The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27
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ZINC, EDINBURGH:" BY Thos. NeIsos
pays chas Scribners Sons Ne"
York. $50.
For sale by West, Johnston q co.
This charming and well-known story o.
Mr.. Pages makes its appearances w"
time I'm an exquisite cover OF deheats
green. bearing the title and the name VI
the author In gold. The il,ustrs tons, sew
en- I'm number. and exceptionally nne' arr
the work OF Mr.. H. West Clinedinst' ane
the publication. as whole. Is iresn IL
lustration OF the fine taste to whicn W.
are accustomed from Messrs Scribneft
Sons. As to the story. IT II 80 thorough
ly familiar TO Virginia readers that re
sumo IL superfuois 1t IL evident tha'
the publishers entertain a high opinion o:
its hold upon the popular taste. Tor X 10
constantly making It's appearance In
new dress.
II has about il what may be called the
aromatic purity and simplicity which dis.
tinguishes all Mr. Pages stories, ana
which distinguished the social life OF the
State and period he seeks TO portray.
THE BACHELORS CHRISTMAS" by
Robert Grant. Chas. Scribner's Sons.
New York. sl.5o.
For sale by West Johnston & Company.
This Is volume OF short stories Illus
trating all Of MIR. Grants happiest quail
tiles as a story-teller. and well illustrated
by G. u. Gibson. J. II. Wies, A. B. Wen
zell and c. Carleton. II IL the name
OF the first which appears upon the COW
er. the others being IAN Eye for An
Eve" "In Fly-Time:' Richard and Rob-
in" The Matrimonial Tontine Benefit
Association" and by Hook or Crook"
They are delightful stories, with a hu-
NOR as delicate as II Is irresistible, and
touches of pathos Of which the same
may be said. or the series THE Matri-
monial Tontine Benefit Association" IL,
possibly the most infectiously humorous.
and next TO II. I'm that classification comes
'"The Bachelors Christmas" The first
is the story of fifteen unmarried men.
eligibles OF the first water. who form a
Bachelors Protective Union." each
member To be assessed twenty-five dollars
annually and the amount. minus tho
cost of the annual dinner. be be invested
by the treasurer.
The last man TO hold out against the
enemy. woman. is 10 take the pool As
a matter of fact, no one of them holds
out, although one gentleman, In his ca
gerness % get the pool. loses his sweet
heart and that to another member Of
his club-lost but one.
The Bachelors Club" Is the story OF
a gentleman. who. at his Introduction TO
the reading public, might have been mar
ried, but is not. As has been the ease
with numerous gentlemen before him, the
sole reason for his not being a happy
Benedict is that he has never asked his
beloved to have him; and the story is
that OF how he came TO ask Mr.. Grants
gifts as expressed in the contents OF this
book are OF a kind that make him high
ly satisfactory companion for leisure
| hours; the brightness of his stories Is
| never fiippant. but is spontaneous, pure,
wholesome: and beneath II Is a vein Of
| the truest and most tender sentiment.
| TWO LITTLE PILGRIMS PROGRESS:
A story of the city Beautiful: ny
Frances Hodgson Burnett. chas.
Scribner's Sons. Sl.D.
| For sale by West Johnson co.
We nrophecy for this stori as great
| succass as was Little Lord Fauntle-
| rows" Mrs Burnett Is conceded 10 DO
| a. ber charming best as "A writer OF sto-
| riea for children. and this 10 happy ana
| uniaue chain OF fancies that VIII dehsh'
| the children and interest the olher pe"-
| BE. i'm the stlye that Is only MIS- BUR-
| letts.
leg and Robin. who, living as uepenn-
/ nts I'm a grim and unwholesome pouse-
| old atmosphere with a maiden aunt on
| m Illinois farm make up their minds
J O 20 to the Worlds Fair at Chicaso.
low they 20 and their adventures III ina
| Wonderful White city, as presented ny
lrs. Burnett's exquisitely easy haturai
md sympathetic pen. is destined TO enter
ain many thousands of small people. un-
| sss all signs fail. the book naylng">al-
| ready gone thr. ugh its thirty-nfth tnou-
| sand. The book Is handsomely bound
| and finely illustratei-an ideal holiday
| gift.
| THE GARDEN BEHIND THE MOON.
A real story OF the moon angel. Writ
ten and illustrated by Howahi Pyle.
Chas. Scribner's Sons. New York.
500.
For sale by West. Johnston Co.
The children are especially fortunate
| this year and THE Garden Behind The
| Moon" is another book for them. IL por-
trays the adventures Of children In re-
gion which stands for all that the small
| Imagination pictures as delightful, and
will doubtless be popular with the chill
dren. II is by no means up 10 the stand
ard Of Mrs. Burnctt's books. but IL ID
scarcely just TO Judge all by 80 high and
rare a standard. However. the book Is
az far above the average chldren's story
as Mrs. Burnett's work Is above II, II
Is full OF movement and incident, and
has none OF the good little-boy character
istics OF that class OF literature happily