Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-12

that the negroes VIII inevitably outnum-
Der tho whites. In which position he Is not
sustained by the last census. His views
on social equality, reconstruction, and
southern character aud life generally are
crcditable to him and viii BIO acceptable to
our people. The book 10 for sale by book
sellers generally We suppose.
The Vikings in Western Christsndorn. BY g.
r, KEARY, NJ. A., Il. \. A. q, P..Putnams
Sons, New York, publishers. For sale by
WYsr, JOHNSTON q Co. Price $3.50.
The author of this most interesting and
valuable book should feel proud OF the
successful issue OF his arduous undertaking
of many years. We have examined it with
attention and are impressed with the EVIL
dences of accurate scholarship and labo-
riors research which it displays. The
average student of history has only the
most superficial knowledge OF those won
derful northern barbarians who overran
Western Europe in the ninth century, as
the saxons had done long before them.
pillacing, devastating and numbering and
almost annihilating Christianity, until
the advent Of the refined Normans saved /
European civilization. The purpose of |
this work Is chiefly to depict the |
formative period of the scandinavian |
peoples. their age Of Strm ind Drdng storm
and stress. when. as the author says, |
"they were growing. but had not yet fully
grown, into nationalities." They would
not, he thinks, on this score alone deserve
much attention, but as that period repre-
sents a very important phase in the long
struggle between Christianity and the
heathenism of the North,p the interest at
taching to 1t Is on that account very great,
In which we agree with him. This work Is
By far the completest account OF the age
and peoples of which it treats that has yet
been published, and should be in the Ii
brary of every student of history. 1t con-
tains map and copious tables and index.
The printing and binding are all that could
be deslred-in fact, the volume is an e1-
ceptionally handsome one and contains 5i1
pages.
From Ocean TO OCEAN; or, The Sdlrdtfon
A,rnvs March from the Atlantic TO the Pa
cffc. BY Commissioner DARLINGTON
BoorH. From the publisher, j. s. OGIL-
VIE, New York. Paper IS cents; cloth
81.
This is a record of the achievements Of
| the Salvation Army in this country and
statement Of the objects the army proposes
| TO accomplish. II presents statistics that
| show an ample field for its efforts. "Sev-
enty per cent. OF the convicts in our peni-
tentiaries are young men," and young men
are the army's especial aim. Sixty million
dollars is all that we contribute annually
10 the churches, while we spend SSO0,0OO,-
600 in drinks, and pay S40O,000,0 900 more to
provide prisons, poor-houses, and asy-
| Inns for those whom the drink has mas
tered and maddened.n These are startling
figures. surely. The War Cru, the army's
paper. is said to be published in twenty
seven different countries and to have an
annual circulation of SO, 100000.
There are many personal experiences Of
converts given, and much light is thrown
ON how " the other half" lives. The army
| is spoken Of as military organization"
BESSIE Brdd5ords Prize. BY JOHANNA II.
| MATHEWS. Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany, New York. publishers. For sale by
the Presbyterian Committee OF Publlca-
Il LION. lUUt MALI oIIbCt, aANNt
S1.25.
This belongs to the series of The Bes-
sic Books" so popular with the Sunday
school young folk. Bessie wins the prize
for the best composition but megnani-
mously surrenders il to q comrade who
was prevented by dreadful accident from
competing but who otherwise would have
won it. School-boy life is also portrayed,
together with some very serious scrapes
some of the boys get into through the
Vaccinations of the inevitable bad boy "
of the school. 1t is pleasant and whole
some story for children, but some childish
transactions involving large sums of money
are very improbable.
Trio Enclish Girls. BY MABEL HART. j. b.
Lippincott Company publishers. Phila-
delphia. Paper 90 cents.
This is the latest of Lippincott's Sc
ries of select novels and chronicles the
doings and sayings Of two young women
art students in Florence, Italy-more par
ticularly their sayings, since q conversation
begins on the first page and apparently
continues TO the last. We made several
attempts to read the book, but had to give
no in despair. The talk is none too bril-.
liant. and of plot we could discover nc
trace.
The Early Conversion of Children. BY l..
RossER, ID. ID. Printed for the Author.
copal Church, South. BARBEE d SMITH,
Agents, Nashville, Tenn. 1891.
In his preface the author says:
4. L.. Ian 4
} moral training of children, yet do not re
: member to have seen more than incidental
references to their early conversion
Hence this treatise. / have carefully avoid
ed ali subtle distinctions which tend more
!. TO confuse than explain the subject, and
omitted all questions of useless and tedious
, | controversy.
: Proceedings Of the Virginia Press Association
at its first session held at Roanoke, Va.
Septen. Der 10, 1889, with the constitution
adopted at that meeting. Also, proceed
. ings of the second session. held at Rich
) mond, November 1919, 1880.
Q From J.. G.. FIvEAsH (of the Norfoll
t LEDGER, secretary and treasurer.
Loco's Cruel Enigma (CrrGeae Enignsl. d!
5 PAUL BoURGET, author Of Was /
I0ye?n Translated without abridge
r ment from the eighteenth French ed
ton by JULIAN CBAY. New York and st
Louis: The Wayerly Company. publish
ers.
prstty Miss Snin. BY FLORENCE WARpEs
q author of "St. Cuthbert's Tower" Th
o Fog Princes" Nurse Reyeps Mistake,
/. etc, etc. Authorized Edition. Ney
4 York: United States Book Company
successors to John W. Lowell Company
q $50 Worth street. corner Mission Place.
| The Spanish Armada. A Ballad Of 1888. B
DOUGLAS b. w. SELDES. Published b
d GIuFrTH, FABIAN 4 Co., London, an
= the Cassell Publishing Company, Ne'
/ York. Price % cents.
|. Yantasy. A Novel. Translated by HENRI
a HARLlNp Sydney Luska), author OF "A
I'll It Was Written From the Italian G
" Matilde Serao. Same publishers. Pric
. 30 cents.
> ForestaHed; or. The LIFE Quest, BY y
BrrHAM-EDwARDs, author of The Par
ing of the Ways" "A Romance Of ii
Wire. y etc. Same publishers. Price