Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-19


ess does, with the admission OF CHAnLes
LAM. who said that whom he got 70 . u'e
house his srst desire was to examine ing
china press. We hope that this was one OF
ErrAs jocular exaggerntions. for surrey no
ought to have prcfeucd the library the
picture aud sculptdre-galiery, tho con.
servatory. and the MISUNDERSTANDING OF
any house that deserved to be calico
big" to its choicest and rarest display VI
porcelain and pottery.
When that wonderful octopus, 30,
ciety." puts its teptacles around tau Mnu
makes II fashionable u becomes irtes'sI-
bles whether i. has in y any goou tas.a ~ y,
not and when enthusiastic women ,hNc
hold Of ceramics you have to let them alone
even II they choose to run into serdpn'ca.
IL they please they can turn " tc.n-,rdc INTO
bric-d-Jdf, If the bat has any historic OF
traditional association connected WIN IL
IL. for instance, 1t il said To have come rom
the Towsr of Babel. Hebrew strawiess
brick-yard IN Egypt. or even tho oiu
church-tower mt Jamestown.
The handsome and interesting voiunie
before us gives an amusing account oi tiie
china-hunters and their tricks. even GOWN
TO lying and swindling. The writer Claims
that she was not guilty OF sucn tnin9s;
but she has 10 confess 10 some very douot-
full fnessinJ in order 10 obtain some OF nei
coveted treasures. She even "isues tna'
she could be peddler, II view OF the pct
ter chance which one OF that occupa,ivn
had had mt the possessors<o OF ,porce'hln
rarities and the advantageous barter no
had made in hIs purchases. She gives
good deal OF information in regard 10 the
manufacture OF porcelain IN our own coui-
try and others, and shows how IL mas
honored and bruited some OF the grea'esi
worthless in American history. lndeed We
wonder. from what has been dohe' UNIV
china does not now enter into our poii,i-
cal campaigns, in very dinerent manner
from discussing the exclusion OF Chihese
from the United States. From the Wota
before US even the Farmers Alliance might
derive examples. models. and Inscriptions
for the prosecution OF their plans. Inc
authoress has been fortunate In her pup
fishers. who have placed her before inc
public in an elegant and artistic form.
Wen Mans S,nqle. A Tale of Literary Late.
BY j. N. BARRIE, author Of Inc lAttie
Minister" my Lady Nicotine A
Window in Thrums,' ETC.. etc. 2l2
pages. Prco 2jc. New YORK: Inc
Wayerly Company, publishers. 6i-0o
Park Row.
Memoirs Of a Mo,tcr-in-Ln BY GEORGE
r. SINS. author of "'Ostler Joe" Mary
James Memoirs" Mary Jane Married"
etc. $50 pages. Price soc; New YORK !;
The Waverly Company. publishers.
The Family Physician. By one OF his
victims. lGt pages. Price 23c. New
York: W. ID. kCwLAsD. publisher.
Why I'm Single BY ALBERT Ross. author
of"The Garsion Bieamy,n Moulding
Maiden" Her Husbands Friend. "
Ills Private Character Speaking OF
Helen.p Thou Shalt Not" ETC.. 800
pages. Price SOC. New York: Copy
righted. 1892. by G.. w. DnLISGHAn,
publisher, successor to q. w. CARLETON
&Co
Rose MaRer. A Tale. BY Mrs. MARY j.
HOLMES, author OF Tempest and Sun
shine.n Elena Rivers" The Samoa
Pride" etc, etc. 4O7 pages. Price zoe.
Same publishers.
A Chit of Sirieen and Other Stories. BY
MIRIAM COILS HARRIS. author OF Rut.
ledge" "Missy,r a Perfect Adonis."
IAN Utter Failure" etc. $50 pages.
Price Csc. Same Publishers.
On CdirnY. A Description of the Biblical
Calvary. 39i pages. Same publishers.
Es,epe. A Novel. By Mrs. ASsiE EDWARDS,
the author Of Archie Lowell. Ought
We to Visit Herr" Steven Lawrence,
Yeoman.n etc. etc. 432 pages. Price
50c. Same publishers.
Cbsequies John s. barbour, late Senator
from the State Of Virginia. In the Seu-
ate OF the United States. Monday, May
16, 1892. Washington: 1892. A pam
phlet'of 10 pages.
| The Battle Of Lore ia L'dIel. A Realistic
Novel of Ruthless Ambition. BY Al.
pEoNsg DAUDET, author of Sappho."
Tertarin," "Iise Tavernier." etc.
Translated by HENnY LLEwELLYS VIII
LIAMs. translator Of this authors Tar
tarin.n" Sappho." and =" Lise Iavernier."
Chicago: DoSoHUg. HENgEBERRY q Co..
1892. 27s pages. Price 80 cents.
DAUDET is great man and this Is one OF
| his great books. IL is tragedy. The two
| heroines commit suicide. The father of
| the girl OF the story is killed bv her false
| over. and the false lover in turn falls at
| the hand Of the true lover. The story IS
woven around beautiful girl who loved
mot wisely but too WE'LL
Madame Cl.rysdnthcme. BY PIERRE LOTT.
Translated by HETTIE i. MILLER. Chi
cago: DoSoHuE. HESSEBERRY Co., pub
| fishers. Price 500.
This ia q celebrated book. The author,
who describes himself as French naval
officer, married" a japanese woman, and
| his story is q chirpy narrative OF the life
| and customs of that strange people.