The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-17

intentions. The doctor might be little
less ornate and more simple, BUT I'M
doubtedly his position Is the correct one.
DR.. Evans, of Burlington, Iowa, Is rep
thesia," and DR.. C. G. Connaday, of
Roanoke, by an account Of the Inter
national Medical Congress in Rome.
A Record Of the Proceedings OF the
Medical and Surgical Society OF the DIS
trict OF Columbia. book notices, editorials,
and numerous advertisements complete
the issue.
AN INITIAL EXPERIENCE AND 9TH
Err STORIES: Edited by Capt. Chas.
King. j. b. Lippincott Company, Phil
adelphia. 81. For sale by West, john
ston * Co.
or the twelve entertaining stories con-
tanned in this volume, only one is writ
ten by Captain King. although all are
edited by him, and all are good. His rep
utation as a teller of war stories Is thor
oughly established, and the contents or
this book prove him to be a discriminate
irg compiler as well as an able writer;
stories is the best. Xii are good, and
each is marked by the distinctive charac-
teristcs of its writer's best literary efforts.
I'm The Never, Never Country Is
certainly among the most pathetic as well
as interesting Of the series.
The scene is laid In northwestern Aus
tralia the Never Never Country being
n bush term applied to that portion Of
the continent which lies beyond the con-
fines OF the remotest settlements.
Its curious name Is obtained from an
old bush song, with the refrain
IF you once get there,
You'll never come back, never come
back
1.-THE truth of which," says the writer Of
story Or. Monckton Dene). has too often
been verified. The Never. Never COun-
try has always been a land OF promise
to the venturous pioneer spirits OF Aus
tralia, who still seek TO find New III Do
radios within its tracl<less solitudes and
the bones of many a fearless bushman
lie bleaching on it's desert wastes. In my
early youth the whole Of the northern
portion OF Australia west Of the one hun
dred and fOrty-hfth meridian was known
as the Never, Never. Country" and was
thought to be a hopeless desert Now the
footballs Of the white man echo along the
border OF the northern territory from
the Gulf or Carpentaria TO the boundary
of South Australia, and the Never. New
err Country VIII soon become nothing
but a legend Of the bush. IT Is at present
limited to the unknown districts OF West
ern Australia and the Northern Territory.
In this region. then. Nj. Dene finds
material for an exquisite story OF woman
ly love and devotiOn-love of that degree
which lays down its life for its friend"
From start TO finish II Is well told, con-
tanning telling pictures o. life in a min
ing camp. However. while this story APP
peals most strongly TO our individual
taste, doubtless each of the oLners will
ma equal favor with many hundreds OF
readers.
A JOURNEY IN OTHER WORLDS: BY
John Jacob Aston. ID. Appleton Il co.
New York. For sale by West. John
ston & Co.
In spite Of the success OF M. w. w.
Astor as editor of the Pail Mall" Ga
zette. the name Astor is decidedly more
familiar as synonym for fnanciering
ability than literary brilliancy and il
Will be considerable time before we
shall cease 10 experience a Slight shock
upon Seeing IT on the fly leaf Of Roman
Ces Of the Future" or, indeed, of romaLces
of any time or kind.
The character OF "a Journey I'm Other
worlds illustrates very COpclusyely that
II its writer's mental trend is toward the
ability, for, If We may judge him by this !
book. he is emphaticaly, not q. writer. and
ne makes an eSregious error in suppos-
ing himself TO be.
The book is a total disappointment.
Puruorting to be "a scientific romance"
its science is no science at all. and is |
radically illogical. As whole it has a |
strong flavor of Jules Verne about il, |
and its assumptions are quite as absurd |
and fanciful.
1t Contains number OF fascinating |
touches such as the hunting scenes on |
the planet Jupiter, etc, but its reason /
ing is lamentably wrong and its conclu- |
sicns impossible.
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