Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-01

I'm ceaye TO you rich or poor"
Wealth dropt out Of the window.
Poverty crept through the door.
&" Well, now you would fam follow wealth" SAID !.
But he nuttered his wings as be gave me the lie,
II cling to you all the moro"
This one has been in print before:
To sleepl 10 sleep! the long bright day Is done.
And darkness rises from the falling sun.
TO sleep 10 zleepl
whateer thy joys, they vanish with the day;
Wnate'er thy criefs, "a sleep thoy fade away.
To sleep! to sleep!
sleep, mournful heart, and let the past be past
Sleep, happy souli All life viii sleep at last.
To sleepl to sleep!
The song of the Foresters. which fol-
lows, is peculiarly inspiring melody and
almost sings itself. As loyal American,
however, we must object to the sentiment:
There is no land like England
Wherc'er the light OF day be;
There are no hearts Ike English hearts,
Such hearts OK oak as they be.
There j. no land Ike England
Where'er the light OF day De;
There are no men ike Englishmen,
So tall aud bold as they De.
And these will strike for England
And man and maid be free
To foil and spoil the tyrant
Beneath the greenwood tree.
There Il no land like England
Where'er the light Of day be;
There are no wives Ike English wives,
So fair and chaste as thoy be.
I. There Is no land ike England
Mhere'er the light OF day be;
There are no maids like English maids,
SO beautiful as they be.
And these shall wed with freemen,
Aud all their sons be free,
To sing the songs Of England
Beneath the greenwood Tree.
After this magnificent burst Of song it
would hardly be far TO quote blank verse,
especially as there snone OF very exalted
character in the drama. We like Robins
speech to Marian. nevertheless:
on. looki before the shadow OF these dark oaks
Thou seem'st u sanity splendor out from
Clothed w!th III mystic silver Of her moon.
And also this reflection anent birthday
celebration:
Be good, glad thing, why should We make us
merry
Because a year o. it Is gomez But Hope
Smiles from the threshold Of the year u come,
Whispering, " IL will be happier aud old faces
Press round US, and warm hands cose with warm
hands,
And thro' the blood the wine leaps 10 the brain
Ike April sap 10 the tOpm0st tree, that shoots
New buds to Heaven, wherein the throstle
rocked
Sings a new song 10 the new year.
Alas, Hope will smile but little longer
upon the sweet-volced Laureate-aud
after him who will cast an equal shadow
WEST. JOHNSTON Il Co. SLzj.
Zoroosier. BY L. MARION CRAwroRD. MAC
MILAN Il Go. New York and London.
In Is getting to be embarrassing to speak
of this proilhc authors works. 80 uni
formly excellent are they that the reader
is apt 10 suspect that the praise bestowed
upon them is stereotyped. This novel is
one Of his best. Mr. CRAwFOBD's magma
ton has never taken higher or
holder flight. 70 venture TO construct
tale of the time or BELsHAZzAB
ana the prophet DANIEL which should
possess sufficient interest 10 enchaln
modern attention was daring at
tempt, but tho feat has been accom-
phshed III tins book with complete
suceess. The magnihcence ana luxury.
the barbaric splendor. the hyperbolical
exaggeration of speech, the fiery passion,
and the fierce conflict of Oriental life have
ali been faithfully reproduced. The story
is absorbing from beginning TO end. Ii IS
tragic. and IN IT wickedness triumphs over
goodness. But SO interesting are the
Characters, and SO spirited is the move
ment, that while we reoel against the SAD
suectacle of wrecked true love and
blasted manhood in the persons of
Nehushta and Zoroaster, we yet fol-
low their fate with breathless interest
and marvel at the cunning of the hand
that created them. Briefly, the plot turns
upon the love of two women, princess
and queen, for the same man-Zoroaster.
One is pure and good; the other euyious
and heartless. Both are marvellonsly
beautiful, though of different types. by a
trick the heartless one makes 1t appear TO
Zoroaster. who loves the other, that he is
false. His betrothed, III her notification
and rage, niarries the hlng, Darius u hooIe
character. who also loved her. /Oroaster
deserts the court, where he held high posi-
ton. and for three years lives as @ hermit
i'm cave. whence he energies at the
expiration of that time, emaclated IN oody
and pnrifed In spirit and with hair and
heard prematurely whItened, TO become
the Kings high priest and prime minister;
Nehushta learns the trick that was played
upon her by the vile Queen, and her heart
breaks. The scenes that follow between
her and ZOroaster are ineXpressibiy sad
and touching. Her misery does not long
endure. however. Her enemy. the King 5
other Queen. plots to overthrow the King
dom. Barbaric hOrdeS swOOp down upon
the palace during the Kings absence. ana
ia the fight that followed Zoroaster and
Nehush,a are slain, dying in each other 5
arms. This is but bare outline Of one OF
the most interesting and fascinating stories
that has been produced Ia long WINE.
We consider 1t In some respects superior
to Ben Hur." 1t Is certainly much mofo
Wrsr, JOHNSTON & Co. 81.
Merry Tales. BY MARX TWAIN. New York
CHARLES l.. WEBSTER d Co.
This small volume contains seven short
and very amusing tales by the great and
only MARX. who needs no Introduction 10
the reading public. They are In his pest
vein and will provoke many hearty
laugh. MARKS humor is not of the most
subtle yarIety-you never have TO searcn
for the point of joke-but it is good and
entirely wholesome.
The price Of the book is not stated.
RichmonTs First ACADEMY, Projected by NJ.
Quesnay de BeaWepdVe. IN l7S6. paper
read before the Virginia Historical so
ciety Tuesday, December 2. 1881. 10y
RICHARD HEYwARD GAINES. Richmond,
va. Reprinted from Virginia Historical
Collections, Volume HI, 1892.
This is an entertaining chapter OF loca,
history. 1t appears in pamphlet form aud
makes less than dozen pages.
Rose Granium. A Tragedy. illustrated
by W. l.. DoDGE. Chicago: MORRILL,
HIGaISs d Co. 1892. l55 pages. Price
80 cents.
Peck's Bad Boy and HIS Pa. (FIrst and only
complete edition. BY GEORGE W. PECK
author of Packs Fun" "Peck's Sun
shine" Peck's Boss Book" etc. with
100 illustrations by True WILLIAMS
Chicago: MORRILL,, HIaGIss Il Co. 1882
1868 pages. Price 80 cents.
| Annual Report Of the HeaLh Department Or M
City of Richmond. Va, for the Year Endin!
December 81. 1891. Richmond: Y. N
WILLIAMS, CITY Printer, 1897.
A pamphlet of sixty-six pages.
| Stories by Katharine jenkins. Baltimore
JOHN MuRPIY 4 Co. metropolitan Press
| 1892. $50 pages. i,
Miss JENKINS is sister of the late T.
| COURTNEY JENKINS, ESQ.,. Of this city, ant
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