The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
THE CRITICS COLUMN.
DEVOTED TO COMMENT UPoN RE
CENT PUBLICA TONS.
xsfo Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tales
"pomons'. T,n,c' -" DO" 90
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- 1,f.. NIi.,us' Series. thus iai tu"i'''a,,,
81 fhis he of the nop'' 'u" 49, ana
LATIN U.s. a. u-, thc moot ''''''i "i,eouce
able There i- iu tt an yt .",,r4,scant
a. tbc f,ulfe .rIsIuE from tNlIdN"t'it
Srr, v,ot..lp ANA those ,hc'HtIl ,'ir,i
of sympathy his mrut3l ana I'' r,(",.,,tIic
ity. h.s ardent io't for vac IN fbese
MT Davidson presents lo " Nod TO
,.Sv literary style tnlAtitN ''''t-.,tivr
hosraphN "nt tII' u' +, Roman his
cicero belonged io 600 cid l' ,,,,,yerful
torv yrru men lived whose -
pcrs3uaUucs have conn" I'H. ',,'l.edinr
Iulrafiau and attention oi o." ,,ltu Was
49, and of The brilliant elo"P W.
Se'' . Do rs therefore. impossibic
I...,.pner io Isolate MN l,o.i'
80 rr~l h- Nfc l,iuE so N''7.i 80
woven RIth th.Irs ana so '.,.''',rS, mo
C'.....,,...e Ie that to tifc inc pupno "
H.. of CI..g. Mr. Davidson mas y.
|~I, Given .- contempt roman MS
si..f .t. u- caesar. its Catiliue, Pom
o.. Artuuius. and an the rest whose
ET,.,,a4 aI.p.ur 10 derive au adied luSlte
and vitality rom i"t, Itoe ,So day
,.Iru.c- IHe political me OF NE u3g
,.Ls. Ia r,..iuatue background for the
fliffI b.ocraphcr. and doubtless the
I..t derives much of ats really thsofuihs
....r ...ru th. times with which If
i. ,. no. Ge that as 1t may. 1t is most
,.r..f1. aud most attractive, finely ana
carefully written, tastciu.N and sensibly
bound and admirably and fully Illus
rrnt.I
T0NbNAS TRAVELS by Frank r.
stockton, Illustrated by a. Is. IoSI'
Chs,. Scrihuers' sons. New YORK: -
"Tnis series of letters says Mr.
Stockton. hy way OF preface were WI
ten hy Pomona Of "ltuddCr Grange 10
he former Mistress Euphemla. lh,ee
who have not read the adventures ana
. perieuccs Of Pomona in "Kuddcr
Grange should be told mat she irSt APP
y,ar.d iu that story as a very young ana
iuucrate girl, fond Of sensational ro-
ideas I'm regard to domestic economy and
the conventions OF society. ms i".i 1.'
Tic orphan took service ln me Zen,
Crane. family ana sl'N up l",o 1,.iS
estlmHglc woman, ilnallE marquis - no,
the son of wol-to-do farmer. Ap"T.
year before the hr-inhihs Oh lnC 's"'nr,'r
described in thcs. letters, jonas l"l".'
died and left "A comfortable niue Iivp
crtv. which placed Pomona and her nus
band M Independent circumstance. The
but sensible youus woman enlarged with
her fortune, AS her daughter was now
poiuc to school. Pomona was Sel@cI Wll4
ne far as was pos-ibl. to make me emu ,l.s
education am advantage 4" hri.1H' DoIiit
of the BOOKS used bE the niue Elrl az
school We're caitiuHH "u' ioras
Joined with hearty goodwill in the Ia,
bors and pleasures of TINS sysitu 90
d9mc.jc STUDY 'uI t,iiii,'' r,is.5 In the
'uu'"' iv,i "'o .i...r,,9,t potnoua th-
gun -"i''' "i' 81 'tT ,i,.,.i,,.,llv i'm
lmPioitmt ,'' Sl''"' 80 t,I ,ItLn,,gb
her Wttilp37 OF 'Nl i''', ..'i' No.,
she ,oui moi ~ ''' I'LL, va ,,,,n
travels, D" 'iil"d an tIu.d,,' ~" l.,,,'
che was hy mo- means am IIHoI3 on.
When the daughter was ''I tu'u~n
che was allowed 10 accept an liNlliu""
from her grandmother To SPthd IN, 9,'',
mcr iu On. country ana 'il, 'I1l'9u
Pomona ntl'iiiIiirl lldt II VIZ nm.
OF h'i9ru ana h"1"dlu TO- N,.' e,,,i,,
selves al lIh7 oFpoI'''i i'i '7"
travel , ...,,,,
Accordingly, one me SFil"- NV, . ,',.7
POMONA sum ID \ount woman gnu vir
not many years ON nIl '''"". p" H., i.'
HI-FtlhDl' toNllltl@dil' "'H ','',t y, ~"
rtaIs. embarked Tor fhEhiI' aI'
lanI to which countries li Ms 49, 49,.
mined 10 unit thelf udNt.S' u' i.,, ,,
which folio" were "Illl'ne ~ }},,i
p'en't 'I inc ear ii'7' 49, a.. it,a,-,le
TO hay. iuH account OF lHe t,",,'r
t.A i'''i-l i"'i'' '''''''
Ha ,, -lI" so.-,t, e,ool,tor.s ovplaua-
mus 1in,h 10. "li ~ NV 'Ia,,o6ot over
you ~ '"' "iiI s,.,,,.
I!. ld-'' '' d.. L.ii,. o. eDoci-
E''r5o,. is mot 500 irresistible. nor the in
tei,rt so sustained yen inc DOCK Is
pleasant ana M.9' some ON. ,,!-,,.,,,.
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