Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-16


Congress. Canadian affairs. the Crisis N
Newfoundland, political movements IN
Europe, tho crises In Denmark serV'a.
and Bulgaria, and the nnai settlement oi
the Hawaiian question.
THE DIssOLUTION-A PRoJECIED
DRAMA. BY Peter Daudslyon. New
York: 1894 @. w. Dillingham; RACES
2f9.
Though the ,gettIng-up part OF TINS wo'n,
as to Its binding. paper, and type "o''i
Indicate that 1t was one OF some pretea'
sion, we find in 1t nothing conimcndapie'
It 10 a rehash. neither persplcuous no.
interesting, of the mythology OF Centrai
Europe prior to the time Of Attila. with
non.complimentary illusions 10 Cnrs-
tianity, and some sentiments so liDerai 10
70 be loose. It's style Is strained ana
sort OF prose blank-verse. with useless III,
versions OF subject and predicate, ana
too many grammatical mistakes Oh
certain kind to be pardonable.
What is meant BY dissolution IL NOT
clear--at least, to our poor comprehension.
At one time We thought 1t might be tia.
OF the Roman empire, under the sssaui's
Of the barbarian hordes, who combined
work seems to be in favor OF the disso'u-
ton of the wholesome bonds OF society, ,he
marriage tle and the obligations OF
friendship and honor. Though IN many
places the writer is rather uninteiligipie,
In these he Is entirely too pisin' anu
carries out some Of the dangerous VaBaries
limited at In his preface.
A. d. 1884: OR THE FOSSIL MAN. by
Walter Browne. New York: q. w. Dil-
bingham. Richmond: West. Johnston 81
Co. Pages, 29s. Price. so cents.
This purports to be midwinter-night
dream, which passed through the fuddied
brain of a heavy Englishman. Lord AM
monette. He was prophet Of science, ana
told OF innumerable things that would hap
pen In a thousand years hence.
During the Christmas-Eve wassail az
Chowseltop Hall, In Yorkshire. where
his relatives were entertaining him. he
got, or was made. SO incontinently drunk
that instead Of finding his comfortapie
bed he spent the night on the cold moor.
and became so chilled that he dreamed
he was petrihed and had lost his right
hand. because 1t was deadened by us
constrained position. The alleged wonders
produced by thousand years are related
and whilst many OF the conceptions or the
lions are striking and original. they are
connected in rather burlesque manner
with che fossil man. The humor Is broad,
and in some instances. coarse, and there
is nothing calculated TO give the reader
an appreciation OF what the progress CT
a thousand years may really achieve.
BY terrible earthquake, called uni
versal, though 1t was far from being sucn,
England Is devastated, and London ana
Chowseltop Hall destroyed. The divisions
of our globe are reconstructed and re-
duced TO three-Utopia Europe and
Asia), the Great Western republic (all or
America north of the Panama canal,
and the States of the Southern Cross
(Africa, South America, and Australasia).
| Men have .deterorated, women advanced
and become supreme. They are the lead
| ing scientists, and ono of them has dis
| covered an elixir vitae, which revlVines
| the fossil man. They compose and COM
mand the armies, and great battles are
| fought and won by strategy, but without
| bloodshed. Most OF the transportation
| Is through the air, but safe ana very
rapid railroad wheels. instead OF noisy
rafting pour forth musical tunes; there
| is a centri-mundane shaft through which
passage can be had by a self-poising
| elevator; there is a pneumatic tube or
| tunnel under and across the Atlantic
| Ocean, which affords a swift mode or
| communication from shore to shore, and
| q syndicate proposes TO drain the Atlantic
| for the sake OF its salt and hidden trea-
sures. Science has learned how to manu-
| facture babies-boy or girl-to order. and
| the men have to nurse them; one OF the
| babies suffers spontaneous explosion.
| So the story runs. There Is loving and
| marrying IN IL. too.
! r ri "a uynl % 70
covers himself, he is a changed, improved,
and more practical man. The great
| scientist who had discovered the elixir
| vitae was Miss Nollie Coddle. whose
| fondness for him he tad sighted, whilst
| he was trying to m ke love TO her much
| younger and more .tractive niece. Miss
| Charlotte Chowseitop. known as Charlie.
She had offended Ammonette by rudely
| rejecting him and clubbing him IAN old
fossil" Now he relents towards the de-
voted and persevering Molly Coddle. and
makes her happy as his lady; whilst
| Charlie becomes the bride OF her adoring
artist, who. though he looked like SALIVA
| tor Rosa, talked like the Stubs that he
| was.
Charlie celebrated her aunts conquest
| of Lord Ammonette by a poetical effusion,
OF which the following is a part:
"If | were stone. you'd give me life,
IL were ice, you'd thaw me;
| / only want you for my vile
Forever to adore me-"
"An Intramural View" very artistic
brochure has been received from the
Curtis Publishing Company. Philadelphia,
| publishers OF the Ladies' Home Journal.
| As the title indicates, the booklet gives
US glmpses OF the interiors OF the Jour-
! nails offices, and some idea OF the work
| carried on there. The main building, en-
tirely occupied by the editorial and bust
ness-ofiicea, was designed by Mr.. Harden
bergh. the architect OF the Hotel Waldorf.
| New York, and was completed in January.
1888. The exterior is attractive and the
interior elegantly appointed and admirably
MANNED. The numerous illustrations,
| showing the commodIous and well-ftted
Offices and the accompanying text giving
us some insight into the work in the DIFF
| ferent bureaus. requiring force approx
mating four hundred employees, Indicate
the wonderful success which the Ladies
! Home Journal has achieved In an almost
incredibly short time. The first number
was issued in December. 1883, so that
less than eleven years have elapsed since
Mr.. Curtis conceived the idea which has
DEVELOPED into so vast an enterprise. In
this short time its merit and steady i'm
provement In all departments have re-
ceived such recognition that its circula-
ton has reached the enormous average
Of about 100 0O0, the largest magazine out
put in the world. The brochure also de-
scribes at some length the work Of print
ing and binding the Journal, which is car
ried on In a separate building. IAN lntra
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