interesting descriptions of
the many places and countries visited, and
is, withal, as entertaining book Of travel
as one might wish TO have. Comparatively
small space is devoted to the period Of the
civil war, and while the Admiral naturally
sympathizes with the North he never
theless does not take the oppor-
tunity to vent any spleen against
the South. His being a Vlrginlan
by birth may perhaps explain his forbeor-
ance in this respect. Somewhat as an of
set to this he processes to have no particu-
lar objection to the society of negroes at
table. for instance. The Admiral was for
years playmate and throughout his life a
| fast friend of General GRANT, and when a
boy rescued the latter from drowning.
How history might now be written had he
not done so We will not venture to say
perhaps not very differently.
This book Is chiefly intended as record
Of the many and wonderful changes which
have taken place in naval architecture and
armament in the period covered and OF
the results of the establishment Of rapid
communication over almost the entire
globe. TO note these changes and effects
has been ono of the authors chief objects.
The volume is handsome one and is very
| Iagihlv nrtnfad IL contains portraits bOth