Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-26

with that pervading tinge OF sadness
which naturally accompanies regretful
"Reminiscences OF the loved and lost great
ones Of literature. The style is polished
and brilliant, and but for the total lack
of humor, these papers would compare
worthily with those OF IRVING on tine
same subject They are, however, supe'
rior to the latter in one respectable
amount of valuable and interesting data
concerning the great poet which has
been accumulated since "Geoffrcy
Crayon's" time. Those who love to
stray along the fowery meads OF litera-
turc and lose themselves i'll imaginative
association with tho sorcerers who have
so often charmed them away from the
dull and sordid things OF life will find
this volume worthy aid to that end.
Wrsr. JOHNSON Il Co. Zoe.
The .>hadors Of The Stage. BY Will
LIAM WINTER. New York: MAcMIL-
Ian 4 Co.
This is companion volume to tile
foregoing, and Is equally interesting and
valuable. The pspcrs-twenty-eight-
are selections from hundreds written by
the author on dramatic subjects. which
range from the good old times OF the
stage and SHAKESPEARE down to the
present day and generation. IRVING,
ADELAIDE NELSON, EDWIN BoorH,
MARY ANDERSON, JEFFERSON. JOIN Nc
CCLLouGH, CHARLOTTE CUsHMAS, LAW
RENEE BARRETT, ADA REHAN, ELLEN
TERRY, RICHARD MANSFIELD, Mrs
GILBERT, and JAMES LEWIS are
some of the great players written
about. EDWIN BooTH claims the
largest share OF the authors adj
miration and affection, in which most
Of u will join. Mr.. WINTER is. IN fact,
| disposed to be kind and appreciatiye to-
ward all the shadows" here assembled.
| The books motto is the well-known pas
sage from SrERNE in commentator OF
the man who will give up the reins OF
his imagination into his authors hands
| he pleased, he knows not why and cares
not wherefore. OF the "cant OF cri-
ticisn, therefore. there is little. The
author also takes an optimistic view OF
the acting of the present day and de-
clares that there are now Just as good
PLAYERS as ever lived. In the "good
old times the field was narrow and
genius was concentrated now the
field is vastly broadenod and dlversi-
fed The glamor of the past
is over the former, while the latter
seems raw and crude. We agree with
Nr. WINTER that future generations will
look back upon our time with the same
admiration and reverence as We do now
upon the halcyon days OF " Eliza and our
James" Unlike literature, the stage
always has its crowned heroes. because
II Is the province of the latter more
nearly TO hold ur the mirror to nature.
WEST, JOHNSTON N Co. 75c.
Lore fOr an UOu' is lore FOreucr.
BY AMELIA f. BARR New York ::
DoDD, MEAD d Co.
Mrs. BANS love stories are always
pleasant reading-pleasant for lovers,
that is. For persons cured OF that IN
fantile malady, or strangers to 1t, they
are Just a little bit too lugubrions and
dismal. She delights III getting two
voung persons-handsome certainly,
interesting maybe-in love, usually
at first sight-in raising all
sorts OF barriers against their
happy mating, in keeping them
apart through several hundred pages.
and then presto The barriers ar,
burned away, the lovers fly centrifu-
gally from the rack of their mlseries
into each othe( arms, aud subside into
state of ecstatic enjoyment, which
NAV last few years possibly, but Ger
tainly not forever" This is tale Of
that ilk, and very youthful maidens will
doubtless shed many warm and
sympathetic tears over the woes OF
Francesca ana Lancelot, the hero
and heroine OF Mrs. BARR's at
feo ing chronicle. The concluding
lines are worth reproducing as having
been penned by a gray-halred woman.
The lovers have Just been reunited !;
And earth must coin the words OF
heaven" exclaims tine author, Ito tell
the heartfelt exaltatIOn of the hours that
followed. Who thought OF sleep? Who
dreamed that morning could ever come ?
no one, since.no one slept Trans
ported, ravshei with perfect love
with sorrow turned into perfect Joy
with doubt turned into ecstasy-they
watched the dawn come up the east,
while they were still telling each other
how they had loyed-how they had
trusted and never faltered, because they
knew right we'll
'Though Fate may part
And seas may sever,
Love for an hour
j. love forever.
There, girls, that is what you like,
and there's a plenty of 1t. If the text
were something like this though it con-
tains more truth-you wouldn I touch 1t :
Though Fates no, Kind
To all and any.
Love FOR year
Suiiice- many,
which shows that Mrs. BARR under
stands her business
WEST. JoHNsroN * Co. Sl.25.
WIZ I'm Single. By ALBERT Ross,
UUtubT Ol 1ut 1hinNOh oASahss
"Moulding a Maiden" ." Her Hus-
bands Friend" :" His Private Charac-
ter" speaking of Helen" "Ihou
Shalt Not" etc. 800 pages. Price soc.
New York Copyrighted, 1892, by q.
W. DLLINGHAM. publisher, successor
TO g. w. CARLETON q Co.
Rose lfaMcr. a Tale. By Mrs. MARY
J. HOLMES, author of tempest and
sunshine elena Rivers" 1.-The
Samoa Pride" etc, etc. 467 pages.
Price 2jc. Same publishers.
4 Ont Of Sixteen and Othcr Stories.
By MlBIAM Coles HARRIS, author Of
"Rutledge," "Missy," "A Perfect
Adonis." Gan Utter Failure" etc.
$50 pages. Price 25c. Same pub
fishers.
On Culuary. Description OF the Bib
heal Calvary. 1874 pages. Same pub
fishers.
Estelle. A Novel. BY Mrs. ASNIE Ed
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