Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-26
New Books.

BrooIe's Daughter. BY ADELINE SERGEANT.
From the United States Book Company.
New York. Paper. 90 cents.
This is q rather commonplace novel Of
English life IN which the heroine is the
means of reiiniting her parents, who have
long been separated through the wites
jealousy of another woman, who was in
love with her husband. Brooke is q jour
nalist of high standing, something Of q
phllanthropist, and is altogether quite
good character. His wife, an earls daugh-
ter, does not appear TO advantage. Were
it not for her high station the chasm be-
tween herself and her husband would
have been sooner bridged. Love, du-
plcity, and crime abound in about equal
proportions. The author lacks sympathy,
her characters being rather wooden.
Battling Quest. BY RICHARD BOWLING.
Same publishers same price.
The quest in question was the unavailing
search for the dead body of an eccentric
old gentleman. which, it was thought, had
been carried off by body-snatchers. 1t was
never found, for very good reason, which
we will not spoil tho readers pleasure by
disclosing. The story is above the average,
and is extremely interesting, the mystery
being well-managed and the characters
good. II the mantle of Wn.KIE COLLINS
has not yet been appropriated, Mr. Dow
LIMO has very considerable claim to it
Mine O,sr People. By RUDYARD KIPLNo.
Same publishers, Cloth. Price not
given.
This is a collection of twelve tales,
chiefly Indian, by this rising young writer,
about half of which have already been
published in America, but without Mr..
K1PLISo's consent. This edition is author
lzed. II contains q critical introduction
by HESRY JANIS, who finds much TO CON-
mend and but little to condemn, and also
a portrait of the author, which somewhat
resembles a Richmond iournalist-spec-
tacles and all. Strength and freshness are
the chief qualities of KIpLINGs work. The
field Of East India is comparatively new
one in fiction, and he seems to have il all to
himself. The British soldier is his fayorte
and best character, OF which TOMMY ATKINS
stands as q type. Readers in search of IN
hackneyed themes and original treatment
will find both in this book. and possibly at
the same time make the acquaintance Of
the next great novelist.
The Information Reader No. floods and
Reuerdces by L. A. BEGL, VI. ID. Boston
School Series.) Cloth. 2Sl pp., 60 cents.
Boston: Boston School Supply Com
pany.
Foods and Beverages is certainly
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useful to all persons and is admirably
adapted to widen the young readers out
look on the world Of nature.
A Wronqcd WIfe. BY MAY AGNES FLEMING.
G. w. DILLIsGHAM, New York, publisher.
Paper, rs cents.
From WEST, JOHNSTON d Co.
A tale of abduction, love, hatred, lea
lousy, murder, suicide, and every other in
gredlent of the popular story-paper novel
to make the mixture slab and good"
The Diseases of Personality, by tn. RIBor,
professor OF comparative and expert
mental psychology at the College de
France and editor of the Revue PHI
losophique," authorized translation, PIP.
100. Published by the Open-Court Pub
fishing Company, 169-l75 La Sale street,
Chicago. zoe.
The author discusses disorders of the
intellect, dissolution of personality, hallu-
cinations, geological individuality and its
ascending eyolutions, DC.
Her Pldyhings, Men. A Novel. By MABEL
EsMoSDE CAHILL. (The Rose Library.
New York: Worthington Company, 747
Broadway.
The Story Of an Abduction in the Seventeenth
Century. BY j. VAN LKNsKP. Translated
from the Dutch by Mrs. CLARA BELL.
Revised and corrected in the United
States. New York: w. 8. GorrsBEaGEH
& Co., publishers, II Murray street.
University Of Pennsylvania. Catalogue OF
announcements. 1Ss0-9l. Philadelphia
Printed for the University. 1891.
Two hundred and eighty-four pages Of
interesting information for college men.
Catalogue Of Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Va, for the Year Ending
June, 1891, and Announcements for
ls91I92. Baltimore: Press of Isaac
Friedenwald Company. 1891.
Annual Report of the Attorney General to ne
Governor Of Virginia. for the year 1890.
Richmond; J. II. OBAssos, Superin-
tendent of Public Printing. 1891.