The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
THE CRITICS COLUMN.
DErOTED TO COMMENT UPON RE-
CENT PUBLICATIONS.
New Books Received From Appleton
Virginia Medical Monthly
Literary Notes.

sionately tevoted husband, a traltofous
lover, and that trailorous lovers Ifiehu,
are those 81 the dramaus personals, aoQlt
which tho plot ~ the story centres ne
Woman In tha ca-e is the daughter or q
murderer, but the man VINO gives Nei nls
name marries her IN utter Ignorance "a
the fact. The traltOrous lover, Wno7" tiH-
hOuoTing passion IS what makes pos14bi.
Mr.. Narsh'g ctory, IS the great specialist
IN mental disease through whose pe4-
Jury the father C mes 10 the gallvNs' nc
being a gentleman Of that aeaptapie KIN
who can gracefully shape his oplhioh" ~
his interests. ,
Homicidal mania is the trouble with
the poor father, end the great speeiaiis.
swears 10 is not. knowing ne neH. w .oli
the tragedy IS consuinmated ne lu'sv,.ts
tile htauulul daughter OF his yictim Ml.I
a Tertinacity that is not snaHen ~ .tTTi
marriage, and ia lune du mlcf s SUI
shining brightly when he irst lhL ~" 49,,
bis vicious bat cultivated ptisoll'-.4,.s
upon the woman's attention as upon '"o
readers .r.4
aIr. Marsh wishes us to understand that
h0lnicldai mania Is the curse or tne
daughter as OF the father, ana 10 ma
end he's her make an osslshdligN ~, ~,
this very urplearant doctor, ana ev'ns
give HIM IN stead Of carceecs con dIND. %
a silent stab with a stlctto thlYth" t.p
heart which. for tho maidn4 OF -i.o 49,
Kills him. OF course. 30 Nft 30
who certainly accOris her cNtraoItn ~
confidence fre SAYS simply upon tle
CCCesl0n Of her meeting with nef lNIet.r-
tor that she "hates him." but thaL nus
band, who through CONVEX .uNh
tween the doctor and HE iri-ll, .yt il-
tended for bis ears. knows all, ana ass,
charmfrrfv fniailo man, nothing. % 20
the murder is detected, hts suspicious ny
20 hts WHO. but, again charming. he ith2
no questions. but simply leaves ilr t.l.N
town with her and goes 10 a4y ,h'I, " i'..'
"a child is born t0 them. VINE yet -o.i-
valescing, suspicion regarding the WIZ
aIpearA IN vellcd language, ln d news
paper which falls into th3 lrfnanl
hands. Confession on the part OF ti'
wife &C. the husband follows Wheielp }
the latter assures her OF his continued aud
unrIoucod love On the following very re-
marza8le language. MY latil--, -,"
think that any explanation ~ Le
tween US only ~ you must explain Nt-
dcrstand this. NJ love lor you mas noun
ing 10 DO with your moral Quaiui,s
care uOtlir. for moral QlaillItf' oI Ky
the want of them, not one tNtk ot t--
fingers. ! love you, your noly, you.
which ! can hold between my arms. Mil1
Won, 7 would rather. had ihc cio.l,s,
that v0u-gs wei as myself -sAonlA- walk
In peace with al men, ana Wlth ah VIZ
men. But though you sank 20 W. ln
est depth. Of what the world cails cNil,
50 long as you are good 10 me. what mas
that 10 DO With my love Tor you!
Good and bad are 0Valiaule
terms They mean dilercnt tWn4s n
different mouths I have 20 ar3iiIafy'
immufabla prediction for either toW-
Portable Air Musgravei ard cons pei US
IS Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
f0r-0ttTibites Tyne
Flight on the part ~ tho pair. meet
ne between Muserave and the uhi11tOns
"host friend" 81 the dead doctor ana The
murder az that gentleman by the NUS
band. follow exhilaratuely. iiomicilal
mania grows epMeric ono might. me
law, IN the shape ~ ifs officers KNOCKS at
the hed-robm door Of Tho couple. demand
ne n 10 he onencl Instantly. III is orcn-
cd. but not instantly. and when 10 ie Open
od. EVERYBODY. including tho nauy, o.
desd Mr.. Musrrave having with nus
Wiic's cooperation, seen % tn1t. ~ ti'-
tho book with n great deal in ~ WI. ID
Is arrant nonsense, the wOman's person.
alitv With tho shade OF hcffdity upon IT,
ie elcIcrlr done and enables enc 90 1is-
eriminate tC.Wccn disease ana s.- iu q
way that results IN only sympathy ior
its victim. There is much that Is strons
I'm the book.
N OLD NFJN ENGLAND. THE RO-
NANCE OF \ COLONIAL FIRE
SIDE. By Hezeki0h EuttorWortn. ID
Appleton & Go. New YORK. sd cents.
For sale by West. Johnston o. Go.
Mr.. Bmttervorth's style is pleasantly
familiar 20 the public, and IN the pros
ent volume he has applied his pen with
particularly happy effect 90 reproducing
in his own way "the stories That We're
told ON red settles by chimney nrcs In
old New England days. 1900.
QUAINT as many Of them Were" Gays
he. "ttev carried deep spiritual meanings.
Reward or retrihufion was eOmeWhnt
associated with the queer tale ol tlc
country grocery store, the ordinary. inc
huskiug party, or or the ncishpoih9 OF
town. + used 20 hear many OF these
tales WHOM a. boy lu the OH home farm
In the IOksu0kct country on the Mount
Hone and Narraeansett Bays. They nave
ALWAYS haunted nae at such times as my
mind wandered back 20 tho past
The stories are thirteen IN number, the
majority are reprints f-9m the Century,
HarpGs. the 1outn's COmln nl0n, ana
I he Housed Oh.
THE VIRGINIA MEDICAL MONTHLY.
August Laulon y. Edwards. NJ. D.
lot west Grace sqtet. Hi, i'l.',, H.
Editor ard Prnqrleior- 81 l'r aNuilni.
Tho ORIGINAL communications ma r.
place in this number Of Dr. Edwards ad-
mirahly cditei periodical, nc contrlnu-
tors being DIS Dunn and Hodges, OF
Richmond. Bishop and Eliot, OF Wash
irefon D. a.: j.. O. LcHsriy. of Sa-
vannah: Edward O. Mann. J.. =. s. ,L1n-
dom Now YorE. ~. J.. Anthony POW
dence. r. J.; J.. A.. rutherford, La
grange. y. g.. Russell Pomhcri0n Ger
rnantown. Pa. and Edgar Robertson, of
Clinical r.nOris occupy four pages, and
Tra Dunn WOLF and Slaughter arc
admirably represented by their usual de-
partilcrfs.
Record az Society and Board Procesi-
inrs, Analysis. Selections. ETC., Book No-
uefa ana Editorials make up the cA-
ccllcut iaaue. We have before hni uccA-
sion So remark upon the esteem iu Wnicn
the Virginia Medical Monthly if held
throughout the country rs illustrated ny
| the fact that its contributors ere mon iot
OF one ecci0n COP state. bat from Nofth.
Faet South and West. We have never
seen this made more happily evident
than through the pages ot this August
number. Virginia can claim not only one
or the most eminent and aDicst surgeons
IN the United Statos but one 81 the
| finest Medical Periodicals
Literary Notes.
A leading London publisher. hiase OF
tho fiffrrnt.trc Of the day. row puts "a
leading question 20 al rising aurn0r5
seeking hts ass'stance.
Want go publish a novel. ch2 Which
schOol-cr0tlc or iiioiir.
Lenox and stockbridge are thought Of
now chiefly for their social prestige and
fashionable gayeties But the prominent
part these Villages have taken in the
literary history of the country is shown
! by Henry Dwight oedgwiek. or stock
bridge who contributes 10 the August
Of Literary BERKSHIRE SIR. Se4gNinS
has enjoyed the acquaintance OF nearly
every one OF the many notable literary
men ard women who have visited Berk-
shire within the last haif-centlry. and De-
brings together n collection Of anecdotes
about Fanny Ecmhle. Macreadv. presi-
dent Van Buren,. Ct. +. r. James, ana