Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-04

cepted when they are At leisure anu Ncnt
10 he amused; and AT best we are tolerated
rather than accepted" As Mr.. lioweiis
has been very successful In his role OF
public entertainer he should give the
people credit for having great deal OF
liberation. We fear he has the blues"
a translation OF Max Nordauls Con
ventionai Lies OF our Civilization Is
announced for publication this month.
Miss Annie steger winston has an essay
in the August Lippincott on The Plea
sures OF Bad Taste"
Mr. George Moore's novel. "A Num-
mer's Wife" has at last been reprinted In
this country. His Esther Waters" has
placed him in the front rank Of his pro-
fession.
Miss Beatrice Harraden, author OF
ships That Pass in the Night who has
been staying In California for several
months, will go to New York in septem-
Der. whence she will return to London.
and TO work, as she says
Sentimental Tommy" is TO be the title
OF ]. NJ. Barrle's new story, which will
begin I'm the January Scribner's, as here
tofore announced. IL the story is as good
as the title, it must be very good in
deed. Ii is said to be a most wonderful
study OF child-life. ana an eminent critic.
who has read the manuscript, predicts
that n Will make a new reputation for its
author in the world of fiction.
Mr.. StocktDn's Adventures OF Captain
Horn" has made a great hlt-as was TO
- .1f. Is,r ln4
published, and 1900 copies OF the book
have been sold I'm six weeks.
Yet another edition-a Century Edi-
tlon"-of Burns IS 10 BE- published.
Mr.. ". Il. Henley and Mr.. T. +. Hen
dcrson viii edit It, and the former will
write for il an essay on THE Life and
Genius OF Burns." II will appear in four
volumes. and VIII be printed By the
MessrG. Constable. of Edinburgh with
portrait and illustrations by william
Hole.
An historical work on Constantinople,
in two volumes. by Professor Edwin \.
GrOsvenor, OF Amherst, is in the press Of
Roberts Brothers. II viii contain about
two hundred illustrations from photo
graphs and cuts. many Of them not now
generally accessible.
The Review OF Reviews for August is
received. The No. Is, as usual, replete
with timely and interesting matter. The
leading articles are Theodore Roosevelt
\ Character Sketch" BY Julian Ralph;
Tho Clearing OF Mulberry Bend-1he
Story OF the Rise nnd Fall Of a Typical
New York Stun" b. Jacob A. Riis, au-
thor OF How the Other Half lives; ;
THE Third Salisbury Cabinet" by VII
liam I. stead and THE Record OF the
Rosebery Administration" The numbeg
Of portraits Of prominent personages now
claiming the worlds attention is large.
There is one Of Mr. Cleveland at BuZ-
Yards Bay. which is not very impressive,
tho President being depleted I'm vacation
costume, with slouch hat and turned-up
trousers. Nr. Roosevelt Ia presented in a
variety OF ways. but not IN one OF "innoc-
uOus desugtuie." as msny GOthamitee Of
a certain class would doubtless like to see
him. Mr. Roosevelt has hunted "blg
game" I'm the wild and woolly West"
ana is. therefore. in manner qualified
for his present pursuit.
The journals. correspondence, and auto
biographies Of Gibbon will be published
this fan by John Murray. The manu-
scripts have been in the possession Of
Lord Sheffield, who will write the preface.
The journals were written IN French,
and the letters addressed 20 members Of
his family. Gibbon wrote seven autobI-
ographleS each on different lines.
The Insurance OF Workingmen Against
Accidents. Sickness. and Old Age" by
DR.. W. T. Wlloashby. OF the Department
Of Labor. and treatise on psychology.
by Professor DascOm. will be published
by r. Y. Crowell 81 co. In their Library
Of Economics and Politics.
A. $. Barnes &c co. announce "The
Dwight, with facsimiles of their sigma
lures and copy Of the Declaration and
Constitution; the works OF the Rev DR..
John Hall. IN four volumes: a volume on
THE English Versions Of the Bible" by
the Rev. DR. BlackfOrd Condt a new
edition OF their Popular History Of the
United States" brought down to 1925. and
an abridged edition Of Alisons History
Of Europe"
Funk &c Wrgnals have in preparation
The Students Standard Dictionary"
THE Students Standard Synonyms"
the Students Standard Speller," and five
STANDARD Readers"
The August Century contains an article
by Captain Alfred T. Mahan, entitled
lessons from the Yalu Fight" based
upon an account of the hattie written by
Commander McGifin. Of the Chen-Yuen,
published In the same number.
A new edition Of the late DR.. Arthur
Brooks's only work. THE Life OF Christ
in the World" bag just been published
by Thomas whitaker
The British Printer states that the
Kelmscott edition Of Chaucer. OF which
only 40 copies were printed on paper
and seven on yerlum, has been exhausted,
bringing about $1,000 in all.
Says the Lounger I'm the New York
Critic: "When the silver senator's looked
around for Now York daily to subsl-
die. they hit upon the Mercury. Nothing
could have been more natural What they
wish IS TO quicken the corpse Of silver.
The thing they hunger and thirst for IS
quick silver. and quicksilver is mercury"