The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-19
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| FETTER'S SOUTHERN MAGAZINE
February. Fetter q Shober Louisville.
For sale by West. Johnston & Co.
The table Of contents shows a number
| Of interesting articles, among them 1.-The
| Genius of Sidney Lanier." by HeHeman
| Wilson, with cut OF Lanier; THE Uses OF
| Adversely" by j. Soule Smith; why She
| Acted Queer" a story, by Henry Whit
ney Cleveland, and illustrated by Carolus
Bremen; 'Tngersoll on Renan and Inger-
| soil" by Mrs. H. G. Cooper. The edIto-
rails are on subjects Of national interest
"Ex-President Hayes" Senator Kenna's
| Death" Mr.. Blaine" etc. Several little
| poetical jewels sparkle between the COW
| ers
The story "Why She Acted Queer" is
! that OF a beautiful orphan girl, left de-
pendent upon a wealthy aunt. the fag
end OF whose selfish existence knows only
affection for her rows of brown-stone
houses, her old laces and a pet dog named
| Julian. and a very interesting and intel
lisent canine the dog is proven. The
orphan Maud. after enduring what seems
! to us an unnatural and remarkable de-
| gree of mental anguish because of her
| dependent state, makes series OF UNI
commonly INSTRUCTED efforts TO free her
self from II, and ends by being dubbed
| a heroine, melting the frigid cunt, and
| marrying thdt aunt > hephtWf LINN, WIZ
| all along has had admiration for and
faith in her, even through circumstances
| that would have played havoc with the
| faith Of any common, everyday specimen
| Of humanity. The story, though, is SIM
| ply and originally told, and there is a GER
tain strength in the character painting.
| one becomes quite absorbed In the dog.
A. H. II.
THE GOOD WINE AT THE FEASTS
| END-By the Right Rev. Phillips
| Brooks, d D., Bishop OF Massachusetts.
| +. L. Dutton q CO. For sale by West.
Johnston q Co.
The great preacher and much loved
man corrected the proofs of this, his
sermon on Growing Old" but few
| days before his death. and read In the
| all embracing darkness Of that shadow,
| the words thrOb with a nervous signif-
! ance. The simplicity OF the style. the
| strength of the metaphors, the fertile
suggestiveness of the sentences. are all
! essentially the characteristics OF Phillips
| Brooks, the man greater than all titles.
| of whom all that love can say has been
| said. He takes the trite aphorisms re-
! garding old age and scatters them like
| shadows before the dawn of day" The
| following extract will serve to indicate the
! style. IF / am going TO give man
| Jewel, l may make my gift at any time.
| ] may run up to him and thrust II into
his hand. as he Is walking on the street
| may slip Il into his limp unconscious
| in6ers while he lies asleep. / may an
swcr his knock at my door with an I'M
mediate satisfaction. If | want to give
| him a truth / must wait longer l must
| train his powers Of thought | must awake
his mind into activity. If | want to give
| him a friend. yet more delay is needed
l cannot thrust stranger up TO the I'M
ready face and say, Here, love THIS
| man.
Tastes must be cultivated. Prejudices
| must be broken down. Soul must have
| time TO claim soul by slow manifestation
Of itself. The patient years must walt
| and be content TO STE u little touch and
| flush of it's appearance. The soul must
! live i'm hope. The certainty must be
certainty OF promise, not of attainment.
| Faith must be strengthened. not weak
ened by delay. THUS only could God give
me himself. II must be, then, himself
| that he is trying to give mo. SO must
the soul ind satisfaction in being per-
petually unsatished"
| only tlose who have seen and heard
Philips Brooks, in his physical mag
| niicerce," can thoroughly understand
how the truth he had e tell burst from
| his heart anl lips in silver stream of
EnFlsh undenlcd.'
The little book in the iaintiest Of dainty
covers holds many seed thought vital
with the animating power Of pure,
great and gentle heart and glorious
| example. A. H. IL.
| MALMORDA. A Metrical Romance. BY
Joseph j. C. Clarke, author Of Robert
Emmett, q Tragedy Of Irish History"
New York and Lond,n q. T.. Putnam's
Sons. 1903 Seventy-fve cents For
sale by West, Johnston Co.
WHIST NUGGETS. Selected and ar
ranged by William G.. MeGuckin. New
York and London. g. +. Putnams
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81. For sale by West, Johnston & Co.
A COMEDY OF ELOPEMENT By
Christian Reid. New York. ID. Apple
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Country Library series. FIFTY cents
For sale by West. Johnston q 90.
IN THE SUMMERTIME OF HER
yOTTTH BY Beatrice Witty, author
Of "rhe Awakening Of Mary Fenwick.'
New York. ID. Appleton q Co 1898
"Apploton's town and Country Library
series. FIFTY cents. For sale by West,
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FROEBEL AND EDUCATION BY SELF
ACTIVITY-By y. Courthope Bowen.
charles scribner's Sons. New York. For
sale by J, w. Randolph CO., kich-
mond. Va.
This volume gives brief life OF FToe-
bel and a complete statement OF his prln-
ciples and methods as far as they REFER
TO physical ard intellectual training.
There are two appendices-one giving
chronological list Of Froebels WRITINGS
and the other such works as were found
valuable 10 the author
IN THE THREE zONES-By FL. slim
son. Charles Scribners Sons. New York.
For sale by j. w. Randolph g. Co..
Richmond, Va.
This interesting volume IS MADE up
Of Dr. Materiaiismus, Ills hypothesis
worked out; an Alabama ccurtship. Its
simplicity and it's complexities, and the
life history OF Don Sebastian Marques del
Tore and Dolores. his wife--a pretty
story Of real ife In Caracas.