Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-28
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REVIEWS OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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:. poc,or t1audius' Edalaiue -" That
stick -" DenEn Quarter Dr'
ze,t"-" The Realm of Nature"

MARION CRAWFORD. New i"i"' t'
WILLIAM 20.
This IL another of MlcNiLLAS's cheap.
though elegant, editions OF this popular
noveIist's books. This tale Is one OF DIS
beat. The manly and interesting heros
courtship of the beautiful American
countess will please all readers Oh
romantic and sympathetic nature. Inc
yolume il another illustration OF the
authors remarkable versatility.
, Wrsr, JOHNSTON & Co. -.
Efqig,se. BY +. ROMA NEEDN'T. New
York: G. W. DnIIsGHAs.
This is "A Metrical Romance in 2o4
pages Of blank verse, which verse; WINE
not tho production of poet. Is yet not
altogether without merit, the language
being often pure and the STYLE free anu
graceful. The sentiment. however, Is ior
the most part commonplace. Inc theme
is the devotion of young girl TO art the
| lyric stage-and her renunciation OF
welded life. in which latter she iailed
when the right man came. The story -
needlessly difuse, and the author should
correct her accent. To pronounce Vaga-
RES ra-garles. and horizon horizon. etc. Is
not good FORM" A successful metrlcal
production of the length of " Edalaine ~
- evidently greater achievement thah
this author wots of.
J. w. RANDOLPH & Co. yi.25.
That Sick BY Charlotte NJ. ioSGs. Ne"
York: MACMILLAN * Co.
This is new story by the author OF
THE Heir Of Redclyffc," and will be found
very pleasant reading for young people IL
il about the sudden accession OF grave
steady. Flooding rnan-one OF those ieho"s
whom we call a " stick" or nun to
| baronetcy. his consequent marriage TO
maiden of tbirty-eght, VINO had been
waiting for him eighteen years because he
was too poor TO marry. and the dolngs anu
wooings of a miscellaneous lot of rather
| lively people. II is a breezy, weil-Writteh
story.
WEST, JOHNSTON & Co. 81.
| Denaid Quarter. By GEORGE GIssiNG. Ne"
| York: MACMILLAN * 90. q,
! This il another" novel with purpose,
| but neither the novel nor the purpose Is OK
extraordinary merit. IL is weak lncou-
sequentlal. illogical effort 10 show the ne,
cessity (sic) for social law when snsii
| hermit the union OF the sexes where sucn
| union is legally impossible. The hero ana
heroine are thus united because the lat
ter's husband-a fOrger and conylct.ls m
conveniently in the way, aud VINO hhaly
| appears on tGe scene ana ulahes
things so unpleasant that the ne
rome commits suicide, but not VIII
adeauate cause, since the convict was
a sorry specimen indeed and could eashy
have been disposed OF, and no bones besh
broken either. Her motive was the ieaI
lest she should wreck the her0's pohucal
aspirations. which he didn't care much ior
| himself The latter was betrayed by MS
hest friend. but no reason whatever Is as
signed for the act. In fact, all OF the
| characters In the book appear TO pe en-.
! gagged IN a kind of correspondence
| match There is a little oi wOmans rishts
and a little OF British politics and o niue
Of feminine gossip. but the time II taAeS
to read the book will be thrown away.
WEST, JOHNSTON Il Co. 81.
DR.. ZeY and the Princess charlotte. BY WAR
ppy RICHARDSON. New YORK: j.. hABis
a Co.. "a and So Reade street. 81,
This purports 10 be psychological
novel, and 10 deal with the deepest mys-
| teries of occultism, illustrating the III
fuence of hidden forces upon human
affairs. Such topics as will power, estrolo-
pv. hypnotism. theOsophy, splrlt-liie, ETC.,
Are interviewer with the plot. Part second
of the book-it contains two parts dean
with the details of life IN roya' palace OF
Germany. The story Is autobiographlcai
In form, and does not appear TO be DadIy
written 3i2 pages.
The Youth Of ne Duchess Of Angoule'ne. BJ
Ianrar DE 81. AAAsD. Translated 10y
ETIzAprrH GILBERT MABTIS. New York
CHARLES ScRIBsEB's Sons.
This is another volume or the CHARMING
series which the Messrs. SCRBsE2 have
been issuing for two years past. IL re
lates TO the period Immediately following
the Napoleonic era, the period OF the he-
storation. aud belongs to Nj. DIX ST
| A,fA.p's Famous Women or the frehci
Courtn series. 1t is largely biographical
and possesses the lively interest belong
inc TO personality" 1t is also equally
picture Of the times to which II relates
and was compiled to great extent IRON
contemporary memoirs and letters anc
oricinal documents. The Duchess was the
daughter of LOUIS XVI. and MARIE AN
ToISrrTR, and aroused interest and sym
nsthy for the sufering5 of her early NE
when she was a pr soner IN the Tempe
| and was successlyely bereft OF her father
mother. aunt, and brother. These his
sorical works OF 81. AaASD.s are very va
liable. and are meeting with much sue
cess. They are issued IN handy anu manu-
WEST. JOHNSTON & Co. S1.25.
The Realm of Nature. An outline of Physi
ooraphy. BY HUGH ROBERT MILL. ID. SC
Edin. New York: CHARLES ScRIBSEh'
The title OF this volume describes it, bu
wa ouote from the authors preface: " IL
aim is.u ne SAYS, 40 illustrate the primer
ples of science by applying them to th'
! world we live in, and TO explain the me
thods by which our knowledge OF nature
has been acquired ana is being daily en-
la-eed. An attempt IL made TO dehne TIT
. niace of physical science IN the sphere o
human knowledge, and to show the inter
! relations of the various speclal sciences
The greater part OF the book Is occupied
. by an outline OF the more importal!
: facts regarding the structure or the uri
verse, the form, material, and processes
the earth. aud the relations which the.
{. hear TO life in Its various phases" &C., &c
A sunerficlal examination or the Work I'm
nresses rs fayorably with the manner II
which this intention has been carried out
, The volume contains $3.50 pages, II colore'
maps. and 68 illustrations IL forms on
of the University Extension Manuals. IN
, author is Fellow OF the Royal society Q
Ldinburg and Oxford University Exten
slOu l4cCAuANA'
WEsr. JOHNSTON & Go, Si.5O.
An Anqlo- Saxon Reader. Edited with Note
and Glossary. BY JAMES W. BRIoar. Ph
ID Associated Professor of Englisl
, Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins Uni
I yersity. New York: HENRY Holt %
1891.
/ No greater boon than this has come l.
! teachers of English since Professor Coo
} published his translation OF SEWERS
| hnplo-Saxon Grammar.
D The study of Anglo-Saxon is fast bein
} recognized as an essential part OF
collegiate course in English. BY man
scholars Anglo-Saxon is called old En7list
| But. whether that nomenclature be &C
{ cepted or not, the fact Is now almost uni
yersally admitted that to understand tn
r philosophy of the English language on
= must study its most ancient periods. Their
I the student enters into the arcanum q
i English speech; there he studies hl
mother tongue By the "laborator
method"
: TINS Is no new idea. JEFFERSON long age
4 with that profound sagacity and acutenes
which would have made him famous an,
where save IN the forum, said that a
proper study of English must rest upo