The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-06
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Characterization Prom saint
Armand.
WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REvO-
LUTIONARY TIMES. Margaret WIN
thrOp By Alice Morse Earle. Charles

LUTIONARY TINES. Margaret VIM
throp. BY Alice Morse Earle. Charles
Scribners Sons. New York. N.z.
For sale by West, Johnston * Co.
In this first of an interesting ssries-tn'
others Of which are Martha Washins-
ton" by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Dorothy Payne Madison" By Maud VII
der Goodwin; and mercy Otis warren.
by Alice Bgown-the character OF tae
second wife Of Massachusetts, first gov
ernor Is sympatbetcally and admirably
sketched. 1t Is that OF a devoted wife.
| tender and conscientious mother. an ire
proachable housewife. TO the bleak Mas
sachusetts home she brought more IMAM
| a common share OF good looks, and very
much more than common combination OF
| sweetness fnd force, with sourd. prdc-
| teal sense She WAS Nintarop's thsri
| wife. and twenty-seyen years OF aSe wnf1
| he married her The twonty-nine years
| OF wedlOck which were theirs, WERE a.
| shown by Miss Earle. and sustained by
| history, years Of unbroNen faith. OF an
usual and Increasing mutual affection,
| and, on the whole, OF happiness, " or
yicissitude. Anticipating her arrival In
! New England, her husband had written
her: "Oh, how il refresheth my heart
10 think that I shall again SCI thy sweet
| face in the land OF the living. that love-
| ~ countenance chat | have 30 much de-
| lighted ia and behcld with 50 great Goa
| tent"
THAT face" says her hiographer,
| throughout years Of trial and hard work.
| had still been TO him his great content
| aud the letters of his sons show how dear
| IL was 70 all her family"
| In sketching Margaret winthrop, Miss
Earle has necessarily sketched New Eng
| land domestic and social customs at mat
period. and her book gives evidence. IN
very entertaining and reliable shape. Of
! cihgent, intelligent and painstaklng re-
| search.
| THE REVOLUTION OF 1915. ny lmbort
De Saint-Amand. Translated by Elk
aDeth Gilbert Martin. Charles Serb
ners Sons New York. N-. For
| sale by West, Johnston n 60.
10 the most cultivated and intelligent
| contingent OF the reading public. Saint
| Ainand's delightful historical series IL Ia
| mliar This latest translation Is az en-
! jcyable as each of it's predecessors has
| been, ana presents the era IN French his
| tory with which II deals witl al OF the
clever FIenchmans life and dramatic
| COVER.
! Its three hundred and thirty-lye pages
! nay be styled the presentation Of that
logic Of events which justincs saint
| Armand in the statement in conclusion:
In short, the Revolution Of July re-
naired as Christian AS that Of lAO WAS
! Noltaran. II is certain that between IN
! two dates change had been produced -
! the tendencies OF the Partisan people
| From the depths Of her exile, Narie Anne
l lie could do herself the justice of having
! been no stranger TO this alteration IL
] is I'm this scLse that she had not ceased
| 10 exert an influence, discreet ana re-
served, but very real, throughout her
husbands entire reign. Accustomed 10
place the interests of religion above all
I others, the pious Queen. who had been go
! afflicted by the sack OF Saint-1erman
| TAuxerrois, and the destruction OF tn
! ArchbshOps palace, returned thanks 10
, God on learning that the reyolutlonists OF
lSiS II editatsd nothing OF the sort They
had sacked the Palais-ROyal and the Tui-
leries They destroyed and burned the
createau OF Neuilly nom top to bottom
But they had not rrofaned the churcnes.
The crowns are broken. IN
Cross remains"
The b%bk contains four fine portraits
Louis Philippe. Marie Amelie, Lamar
tine, and Tedrri- Rollin. In mechanical
got-up II Is admirable.
ENGLISH LANDS, LETTERS. AND
KINGS. QUEEN ANNIE AND TIL
GEORGES. by Donald q. Mitchell
Charles ScrIbners Sons. New fork
49, slN.
For sale by West Johnson * Co.
This H. the third in series Of books
by Mr.. Mitchell. the Others Of which are
entitled frst-'f'rom Cst to TUDOR Bee
| ond From Elizabeth to Anne"
In 1t Mr. Mitchell presents literary anc
other ladies' and gentlemen OF the ers
with what one might call a gossipy. bn
! certainly very entertaining pen. IL II
| more than possible that I'm his pre--mi
| nent wish to entertain his readers. tnsi
be occasionally runs into an cntrayagaw
nippancy. II there T. ever a possibility
. of fippancy being true. There il here
| and there a distinct suggestion Of strain
but on the whole. The book is decidedly
enjoyable, and in the main, entirely idith
/ iul 70 feet.
The sketch Of Samuel Johnson Is one
OF the most notably entertaining which
Mr. Mitchell draws for his public. and
/ indeed all the sketches have a frank
| ness. and an absence OF the disease OF al
miration common to hiographers Of ths
eminent which IS decidedly piIuaIt aRc
thoroughly individual. it would b, Inn
possible to mistake Mr. Alitchelrs worh
for that OF anybody else. hateye
else may be said OF H.. the book Is. be
/ yond question. an exceptionally enter
tairing one. by reason OF some Of It's ve.y
! faults.
| THE NOTICES AND COMMENTARIES
or FRIEDRICH FROEBELs MOTH
Err PLAY. the new version By Miss
Sufan Il. Blow, has Just been publish.
ed by ID. Appleton q Co. as Volume
XXI OF The international Education
Series.
This Is TO be followed by another vol
ume The Songs and Music. 10 complete
! the work.
A. Froebel's MLtter-und K)selieder n
regarded as the key TO the philosophy ~
/ the kindergarten and the manual OF ~
/ practice an English version that prcssnts
| the original Ideas Of FrOebsi In a thor.
| Ougnly rational and practical form rs
| great desiflcratum. Miss Bio Y has drawn
/ upon all the r,sourees Of her experience
and study g. make this edition a helpful
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