Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-10
New Books.

Poiphar's Wl6e and Otho Poems. By Sir
EDww ARNOLD. author OF Tho Light OF
Asia etc. New York. CHARLES ScRIB-
MRS Sons. 1892.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON Go. Price,
S1.25
The famous author Of The Light of
Asia in the poem of "Potlphar's Wife
Is imbued to the core with the lore, pomp,
and splendor of ancient Egypt. As a
natural result, in relating tho interesting
episode which occurred IN the early
bondage and life of YUsUF the Hebrew.
his language CLOVIS with oil the gorgeous
ness of the Orient.
When the eleventh son of the patriarch
JACOB is about TO yield 20 the destinations
of THE Mistress OF the Mouths OF the
Nile" the siren suddenly remembers her
household deity.
"Where, on tall pedestal, in pride OF place.
Safe Pasht the Cat, With orbs oil green and
And over those green eyes and DER tho face
That garment hath she draped 90 that its fold
Ma :he house goddess TO her porDnyry chin.
sMny doest thou tnis?' asks lusuf.
| " ANSWERS glad Asenath: ut must not be
That Pasht, whom every morn siraitly serve
With musk and flowers and prayers-great
Fasht-shOuld see:
That Pasht, with those sharp eyes, should
know sveryc
/
| But what she doth not spy she will not tell"
YUsUF. in moment. remembers the God
| Of his fathers, the " dread OK Jehovah
| ton. filings back bolts and bars. till.
| 'scaped, he stands under the mindful
| stars"
| OF 1.-THE Other POEMS" The Grateful
| Foxes" a Japanese story. Is told very
| charmingly, and bTeathes OF the spring.
time. cherrY-tree blossoms, and warm sun
shine.
Some Children Of Adam. By II. NJ. MASLRY,
| with photOgrayure illustrations. New
| York: Worthington Company. The Rose
Library. Issued monthly. Subscrip-
ton, Sc.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & Co.
The reader of romances will find great
pleasure in this book. The style is good,
| flowing, and graphic, and sparkles with
| hurnor and mild satire, presenting
| the two heroes, New York club men, in all
| their ease and grace, as theT sat at q matu-
| final meal in a New York restaurant. They
are friends, but, in the language OF the au-
/ thor, any sentiment similar to that which
| actuated DAMON and PYTHIAs would have
| been regarded by either as unworthy a
| moments consideration. 1t is probable
| that the bond uniting their souls was based
| on nothing more substantial than COM
mon liking for late breakfast" The elder
| of these gentlemen IS the nephew or an
| old crank. who has spent fortune in
| fads for "the amelioration of the lot of
mankind" Through the vagaries of this
misguided philanthropist Hero No. 2.
| who is VIGOROUSLY rich, meets his fate and
| succumbs to IL as 1t comes In the guise OF
lovely young French typewriter. The
| uncle,s eccentricities have the contrary eff
feet upon Hero No. /. as it separates him
| from the beloved of his soul, who Is his
cousin and the niece of the old Quixote.
The Silrsr Situation IN the United States. Pub
| lications of the American Economic AS
soeiation.l BY +. w. TAUssIG, LII. b., Phi.
d., assistant professor OF political econo-
nv in Harvard University. American
| Economic Association, January, 1892. 40
pages. Price. 70 cents.
The author concludes his tract by saving
that the "extent 10 which the silver issues
have already gone. and the temper of the
| West and South, make 1T certain that for
long time to come resort Will be made to
government issues resting on a silver
| basis The practical problem. then, Is
how best to make these issues in some sort
elastic and to prevent their being made in
greater amounts than can be readily main
tanned equal in value 10 gold. The sim.
plest and most promising plan for accom-.
plishing these objects seeus to me that
nroposed IN 1897 by the then Secretary OF
the Treasury, Mr.. c. S. FArRcHnD."
Historic Elements in Virginia Education ana
Literary Effort. A paper read before the
Virginia Historical Society Monday. De.
cember III, 1891. BY Professor JOHN BELL
HEsSENAs, n. A., Pm. ID. Hampden'
Sidney College. Va. Reprinted from
Virginia Historical Collections, Volume
XII. 1892. ~ pages.
This is valuable paper. The author |,
man of great learning, and whose
scholarship Is being recognized far and
vide.