Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-13

the United States Book Company il Lon
| don.
! Mrs. Burton HAnErsoy, the author Of
THE Angloman,acs. has written q new
| novel of New York life which The Century
will print. Il is said 10 deal with divorce
Proposals Of marriage have been made L
| many forms and under various conditions.
but we venture to say that the method en-
ployed b. one Of Mr. FRANK X. SroczTos's
characters, IN tho September Cenrv'U, has
never been initiated lie popped the
question" at the top Of TIE ladder and did
not pop it in vain. Tie ladder was stolen
from bis rival. too,
sar1s---75zz 'ss-'-s---s--s.
New Books.
Doctor Lamar. From TBovAs Y. Ono
WELL, New York. Cloth, fL2j.
This is an anonymous novel Of the
Robert Elsmore' typo. Doctor Lamar
IS an sgnost.c; HE wife, an atheist. The
latter Is afflicted with incurable cancer,
and. suffering terribly. begs her husband
to end her torturos by killing her. lie
does so. and without any resultant qualms
of conscience. SIX months later he goes
| TO England 10 vlslt Christian family and
falls in love With ayoung girl, who. though
shocked and repcl'ed On frat learning q
his aenoItic.sm. Is st length Won 10y bis
noble nature 50 o man. for he IS painted Gs
a paragon in all save his religious belief.
| Shesius 20 convert him, but ha, 10 die 10 30
1t. It should be said that the Doctors
! love for his lrst wIfe was but sliyht) The
second wife, whom he married On her
| death-bs1, ne worshppci. ana therefore
| could not bear the idea Of never seeing hcr
again. Horoe Lis conversion . CHRIS
tianity md belief IN future ststr. There
are other threads IN the plot. oil leading
M 10 tragic conclusions; in fact, the
| books mortuary record equals that 81 am
| frst-clsss tragedy. 20 many pcopls die
| that II really looks Ike q reelection on the
! Doctor. We don't find the religious DIS
EMISSIONS Of any particular value. The SEN
sa,ional opening ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
has very little % do with the re7t Of tho
story. making the latter seem fat 10y com
psrison. The style ia fair. though e.
times crude.
| F1lao,is English S,G'e-7ncn II Q'fer, Tic'n1d's
Rein. Bg SsPiH ksowLES BORON. From
TEo84s J. CgOvzLL u Co.. New YORK.
| Cloth, $50.
This is O book worth having. The bio
craphies are Of Sir Ro7zsr PIEL. Lord
/ PA1xEssToS. Lord SHArrrssURY, JOIN
BRIGHr WILLIAM EDWARD FoEsrFs, Lord
/ BEAcoSsEIEID. HEsRY FAwcErr (the blind
I Postmaster-GeuersD. and WILLIAM EwAEr
GLADSTONE. Anar;hentic portrait accom-
panies each sketch. The author lad the
privilege OF personal acquaintance with
most Of these no,aoilities. and hence is
able 10 furnish much interesting
information concerning them not 10
be found in other biographies She
! has given succinct yet sufficiently ce-
tailed descriptions OF the chief labors az
the statesmen named. whether they
vere IN the form Of parliamentary
| debates OF literary achievements. As the
author truly SAYS. the history OF those
mems largely the history # Great Bri-
tain during The last half Of the nineteenth
century" They loved and served their
country, and have helped her TO reach en-
exalted position among tho nations in
binding. printing, paper, AID illustrations
the book q 8 ge.a.
Vid,ro09 chimes. By TMI'A WIrHrRs.
ROsxsr CLARKE Z Co., Cincinnati. Cloth.
Irice not gwen.
This Is dainty volume Of fortv-odd
poems By young lady Of West Virginia,
who IS the granddaughter Of ALEXANDRA
S. WIIsrEs himself an author. aud whose
| maternal grandm0the. was near relative
l..
authoress IS 81 ardent lover Of nature and
has interpreted some Of the latter's phases
with true poetic insight and delicacy OF
expression and feeling. She sings chiefly OF
the woods and the mountains and her notes
are often os clear and sweet as are those Of
the bids of her native forest. This Is the
opening Of rather lengthy poem called
I'm Camden WOOD:
he vino would say his .llniing faith
Should breathe the hills inspiring breath;
And nerve his spirit for tho strife
With echoes u the brown qgaivs ife.
II be would hide one sumner day
From cares corrodlng touch away,
lie, lin 90 where beyond the tosn,
The woodland sits In sllken gown.
And safe within her faithful hold
The sccre. shall remain untold
Here is forest picture:
This Is the forest free and Wild.
Unk-pt Of man and unGc1lei
with axe AMI fsw Of lumberman,
Though Of. his thrifty elances scan
The poplars fair and valnu;s brown
Along their stems from roo, 70 crown,
With calculation swift, and neat
OF Just how many cubic feet.
This Is the forest free snl grand,
As fashioned by creative hand;
No knife has pruned the underbru-h.
Beneath whose tangled tresses blush
III. fragile flowers Of the shade
In dainty loneliness arayed,
As II como spirit Of tie sir
In careless mood had dropped them there"
Here are two stanzas from poem called
"Cucrowned." which are melody itself:
"Yss, pause where the heroes are sleeping
And garland their graves With the best
The summertime holds IN her keeping;
Well won arc the wreaths OIL each breast
Wen won are tie song and the story
That honor ths brave and the true;
And long may the incense Of glory
EncIrcie the Gray and the Blue.
"I3at when with tbs hs.tle-rags trailing,
With vars thr,IIias reqIlems said,
You pass with the drums n1fied vailing
From the myrtle-paved streets Of the dead.
know tina. in by-wsys forsaken,
Where only the vind's hollow sound
The dssola,e silences wGken
The brayssr ale lying uncrowned."
There are blemishes IN these lines. but
the melody is perfect. We close with this
stanza from Castles OF Hope" which con-
tains very beautiful figure:
"Thsre ere faces moro faiFthan the pale silver
high;
That gIss ms from tho bow Of q fast-wsuing
moon,