Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-18
ana fantastic pictures which hold the

and fantastic pictures which hold the
attention Of the child spellbound.
A pure. sweet tone pervades each tale,
and the book Ia a preparation for apprecia-
tion by the youthful auditor or reader
In after years. of the moral lessons In
wagner's great compositions. and the
weird mythology that inspired them.
There are seven illustrations. all OF which
are most happily conceived. No one de-
string to make a child a holiday present
would err In purchasing for that purpose
"1'he Wagner Story Book" II Ii q volume
that little ones will rcvel IN.
For sale by J. w. Randolph & Co.
THE MAN FROM THE WEST: OR.
FROM THE CHAPARRAL TO WALL
STREET. by a Wall-street man. New
York: J. s. Ogilvie Publishing Company.
1884
"Thc Man From the West is an inpur-
turbable. Eelf-rellant, over-liberai, and
somewhat cultivated millionaire from
Texas. The length OF his purse saves him
from being swamped In Wall street. AS
II turned out. he increased his fortune,
Did good TO others. and gained beautiful
and loving wife. Before he had become
engaged 10 her she was kidnapped by
come very vile scoundrels who were seek
ing TO destroy him. He was forced by
them TO pay 10000 for her ransom, and
10 promise them immunity. One ~ his
characteristics is 10 aid In the reforma-
ton OF those who lnjure him; and We
admire the generosity of Mr. Henry
Armltage, though we may think IT rather
excessive. The book let's us into both
the financial and criminal operations Of
Gotham, and they are not unfrequently
Identical
This seems 10 be new edition, the
work having been first issued by the
Texas Siftings Publishing Company. II
is 20 be dramatlzed for Mr. Henry Lacy.
MR.. JERVIS. BY b. NJ Croker. author
of "a Third Person." 1.-TWO Masters"
"a Family Likeness" Interference"
etc. Philadelphia: j. B. Lppincott Com
pany.
readable. and sensible The scenes are
laid partly in England and in the Eng
lish cantonments In India. Officers and
soldiers and their wives and daughters
figure largely IN It, We are also given
many glimpses-no tiresome descriptions
Of Indian native life. 1t is a clean. whole
some book. worth reading, and having In
II many things that will be remembered.
The price Of IL In paper cover is 30 cents.
A DRAMA IN DUTCH BY u. u. Mac
milan & Co., New York and London.
Price. 81.
This Is charming story. told in the
easiest and most natural way, and is de-
scriptive of life in the Dutch colony Of
London. The heavy clumsy manners
the good-natured vanity, the love OF eat
! Ing and drinking, the coarse and snowy
| hospitality. the gross materlalism, and
| love of money OF the commercial Dutch
are portrayed with the pen of true
nj
| pointment Of Peter Van Elk is full OF
| pathos while the print. paper, and bind
| ing of the book are real Joy to the
true lover Of n beautiful volume.
LINCOLNS GRAVE. BY Maurice
Thompson. Cambridge and Chicago:
| stone & KimbalL 1891.
This poem was read before the Phi
| Beta Kappa brotherhood Of Harvard Col
| lege. whom the author thanks for the
high honor they paid him. He fought FOR
| the South and yet thought he could fairly
Uncovered stand and sing by Lincoln's
grave"
| With all the famous war Presidents
| good qualities. this eulogy seems to us 10
| be exuberant and the laudaton to ex-
coed the inspiration. Still, the poem con-
talns some good thoughts, well and poeti-
| cally expressed.
| FROM HEAVEN TO NEW YORK; OR.
| THE GOOD HEARTS AND The
GROW NSTONE FRONTS-A Fact
Founded on Fancy. BY Isaac George
Reed, Jr, author of "Erring Yet Noble. -
| etc. New York: Optimus Printing Com
pany. III pages. Price. 30 cents.
SAINT AND SINNER; OR, IN PAS
| SONS THRALDOM. BY Fanny May
Fanny May Ramirez). New York: j. d
( Ogilvie Publishing Company. 81 Rose
street 22O pages. Price, 80 cents.