Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-06
THE RICHMOND DIsPATCH--sUNDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1891.

Rice Mills of Port Mystery IS ngure o.
speech. By q secret northwest passage Y
the neighborhood Of Pugeps Sound goodi
OF all sorts from the United States .wsr'
shipped 70 foreign countries and eh
changed for rice by pretended inventor
| Of pro cess for manufacturing that ar
ticle, which rice he sold at q profit fol
half tie price charged by southern pro
! dncers, who memorialized Congress about
I The mate or aud thus secured a full dis
/ cussion in that body Of the principles Of
( free exchange. The book g almost as IN.
/ teresting a. . The Battle Of Dorking" anc
is just "a well written.
Siberia and me Esik System. By GEoRGI
KESNls. From the Century Company
! New York. Cloth, two volumes. SO:
These two large and beautifully printed
and illustrated volumes contain the
! articles by Dir. KESHAN which have been
| for so long a leading feature Of the Ceatng
Hagdzine. They have been rewritten for
publication in this form and large
amount Of new and important material
valuable indexes, ETC., have been added.
This is one of the most important works
which have appeared in recent years. Inc
author spent more than sixteen months IN
Siberia in thelnterest OF the Century Nd(d-
zine, investigating fully the life OF the
political exiles, convict labor, govern
mental methods, and so on. His aim IN
compiling his material has been. as he
states, % give clear and vivid lm-
preston OF the scenery, the peo-
pie, and the customs Of Siberia, to record
the results OF @ careful study OF
the exile system, and TO consider the atti-
tude Of the Russian Government toward
it's subjects so far-and only so tar--as may
be necessary to throw light upon the facts
the characters, or the events by him OBJ
A hn fnrf harVngre
of his Informahon with regard TO Siberian
prisons and the working of the exile sys-
TEN has been taken directly from official
sources, and a very small part probably
less than one ffth-rests upon the state
ments of exIle5 and prisoners. The picture
he has painted Is dark enough 10 make MS
hope that it has been oyerdrawn; but 1t
appears 10 be only too true. This exile
system is a blot upon the nineteenth CEN
tury and disgrace TO Chrlstendom. MI.
KENNAN was accompanied by competent
artist, whose pictures ably second the
printed text.
AUa7L BY Rosa NoUCHETTE CAREY. Phila-
delphia j. B. Lippincott Company.
Like all of this writer stories this one
is pleasant reading and Is especially suit
able for the Young of the gentler sex. The
author made O reputation in this direction
in her story Not Like Other Girls |"
which she has steadily maintained.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON d Co. Sl.25.
Under the Queen +: or, Present Dag Life IN
England. BY HENRY TUCELEY. From the
Publishers, CRANsTON q STOWE, Clncin-
natl. and HUET d EATON, New York.
Cloth, 80 cents.
We can recommend this as q most inter-
esting and instructive volume. 1t teens
with facts concerning the people OF the
right little, tight little" Island, their
daily life, laws, institutions, customs,
habits. etc, etc, told IN q simple, straight.
forward style. Some of the headings OF
the chapters are: Modes of Speech, Fam
lily Matters. Village Life, University Life,
John Bull as o Farmer, English Holiday
Customs, The National Game (cricket),
With Dog and Gun, Drinking Customs,
The Common School System, Eng
lish Railways, Parliament and the
Franchise, Royalty and the Peerage,
The Postal Service and its Adjuncts,
English Newspapers. John Bull as Ia
vern-Keeper, The Salvation Army, Lon
don's Other Half, Church and stage IN
London, A Metropolitan Sabbath, West
minister Abbey, London's Leading Preach
err lSpurgeOn). and Hearing Sturgeon.
1t will thus be seen that tie range of in
formation is tolerably complete, and how
difficult il would be IN a brief notice to
particulariZe, though we are greatly
tempted 10 reproduce some of the curious
and valuable facts the book contains. Get
the volume and read it.
4 Pair Of Oriqiaals. By T.. WARD. Illus
trated. New York: MACMILLAN x Co.
This Is a very bright and pleasing story
for DOys-the very little fellows. 1t tells
Of the escapados Of two youthful brothers,
nicknamed Curly and Bunny. who, to es-
cape the company Of girls at home whom
they loftIly despised, ran away to their
grandmother IN the country, on whose
farm they disported themselves and played
many mischieyOus pranks, chief OF which
was the kidnapping of two GYPSY babies
twins-for birthday presents to their elder
brother and his wife. The sayings and
doiDgs of the two little chaps, many Of
them, are quaint and entertaining. 1t IS
good book for the holidays.
For sale by WEST. JOHNSON Il Co. Cloth,
Sl.25.
Friendship BY Marcus TULLIUs CIcERo
Francis Bacon, and RALPH WALDO EMER-
soS. With portraits. From the pub
fishers, ALBEIT, SCoTT d Co.. Chicago.
Cloth %.
As the title indicates, this volume con-
tains three essays on friendship by three
Of the worlds greatest sages. The first
DAAt Has bftu SlhusAdAtu ALAO lIlslAHu ny
CYRUS Il. EDMoSDs. The thoughts of three
such men upon such subject or upon
almost any subject are, of course, interest
ing and valuable, and in that respect the
purchaser will get his moneys worth. but
the publishers might have printed such
precious sentiments on something better
than common wood fibre. Outwardly,
however, the book has a very fair appear
ance.
The QuinteSseHce Of I6senism. BY e.. BER-
NARD SHAW. Boston, Mass: BENJAMIN Il.
TUCKER. Publisher. 1891. Price 2jc.
Proceedings Of he Fifth Annual Netting Of the
United T'yp0iheig Of Americ1, held on De-
tober 20, u, and %. 1891, in the Scottish
Rite Cathedral, Cincinnati, o.
Mr.. EVERETT WADDEY, of Richmond. is
the Secretary of this organization, and We
are indebted to him for our copy Of the
proceedings.
The Colonial VirgiHidn. An Address De-
lvered Before the Geographical and
Historical Society of Richmond College,
October Is, 1891, by Il. A. Brock, Secre-
tary of the Virginia and Of the Southern
Historical Societies. Richmond, Va:
WILLIAM ELLIS JONES, Book and Job
Printer. 1891. Do. %.
We commended this address when il was
delivered, and are now glad to see it pre-
served in pamphlet form.