Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-26

safe, and psnics are TO be impossible.
Every bank is " be guaranteed by the
government, and tho notes of anv bank IN
any one government ara good In any
country ON the globe" All currency will
be decimal aud uniform over tho whole
civilized globe. Trial by Jury, saws Mr..
Grimshaw, was abolished In 1910. learned
~ltc-tcnure judges taking tho place of
ignorant or p%reiudlcod luries." eve
wish that Mr.. Grimshaw had gwen us tho
exact date OF tho paving OF the riyer-beAs.
We would try TO wait for it, Female sut-
frsge will have taken tho place of female
suffering" (Wbat does he mean bv thatY) }
In religion al tho various sects have been
fused Into a vast church in which
charity IN its broadest sense ia the leading
principle and the golden rule inscribed
upon tho mental tablets OF oil good peo.
ple.' To tins last va can say amen. These
ara n fcw of AIR. Grimshaw'S predictions.
II all of bis prophecies ara. realized this
world will be such a inc place to live in
that few people will want TO leave lt-no
more than they do now.
GOSSIP N a library. by EDMUND Gossr.
New York: LOWELL. CoRYFLL 4 Co.
ms book. tho author states. was pre-
pared az tho suggestion of the late editor
OF the New York Lndepcpdcnt, MIR. John
Blot Bowen. who proposed that Mir. Gosse
should contribute 20 tho IndeDerderf "A So
RES Of short studies on tho history and
contents OF certain famous or curious
books. theoriginal editions Of which should
happen TO form part Of Mr.. GOsse's hbrary.
Tho original intention was subsequently
somewhat extended, as IL was found diff
nit 10 be "a precise and i~utelliclble as the
subject required in tho narrow limits al
lowed hy the fret plan. The result Is that
Mr.. Gossa has given us q delighttul volume
of ovor three hundred pages treating Of
TWO dozen rare or strange literary prOduc-
irons. and seasoned with tho riDe criti-
Clsm. appTCclatiye description. and schO-
laTlv comment of an accomplished man OF
letters. Some of the books written about
have probably never been heard OF by the
average literary man of to-day. who Is I'M
happily not blessed with a library such as
Mr.. Crosse appears TO be the fortunate
owner of. THIS volume Will. therefore,
extend his literary knowledge and make
INN, IN o sense. almost as Tch as lts au-
thor.
Ole Tirg'uny Yarns.
This l. No. Of Volume 7. Of n monthly
publication by y. l.. Whitehurst y Sons,
Portsmouth. Va. william y. Stewart. edl-
tor. The cortcntsare The Longest Race
Ever Run" by Diana FOntaiuc Mdury Cor
bin, being a briet account of tho achieve
meuts of ". =. NaUrv; Tho Hermit OF
the Dismal swamp a tale by Griffin
launtierOv Edwards "A Heritage OF the
Hdfolk.' Dy Eva VI. DeJarnette. also a
tale. and "Groyor Cleveland" by Leigh r..
Watts. o biographical sketch, IN which we
loarn that the Presidents father was for q
time pastor of the Mlddlc-Street Presby-
terrain church. in Portsmouth. We don't
exactly catch on 80 10 the title Of this
pamnnlet publication. The price Is 10
cents.
Ior1r Cruel Fui7nd. BY PsUL BoUBGEr.
Published b. tho Wayefly Company,
New York and st. Ions. Paper, 50
cents.
Tbs is o clever translation OF a very
popular French novel by q writer who has
recently arrived" a. they say N France.
II the DisrArcu wore a French newspaper
We might be able to &C.. what the book ls
about. The author belongs 10 the analytl-
cal school II James and Howel,S.