Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-29

Sons. West. Johnston & Co. A.25
A new book by Stockton Is an event 10
be looked for by readers who love 10 be
amused. and that is a pretty large class
to write for The author OF "rhe Lady
or the Tiger" and the delicious "Rudder
Grange series will never suffer for want
OF appreciattve readers while his hand
keeps It's cunning. This volume contains
seven of his inmitable stories. all charac-
teriZed by the same apparently uncon-
scious waggishness OF plot and incident.
quaint humor. and droll reflection which
have distinguished his former works
Stockton can tell n perfectly incredible
tale with the straightest face of any
writer we know Of. and he viii do 1t so
naturally that you VIII almost fail TO
the absurdity. The titles of these
tales are: THE Watchmaker's Wife"
"Asaph," "My Terminal Morane." The
Philosophy Of Relative Existences." THE
Knife that Killed 20 Hancy." THE
Christmas Shadrach," and THE Rev.
Ezekiel Crump"
ASHES OF ROSES. BY Louise Knight
Wheatley. New York: DOdd, Mead &
Co. 2W pages. Price, 81.
Ruth Edwards. New England girl OF
II. while on a visit TO her uncle in Prairie
City attends a leap-year party and there
meets Colonel bennington. The latter
come to Prairie City somewhat mysterl-
ously. and TO the people OF that place was
an enigma. Between him and Ruth SYM
pathy Is established almost Immediately,
although he is much older than Rutb and
finally he tells her his story, which Is a
very sad one. The woman he loved mar
ried another almost without giving him
sign. The Incidents are commonplace.
and In some respects Colonel Dennington'B
story is lacking IN dignity for the reason
that the author does not under
stand thoroughly sou'hern charac-
ter. Nevertheless the tone OF the book.
as a whole. is pure and sweet The de-
monument is a surprise. One is led to an
ticlpate that Ruth will marry Colonel
bennington and become an "old mans
darling" But she has a lover in her
New England home. whom she weds on
her return. For sale by West, Johnston
& Co.
MY FRIEND. THE MURDERER, AND
OTHER MYSTERIES AND ADVEN-
TURES. by A. Conan Doyle author OF
"The White Company" The Firm OF
Girdlestone," etc. etc New York:
Lowell, Coryell & CO., and ! east
Sixteenth street.
Mr.. Doyle is one Of the greatest story
writer's Of the day. "The White Company"
and 1.-THE Refugees" have made him
his earliest short stories are collected.
All of them are readable; not one is
dull. In the main they are descriptive OF
life in the Australian and African gold
fields, and are replete with adventure and
information of value.
THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
BY William c. Harris. illustrated. The
Harris Publishing Company. $50.
This Is part III. OF a publication that
is TO be issued in forty monthly parts.
and which will embrace the life work
of Mr.. Harris. editor of the American
Angler who has been close and de-
voted student OF ichthylc literature, as
well as an enthusiast with the rod and
reel. The Illustrations are 12xlS inches,
and are first painted in oil and then
autographed IN colors on stone The
illustrations in the present part are the
pike and the hybrid trout.
THE OPINIONS OF A PHILOSOPHER.
BY Robert Grant. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. West, Johnston * Co. 81.
This volume is a sequel to the authors
reflections OF a Married Man." and re-
cords the later marital experiences OF
Fred. and Josephine, as the first book ala
! their early welded life. 1t was first pub
lished as a serial In Scribner's Magazine
! and now appears In book-form on It's COM
pletion in that periodical. II Is In the
same style as the Reflections bright,
witty. and genial-and will afford many a
quiet laugh to refined married people who
| have been there"
BORN IN THE WHIRLWIND. BY Rev.
William Adams, ID. ID. Boston, Mass. !:
Arena Publishing Company. Copley
| Square. Price. 90 cents.
There is a good deal of the whirlwind
! In this book Its scene Is located in Geor-
| nj fC n
| Guiding years of the war and a decade
later. In IL the negro dialect Is overdone,
| and while the story Is rather interesting
we cannot say that the book Is one OF the
best OF the Arenas series.
MEH LADY. A Story OF the War. BY
Thomas Nelson Page. illustrated by
| c. s. Reinhart. For sale BY West,
Johnston e. Co. Price, $50.
This Is really an edition de luxe OF this
| popular little story and is a very suitable
present for the holidays.
There are seven beautiful Illustrations
by Mr.. Reinhart, an artist who has a
great reputation. and, moreover. deserves
IT,
| THE CLOUD on THE HEART. A
Novel BY A. s. Roe. New York; q.
w. Dillingham;, Puolishsr' successor 10
G.. w. Carleton & Co. 3li pages. Price,
Is cents.
A cYNICs SACRIFICE. A Novel. BY
| Lewis Vita. Bogy. @. w. Dillingham;,
Publisher. $40 pages.
HIS LOVE FOR HELEN. By j. y.
| Il. Janeway. G.. W. Dillingham;. Pub
Usher. si4 pages. Price, 80 cents.
MY LITTLE LOVE. BY Marion Har-
land. G. w. Dillingham;, Publisher. Sss
pages. Is cents.
| Literary Notes.
publications TO be issued Immediately
by Harper s. Brothers are: Letters OF
James Russell Lowell" edited BY Profess
sor Charles Eliot Norton; Essays.
Speeches and Memoirs of Helmuth, Count
Won Moltke." translated from the German;
Evening Dress; Farce" by William ID.
Howells, and tts last volume IN The Dis
taft Series, entitled Short Stories" be-
| a.. ava t.tas nv five woman writer's OF