The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18
LATEST ~ IIrEE4rUEE.
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DAYS

A TOO SHORT VACATION BY Iu'y
Langd0n Williams and Emma y. See
Loughlin. with f0rty-eight lus'r-
lions from their own kodak j. r.
Lipplncott Company. philadelphia, tOr
sale by West, Johnston a. Co.
"The vacation journeys on two brrtt
Independent American girls. What th.y
ala not see on their trip was not worth
seeing. and they describe as well as hoy
see. The Journey led through hnri.
LELAND, France. Germany and Holland
The chapters are entertaining ami n0t
lacking in Information Of more or Tess
value. They We're interested IN living
subjects. and every class is daengfo-
typed upon the pages. and fea.u-e o.
the book"
HIS GREAT SELF. BY Marion Tar-
land j.. y. Lippincott COMPANY. Phila-
delphia. SIPS. For sale BY West.
Johnston e. co.
at calls mp the days when the ladies'
flashed In brocades and swelled in hoops
when the men were autocrlts, ANA as
cussed Shakespeare and Mr. Pope
time that even Thackeray, seeing the
picturesque opportunities which II ar
forded the novelist, did not di9daln 20
deal with. and which viii always 10
treasured nF AUNNih va NtA' 'A"t tttt
turesqua. Some Of the authors pages
have about them the fragrance tlat
scents a room when some antique cable
net has been opened, and there steals "Nt
the perfume Of thyme and lavendar placed
there by a hand that has long ago
mouldered into dust"
AMOR IN SOCIETY. BY julia pnh-
ring. J. b. Lippincott COMPANY lhlI-
adelphia. $40. For sale by Nesi'
Johnston & Co
"A remarkable production. A yeritah.s
encyclopaedia OF love and lovers .''..
The author has been actuatci hy etc'l-
lent motives in writing the book. Nlih
deals with particularly delicate subject
with shrewdness, strength and t1ct'
Ry SUBTLE FRAGRANCE HELD. BY
Mary Fletcher Stevens. j. B. L.Mn-
colt Company, Philadelphia. SiW
For sale by West. Johnston * Go.
"A happy description OF The changes
wrought in n careless md selfish ts
life through an ennObIing and loving 80
ample. The atmosphere o. the Story u
as pure az the fragrance N te I'-e'
and us unobtrusive moral IS most i.'1-
ufully developed"
RECENT RAMBLEs: or ~ IoO,h
WITH NATURE. BY Chars a. hp
bott. NJ. ID. j. p. Lippincot cons l'y-
g. For sale by West. Johnston " 10
..Dr. Abbott walks abroad with eye ana
ear alert. a kcenly appreclatiFe inl.i' a.
returns % set down bis impro joins ''I
onlnions IN pleasant style. ln % I'i'"..
volume Or. Abbott's raml.es were apoi.
home. In this he goes 20 New M'hi. ''N
Arizona but comes back t0 the D.'t
with us persimmOns and feiI.' Vi
inhabitants. I'm his walks Dr AD''..
met an old man who protesad I'd ~
be-n untitled FOR practical Iife py I'-''
Tboreau's walden thirty-HFe years
fore. but. as rule men did nor lH.
tho Rambler so deeply as ga inc '.
trees flowers. and quiet ~ the neli'
woods. The whole book Invites to ''
fl rest and profitable study Ihe
,,,-.s from photographs are really
ttrr ana aha much 90 the value NJ ITO
book
popN or FLANE-A Rosecra iAn
story. By Mrs. Margaret D.
W25 j. b. LlDplncott Company. lal,
dafnhia. For sale BY West, Johnston n
GO.
.rhe scenes OF the story are princ.'''f
r.tl ln "a reei0n M the Adirondack lN'
b@roire. "a lovely and noble woman. hts
been reared in India, and by Der ere
Illustrated some Of the mystlcisms ot ne
relieion Of tie East She Nc Is who s'it' -
ne mysteries Of the old house of i.'
Adirordacks. and performs other y"
rortant work through her occult power.
AIRS. Peexe has told this story in stflo
of absorbing interest. and the chaIse
cannot be made against Il that - is 'llNsI
haekneyed in plot or commonplace ~
development"